1:39 PM ET Lewis Hamilton said his newly signed one-year deal with Mercedes should not be seen as him keeping the door open to leave Formula One at the end of the year. 1 Related Hamilton and Mercedes only agreed his 2021 extension earlier this year, although the final duration was much shorter than most
12:25 PM ET By now, you’ve undoubtedly pored over your club’s 2021 schedule, circling days on the calendar for every rivalry matchup, and if you’re really ambitious (and vaccinated), looking into flights and hotels for that special trip to watch your team in an away venue. It’s an exciting time of year that doesn’t leave
12:42 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — When asked in January how the Baltimore Ravens would attract a free-agent wide receiver, general manager Eric DeCosta made reference to one of his favorite movies. “I’ll just call on a line from The Godfather, ‘I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse,’” he said. Nearly two weeks
10:59 AM ET Associated Press SARASOTA, Fla. — Matt Harvey is back in the major leagues with the Baltimore Orioles. Baltimore selected the contract of the right-hander on Thursday, one week before its season opener at Boston. Harvey, who turns 32 on Saturday, gets a one-year, $1 million contract and the chance to earn performance
11:18 AM ET Assoicated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka has undergone surgery for an injury to his left foot. Wawrinka said Thursday that he would be out “for a few weeks,” with the French Open starting May 23. He won at Roland Garros in 2015. “After having some problems in
10:55 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show When Britain’s Ricky Hatton made his professional debut in 1997, he recalled hardly anyone turning up at the Kingsway Leisure Centre in Widnes to
8:43 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Rory MacDonald‘s 2015 challenge of UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler was an absolute classic. A year and a half after Lawler had edged out MacDonald by split decision in a nontitle bout, they went at each other relentlessly for the belt for 21 bloody, bruising minutes. MacDonald wobbled Lawler with
7:00 AM ET As Nick Saban told ESPN’s Chris Low last fall, “Good defense doesn’t beat good offense anymore.” College football is increasingly becoming an offense-driven sport, and few have adjusted better than Saban and Alabama. The Crimson Tide had arguably the greatest offense in college football history in 2020, leading the nation in efficiency
7:00 AM ET What do you do with Jose Altuve when you are ranking the top 100 MLB players for 2021? MVP in 2017, All-Star in 2018, a career-high 31 home runs in 2019 … and then came the sign-stealing scandal, the pandemic and a terrible 2020 season in which he hit .219 (only to
6:00 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — Let’s get the caveats out of the way: NFL free agency is not over after one week. Plenty of quality players remain. And there’s always the 2021 NFL draft as a way for a team to improve. But it’s clear the Dallas Cowboys believe the biggest addition they have