7:00 AM ET After a shortened 60-game 2020 schedule in 2020, Major League Baseball returns to a full 162-game season in 2021. The Los Angeles Dodgers ruled last year’s unusual campaign, beating the Tampa Bay Rays in six games for L.A.’s first World Series title since 1988, but are they still the team to beat
7:00 AM ET Evaluating the top 10 defensemen in ESPN’s 2021 NHL position-by-position rankings is a study in competing philosophies on how to properly evaluate the position. What metrics best define value for scoring defensemen or “defensive” defensemen? Do the elite have to do both well, or can one aspect compensate for the other? I
6:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN With 2021 NFL free agency winding down, we are looking back on what went down and looking forward to what’s ahead. While there were a number of significant free-agent signings such as the Tennessee Titans picking up a pair of edge rushers, the Baltimore Ravens upgrading their offensive line and
7:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN The NBA’s trade deadline is officially in the rearview mirror and most of the top players to hit the post-deadline buyout market have already landed with their new teams. That means the league’s collective attention shifts from player movement to movement in the standings, and how the key races will
6:46 AM ET Associated Press AIGLE, Switzerland — Italian team Vini Zabù faces a suspension from racing after a second rider tested positive for doping, the International Cycling Union said Tuesday. Teams with two doping cases in a 12-month period can be banned from racing for 15 to 45 days, possibly ruling the team out
4:59 AM ET Austin LindbergESPN FC With the 2021 MLS season just weeks away, it’s the time of year when the league is inundated with new kits for all clubs. With so many teams unveiling new threads in recent weeks, we decided to look back at the 10 best and 10 worst kits in Major
3:30 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen This article first appeared on ESPN on Feb. 23, 2021 and has been updated. Favourites to regain the Premier League title this season, Manchester City have won 22 of their 30 games in the Premier League and are 14 points clear. Yet one area where they have not been as
4:55 AM BST New Zealand Rugby (NZR) will continue to have dialogue with players opposed to private equity investment in the All Blacks to build support for the sale of a minority stake to U.S. firm Silver Lake, NZR Chief Executive Mark Robinson said on Tuesday. Silver Lake has offered to buy up to a
7:32 PM ET Once deemed the biggest bust in draft history, former No. 1 overall pick Mark Appel is heading to minor league camp with the Philadelphia Phillies, ready to embark on a comeback after last pitching in a game in 2017. Appel, 29, talked with reporters on Monday from a Florida hotel room, where
1:40 AM ET Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani struggled in his final spring training start against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night, giving up seven runs and recording only seven outs while facing clear command issues at Dodger Stadium as he pitched around a blister. The Angels ultimately removed Ohtani in the