10:50 AM ET The Toronto Maple Leafs have ironic taste in goal songs. When a Leaf lights the lamp at home, it’s celebrated to the dulcet tones of 1980s duo Hall & Oates crooning their classic “You Make My Dreams (Come True).” Never mind that the tune was recorded before anyone on the roster was
8:00 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN Midway through the second quarter of Game 2 against the Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings coach Mike Brown huddled his team up. Up 11, his message was clear: Keep. Pushing. These guys can’t keep up with us. Here’s the bad news for the Warriors: Brown might be right. For years
9:56 AM ET French wing Bilal Coulibaly, a projected first-round pick, told ESPN he has submitted paperwork to the NBA office to make himself eligible for the 2023 draft. “The NBA has always been a dream of mine, and now it’s a goal,” Coulibaly said. “It’s the natural next step in my evolution.” Coulibaly, the
10:00 AM ET AUSTIN, Texas — As the Texas House of Representatives convened at 10 a.m. Tuesday morning, the daily order of business began. A call to order was followed by a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then the Texas pledge. “Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under
9:46 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Raufeon Stots has been tested repeatedly in the past year — as a fighter and owner of an unfailingly positive attitude. Shortly before the Bellator Bantamweight World Grand Prix began last April, Stots had to move his fight preparation to a gym halfway across the country from where he’d been
9:58 AM ET Noncontact injuries for NFL players occurred at a higher rate on artificial turf compared to grass during the 2022 regular season, according to data released this week by the NFL Players Association. The gap arose one year after the league moved to neutralize the debate about the two types of playing surfaces
7:00 AM ET IT’S LATE MARCH, one month until the 2023 NFL draft, and Bijan Robinson is in South Philadelphia, tucked into an office in the Eagles’ practice facility with one of his potential future bosses: Howie Roseman, the team’s general manager. Robinson is the best running back in this year’s draft — the space
7:00 AM ET Just three weeks into the season, three teams — the Rays, Braves and Brewers — are in a tight race at the top of the MLB standings, with a number of surprising squads — such as the Rangers and Cubs — not far behind. Welcome to 2023! Can these high-flying clubs keep
7:00 AM ET FERNANDO TATIS JR.‘S highly anticipated return to baseball will begin when he leads off Thursday night’s game from Chase Field in Phoenix. Boos will inevitably reign down, the hostility that promised to surround him will instantly be felt. But the greatest challenge of his most important season might begin shortly thereafter, in
8:00 AM ET In the Stanley Cup playoffs, it doesn’t take long for narratives to form. One developed quickly after the New York Rangers defeated the rival New Jersey Devils in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference first-round series: That the experienced Rangers were poised and the playoff newbie Devils were panicky. But Rangers defenseman