7:00 AM ET Francesco Pinelli had been looking forward to the 2020-21 hockey season his entire life. Pinelli, a 17-year-old from Hamilton, Ontario, is a top prospect for the 2021 NHL draft. In October, NHL Central Scouting named Pinelli to its preliminary players to watch list; the Kitchener Rangers (Ontario Hockey League) center was one
7:00 AM 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 INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Inside the home locker room at SoFi Stadium, standing underneath a neon-glowing Los Angeles Rams logo, coach Sean McVay called out quarterback Jared Goff
7:00 AM ET Quarterbacks may get all the glory, but in an era of exploding offensive numbers, dominant defensive players create a unique level of exhilaration. From lockdown corners, to big-hitting safeties, to sideline-to-sideline linebackers, to triple-team-worthy tackles, to unstoppable edge rushers, we have seen plenty of dominant forces in college football this century. Let’s
7:00 AM ET We’re past the midseason mark of this abridged 56-game 2021 NHL season, and the April 12 trade deadline is just around the corner. For this week’s NHL Power Rankings, we offer up bold predictions for all 31 teams. How we rank: The ESPN hockey editorial staff submits selections ranking teams 1 to
12:13 AM ET A Brazilian football team was ordered to remove a “sexist and misogynist” advertisement on Tuesday after it posted a picture of a semi-naked woman offering fans a club discount at a sex hotel, a regulator said. The ad featured the scantily clad woman with the words, “Score that Goal, Boliviano!” Boliviano is
6:28 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Jesse Lingard has defended his use of social media and says his off-the-field interests do not affect his focus in training or games. Lingard has earned a recall to the England squad after scoring five goals in seven games since his loan move from Manchester United to West Ham in
6:10 AM ET Borussia Dortmund‘s technical adviser Matthias Sammer said Erling Haaland is “not the finished product,” as the Norway international continues to be linked with Europe’s biggest clubs. A disappointing 2-2 draw against Cologne on Saturday left Dortmund in danger of missing out on the top four, which would increase the likelihood of Haaland
7:00 AM ET Alphonso Davies is on course to be one of football’s biggest stars of the decade. At 20, the Canada international is already a Champions League winner with Bayern Munich and rated as one of the best defenders in the world, but it is his backstory, as a child born in a refugee
6:00 AM ET Liverpool and other Premier League teams will still train during the international break, but some overseas players and coaches have no choice but to remain in England. Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images Isolation, boredom, loneliness and anxiety. During 12 months of living with social restrictions — with all UK residents forced to
News He had hurt his shoulder while fielding in the ODI series opener on Tuesday Shreyas Iyer has been ruled out of the remaining two England ODIs after hurting his left shoulder in the field during the series opener on Tuesday night in Pune. ESPNcricinfo understand Iyer, who dislocated his shoulder, is set to miss