12:59 PM ET The European club season came to an end this weekend, with Chelsea beating Manchester City 1-0 on Saturday to win the UEFA Champions League. We will remember this as the most disjointed, surreal, fixture-congested, logistically-challenged campaign barring those seasons played in wartime. Actually, scratch that; this was war-time football, albeit against a
11:56 AM ET Toronto Maple Leafs star John Tavares participated in an optional morning skate on Monday, but coach Sheldon Keefe confirmed the center wasn’t available to play in Game 7 against Montreal. Tavares has been out since leaving Game 1 of the series on a stretcher, suffering both a concussion and a knee injury
9:26 AM ET Jeff Carlisle Close U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. We have a new No. 1! The New England Revolution continue to quietly collect points in the
8:34 AM ET The Washington Wizards hosted the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday at Capital One Arena in the first playoff game at a U.S. venue where a legal bookmaker was accepting bets. It was a monumental moment for American sports that warranted an appearance from NBA commissioner Adam Silver, who, along with 76ers owner Josh
10:30 AM ET Dotun AkintoyeESPN.com Editor’s note: this story was originally published in August 2017, ahead of Floyd Mayweather’s fight against Conor McGregor, and appeared in ESPN The Magazine. On Sunday, Mayweather faces Logan Paul in an exhibition fight. When boxers prepare for a fight, it’s a process of daily accretion. They sharpen, strategize, suffer,
10:43 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Who knew watching film could be so painful? Jacksonville Jaguars coach Urban Meyer and assistant head coach Charlie Strong found that out Sunday night when they assisted in a brutal beating as part of AEW’s Double or Nothing pay-per-view event that was being held at the amphitheater adjacent to
7:00 AM ET Multiple Contributors It’s Memorial Day, which means one extra little thing for MLB fans: You’re now officially free to look at the MLB standings. The old adage among baseball fans is that you should avoid checking the standings until Memorial Day. Allowing two months of the season to play out first gives
7:15 AM ET Team owner and 2009 Formula One world champion Jenson Button expects the new Extreme E off-road racing series for electric SUVs to see an influx of manufacturers in the next year or two. Button’s JBXE team is partnered by Lotus Engineering, a subsidiary of the British sportscar maker, in a series that
6:00 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Quarterback Carson Wentz arrived in Indianapolis earlier this spring with questions surrounding his character as a teammate in Philadelphia. That was only part of the questions when it comes to Wentz, though. There also were physical questions on what he could do on the football field as the Colts’ new
6:00 AM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Turns out, Mike Shanahan was right. The former Denver Broncos coach once stood on a patio behind the team’s suburban practice complex and grumpily lamented another question about another player the Broncos were said to have been interested in and whom Shanahan actually had no interest in. “Everybody says