9:41 PM ET ESPN News Services CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Devin Carter and two teammates took a North Carolina State flag and planted it at rival North Carolina‘s midfield logo amid a wild celebration. The Wolfpack spiked weeks of frustration with a signature road win to end the regular season. “It was just spur of
8:15 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The Thanksgiving afternoon game between the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys set the mark for the most-watched NFL regular-season game on record. The Cowboys’ 28-20 victory on Fox averaged 42 million viewers, according to Nielsen, surpassing the 41.55 million average for the Dec. 3, 1990, Monday
6:15 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim The PFL will crown their Season 10 champions in six weight classes on Friday night inside Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. This finale will give the winning fighters a $1 million cash prize. Undefeated two-time champion Kayla Harrison, currently ranked No. 8 in ESPN’s pound-for-pound rankings,
Justin Langer has emphatically denied claims he has fallen out with the Australian cricket team, adamant he is still in contact with most players. Langer’s exit as Australia coach has returned to the headlines on the eve of the Test summer, following his controversial podcast released earlier this week. In it, he accused sources who
4:30 PM ET AL KHOR, Qatar — The United States and England played to a 0-0 draw in their Group B encounter at the 2022 World Cup on Friday, leaving both sides with work to do in order to advance to the round of 16. The USA were the better side in a game lacking
7:46 PM ET AL KHOR, Qatar — First came the deflating finish against Wales. Then came the not-quite-sure-how-to-feel-about-it stalemate with England. Now comes the only game that matters. That was the only thing to take away from Friday’s scoreless draw with the Three Lions here, the only truly meaningful talking point. Tactics? Personnel? All fun
7:42 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” First baseman Carlos Santana and the Pittsburgh Pirates are in agreement on a one-year, $6.7 million contract, pending the results of a physical, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN. Santana, 36,
7:14 PM ET SAN ANTONIO — Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James returned Friday night against the San Antonio Spurs following a five-game absence because of a left groin strain. James started for the Lakers alongside Anthony Davis, Lonnie Walker IV, Troy Brown Jr. and Dennis Schroder. Los Angeles went 3-2 without him, including a
7:22 PM ET Ecuador striker Enner Valencia saved his team again in the 1-1 draw against the Netherlands before he was carried off the pitch on a stretcher late in the World Cup Group A clash on Friday. Valencia scored his third goal of the tournament to equalize the game in the second half and
1:31 PM ET Qatar became the first team eliminated at the 2022 World Cup after suffering defeats in their opening two fixtures, the earliest exit by a host nation in the tournament’s 92-year history. Qatar, who were controversially awarded the hosting rights in 2010, became the first host country to lose the opening game of