7:17 AM ET Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said he is puzzled by Manchester United‘s transfer business this summer but not surprised by the spending power of Manchester City, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain. United signed Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund for £73 million and have agreed a fee around £34m with Real Madrid to sign
10:00 PM ET NFL NationESPN While the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers opened the 2021 NFL preseason with their Hall of Fame game matchup last week, preseason really kicks off this week, as all 32 teams will be in action for Week 1. It started Thursday night with two games, as first-round quarterback Mac Jones
11:00 AM ET Veteran running back Dion Lewis, who played eight NFL seasons over 10 years and won a Super Bowl with the New England Patriots, is retiring from the NFL, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday. Lewis, who played for the New York Giants last season, had fielded interest from teams as
8:00 AM ET NBA Insiders Which rookies and veterans have surprised the most after one week of summer league basketball? Who have been the biggest disappointments? Jalen Green and Jalen Suggs have had stellar performances in their summer league debuts, but are they worthy of being named the MVP of Vegas? Players like Payton Pritchard
10:52 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Dwayne Haskins understood Mike Sullivan’s directions for Thursday night. The veteran quarterback coach, who once helped Eli Manning to one of his best seasons in 2011, told the young Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback to channel guys like Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Duke Ellington when he stepped on the turf at
9:03 AM ET Thanasis Antetokounmpo has agreed to a new two-year deal with the Milwaukee Bucks, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Antetokounmpo, an older brother of two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Giannis Antetokounmpo, played in 57 games during the Bucks’ championship season, averaging 2.9 points and 2.2 rebounds. Antetokounmpo, 29, also appeared in 13 games
News South African plans to return home and then head to CPL; Dane Vilas to continue as his replacement Faf du Plessis has been ruled out of this year’s men’s Hundred after failing to recover adequately from the concussion he suffered at the PSL two months ago. Dane Vilas will stay on as his replacement.
6:00 AM ET CINCINNATI — The biggest storyline for the Cincinnati Bengals for the last two years has involved quarterback Joe Burrow. Last season, the intrigue stemmed from Burrow’s transition from being the top overall pick in the 2020 draft to a rookie season impacted by COVID-19. This preseason, Burrow is coming back from reconstructive
6:00 AM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Chicago Bears need to walk a fine line with rookie Justin Fields. Technically the second-string quarterback, the No. 11 overall pick out of Ohio State has caught the attention of some of Chicago’s front-line players and already elicited a heady comparison to one of the NFL’s best
7:00 AM ET Nick Saban won his sixth national title in 12 years at Alabama, and his seventh overall, this past January. He had already put together maybe the greatest run of sustained dominance the sport has seen — only Bobby Bowden’s 14 straight top-five finishes could compete — and it’s jarring to realize that