2:35 PM ET IRVING, Texas — The inaugural first-round games of a 12-team College Football Playoff will feature one game Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, and three games Dec. 21, 2024, CFP executive director Bill Hancock said Thursday following the conclusion of CFP spring meetings. The CFP is also zeroing in on confirming midweek games for
9:30 AM ET Manchester United Treble-winner Nicky Butt has said his old club risk applying a “sticking plaster over a gaping wound” to keep pace with a Manchester City team he believes can become the second English club to achieve the Treble. City are now on course to emulate Sir Alex Ferguson’s 1999 team by
12:38 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona will shut down the television channel Barca TV at the end of the season, the club said in a statement on Thursday. Sources told ESPN the cost-cutting act was related to making savings across the board to free up money to invest in the playing squad, although
12:47 PM ET Associated Press Nearly half the candidates failed a new FIFA exam to work as a player agent in football, the governing body said Thursday. Only 1,962 people — 52% of the 3,800 candidates worldwide — passed last week’s test to get a license that will be mandatory to work in transfer and
2:33 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — After another impressive victory at the Madrid Open, Mirra Andreeva patiently took photos with some fans who looked young enough to be her classmates in high school. Moments earlier, the 15-year-old Russian had been raising her arms by the net to celebrate her win over a top-20 opponent.
2:56 PM ET Fresh off a $4 million payday and his first LIV Golf title, Talor Gooch should be on cloud nine. Instead, the 31-year-old American is irked about a rule change that will keep him out of the 2023 U.S. Open. Appearing on the “73rd Hole” podcast, Gooch said he thought he had locked
11:53 AM ET Jake Paul and his promotions team are launching a new boxing series called Most Valuable Prospects that will highlight top up-and-coming fighters. The series will begin with a card on May 26 in Orlando, Florida, and it will be headlined by rising star Ashton Sylve, officials told ESPN on Thursday. There will
12:14 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Joe Torre has won the third Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Baseball Digest. A star player during 18 major league seasons and longtime manager for the New York Yankees and four other teams, Torre was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2014. He was honored Thursday
1:31 PM ET The Atlanta Braves have been celebrating home runs with an oversized hat this season, but MLB is putting a stop to that. Major League Baseball has told the Braves they can no longer sport the oversized baseball cap to celebrate home runs after the league heard complaints from New Era, the manufacturer
1:28 PM ET TORONTO — The Tampa Bay Lightning have been here before. Down 3-1 in their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series against the Maple Leafs. On the brink of elimination in Game 5 on Thursday. And yet, the Lightning see no reason to panic. After all, Tampa Bay didn’t win back-to-back Stanley Cups in