6:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As the San Francisco 49ers closed in on their fifth consecutive win on Dec. 4, run game coordinator Chris Foerster approached running back Christian McCaffrey with some congratulatory words and a little bit of dap. But before Foerster could say anything, McCaffrey stood up, looked him in the
7:00 AM ET There’s NHL draft hype, and then there’s what heralds the arrival of Connor Bedard. He’s been called “magical” and “otherworldly,” a player that can “change the fortunes of a franchise” by himself. While NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has proclaimed that his teams don’t tank, there are a handful this season that seem
8:10 AM ET ESPN staff National signing day is here, with college football‘s early signing period kicking off Wednesday and lasting through Friday. High school recruits are able to sign their national letters of intent to lock them into the colleges of their choice. It already has been a busy start to the week, with
6:00 AM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — It’s another NFL Friday, this one the day before the Denver Broncos will travel to Charlotte, North Carolina, for a game against the Carolina Panthers. Safety Kareem Jackson, like the rest of the teammates around him, tries to toss all the essentials in his bag before equipment manager Chris
Greater depth in the seam-bowling department is key going forward, Harmanpreet Kaur said after India lost their home T20I series against Australia 4-1. Quick bowlers will come into sharp focus when India fly to South Africa for a tri-series – also featuring West Indies – next month, and then play the T20 World Cup, also
11:40 PM ET ESPN News Services The only yells in the Chicago Bulls‘ locker room on Tuesday night were happy ones. Nikola Vucevic had 29 points and 12 rebounds, DeMar DeRozan scored 24 points, and Chicago stopped a four-game slide by beating the short-handed Miami Heat 113-103. The Bulls looked nothing like the team that
5:08 PM ET Associated Press BERLIN — Tennis great Boris Becker tearfully recounted the moment the door of his single-occupancy cell at Britain’s notorious Wandsworth prison closed for the first time, speaking publicly after serving eight months for bankruptcy offenses. “It was the loneliest moment I’ve ever had in life,” Becker said in an interview
10:42 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Well-traveled quarterback JT Daniels has committed to transfer to Rice, multiple sources told ESPN. Daniels, a former national high school player of the year, will move to his fourth college home. He has played at USC, Georgia and West Virginia, where he has combined to go 17-12 as a starter.
8:37 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Utilityman Brandon Drury and the Los Angeles Angels agreed on a two-year, $17 million contract, sources told ESPN on Tuesday, adding the Silver Slugger winner to a lineup that already acquired outfielder
8:39 PM ET Associated Press Supporters cheered Morocco’s players after becoming the first African team to reach the semifinals at a men’s World Cup. Jalal Morchidi/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Tens of thousands of jubilant Moroccans welcomed their national team home Tuesday after the players exceeded the North African nation’s wildest expectations and finished fourth at