10:16 AM ET With qualifying and the Duels in the books, the NASCAR world is counting down to Sunday’s Daytona 500. Sean Gardner/Getty Images DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — It is time for the 65th running of the Daytona 500, NASCAR‘s biggest event on its biggest stage, kicking off what many believe could be one of the
Feb 16, 2023 ESPN Fantasy We’ve still got about a week until spring training games get underway, but the planning for the fantasy baseball season has already officially begun! With that in mind and with many a fantasy baseball manager starting the process of figuring out which players to target in their drafts, we posed
7:00 AM ET Kirk Gibson’s at-bat in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series, from the moment he hobbles out of the dugout to Vin Scully exclaiming, “She is gone!” as the ball sails into the right-field bleachers, lasts 6 minutes and 48 seconds. Not that anyone was putting a timer on it 35 years
8:49 AM ET Associated Press Four-time European tour winner Rafa Cabrera Bello of Spain bounced back from a double bogey on an island hole to shoot a 7-under 65 Friday and take a two-shot lead after the second round of the Thailand Classic. Starting on the 10th hole, the 38-year-old Spaniard had back-to-back birdies on
8:58 AM ET ESPN News Services The Philadelphia Phillies have signed left-handed reliever Jose Alvarado to a three-year contract extension, team president of baseball operations David Dombrowski announced Friday. The deal links Alvarado to the Phillies through the 2025 season and includes a team option for 2026. According to multiple reports, Alvarado will make $9
7:00 AM ET The NHL’s 2023 trade deadline is March 3. We’ve seen two big deals consummated thus far — with Vladimir Tarasenko joining the New York Rangers and Bo Horvat heading to the New York Islanders — but we’re pretty sure the volume will pick up in the coming weeks. For this week’s edition
7:05 AM ET It was the end of the KISS concert at Dodger Stadium in 2014, when the group hit the final bombastic notes of “Rock and Roll All Nite” and the pyrotechnics illuminated the palm trees near the hockey rink. That was the moment I fell in love with the bizarre, audacious spectacle that
9:14 AM ET ESPN.com Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Jabari Smith Jr. is just trying to get some shut-eye and more from our NBA quotes of the week “I’m trying to sleep … I got [Joel] Embiid tomorrow.” Houston Rockets forward Jabari Smith Jr., on being woken up by Philadelphia Eagles fans “I
9:47 AM ET William E. Ricks NBA legend and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan is celebrating his 60th birthday on Friday. The former guard played in the NBA for 15 seasons, winning six championships with the Chicago Bulls. Jordan finished his career with the Washington Wizards, but those seasons were less memorable. Jordan’s
8:00 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN High school freshman Julian Lewis has already made a Georgia state title game as a starting quarterback, has Ohio State, USC and Georgia among his 35 scholarship offers and has gone viral by wowing NFL stars with his skills. The 15-year-old profiles as the precocious prodigy in nearly every way,