6:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Make no mistake, the San Francisco 49ers are a team in crisis. Less than 10 months after coming up just short in Super Bowl LIV, the Niners’ issues are all encompassing. San Francisco has been battered by injuries. The offense has had little rhythm behind a line that
7:01 AM ET Courtney Cronin Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered the 49ers, Raiders and Warriors for the San Jose Mercury News. She joined ESPN in 2017. NFL Nation Welcome to NFL game day in the midst of a global coronavirus pandemic. Please remember to wash your hands, wear a mask and stay six feet apart.
7:45 AM ET Ever since her son died in August, Sarah Looney starts her day with a text message. “I will say, ‘Good morning, I hope you have a fabulous day. I love you,'” Sarah said. “And then I started doing this when D.J. passed away, do #beDJstrong. I send that to him every time.”
2:50 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” ARLINGTON, Texas — For a National League Championship Series that seems to relish bringing the improbable to life, even this was outlandish. It was the ninth inning of Game 2, and Atlanta
7:15 AM ET The NHL free-agent frenzy was unprecedented this offseason — and not just because it took place when the regular season is usually scheduled to start. The new collective bargaining agreement kept the salary cap flat at $81.5 million. Otherwise, it would have plummeted, just as team revenues have during the COVID-19 pandemic.
6:00 AM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — In 1978, a 26-year-old aspiring football coach walked into a rather nondescript tan building on the city’s north side to start a job with the Denver Broncos. Bill Belichick has called his one season in Denver a “tremendous experience” filled with lessons he still uses today, with eight Super
5:53 AM BST South Africa have been handed a 48-hour deadline to resolve internal issues and confirm their participation in the Rugby Championship, governing body SANZAAR said on Wednesday. The southern hemisphere championship, which also includes Australia, New Zealand and Argentina, will be held entirely in Australia this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rugby
4:47 AM ET Alex Kirkland Spain coach Luis Enrique has defended David De Gea after the Manchester United goalkeeper put in another disappointing display for his country in a 1-0 loss to Ukraine in the UEFA Nations League. Viktor Tsygankov‘s 76th minute winner on Tuesday night saw De Gea caught out of position as Spain
3:58 AM ET Manchester United and Liverpool will discover the full extent of Premier League opposition to their support for Project Big Picture on Wednesday. Senior executives from the 20 top flight clubs will meet for the first time since revelations emerged of plans to restructure the English game. – Stream LIVE games and replays
3:31 AM ET Associated Press COLOGNE, Germany — Andy Murray suffered another first round elimination on Tuesday, this time at the Cologne Indoors at the hands of out-of-form veteran Fernando Verdasco. Verdasco exploited Murray’s fragile serve to win 6-4, 6-4 in a match which finished after midnight German time. Verdasco broke Murray’s serve four times