7:01 AM ET Don’t let their last two games fool you. The Minnesota Wild are for real. And they’ve been pretty spectacular. The Wild had been on the NHL’s hottest run through early December, winners of eight straight games before closing out their recent road trip with back-to-back defeats at L.A. and Vegas. Minnesota’s loss
6:45 AM ET NFL NationESPN We decided to go beyond the typical numbers in this week’s NFL Power Rankings, using ESPN’s Football Power Index to tell the story of each team. So, the reporters evaluated the offense, defense and special teams FPI rankings of the squads they cover to explain why the teams are where
7:07 AM ET Washington Football Team tight end Logan Thomas faces a longer recovery after further tests revealed a torn ACL, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Thomas is expected to undergo surgery this week and be ready for the start of the 2022 season. Washington initially feared that Thomas had torn the ACL and
7:00 AM ET If we think of the lockout that has mostly shut down baseball’s offseason as a holiday break, it’s not so bad, right? For a couple of weeks at the end of November and into the first day of December, the transaction wire was buzzing. Then: Nothing. The upside is that with 40-man
11:31 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball GLENDALE, Ariz. — Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey returned to Los Angeles on a private jet after producing a positive COVID-19 test, while tight end Tyler Higbee was
2:07 PM GMT Connor O’Halloran Former England full-back Danielle Waterman has announced the launch of the Women’s Rugby Association (WRA) on Monday, a new player’s union to represent the top-flight of women’s rugby Premier 15s. The Rugby Players Association represents all professional players in England, but only women who are under contract with the Red
12:05 AM GMT Former Ireland coach Joe Schmidt will replace Grant Fox as New Zealand’s independent selector after the July series against Ireland, the All Blacks said on Tuesday. Fox will step down after a decade in the role under former boss Steve Hansen and current coach Ian Foster. New Zealander Schmidt will work with
News Will Leach or Bess play? Who will go out to make room for Anderson and Broad? Joe Root has admitted that England are facing some “tricky decisions” over the make-up of their XI for the day-night Test in Adelaide, largely centred on the balance of the attack and the role spin might play. The
6:59 PM ET Danny Lewis Boubacar Kamara is out of contract in the summer and could soon leave Marseille. Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images The summer transfer window was unlike any other. See all the major deals and check out how we graded the biggest signings. And just because the window is shut until January, that doesn’t mean
12:07 PM ET What a weekend! Even before the chaos of the Champions League draw, the past 48 hours delivered a ton of talking points across Europe’s top leagues. Real Madrid‘s big derby win over Atletico Madrid feels decisive in LaLiga’s title race, while Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea all won to keep all three