6:36 AM ET Valtteri Bottas fell 69 points behind Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton in the Formula One title battle on Sunday and said he needed a miracle to deny the Briton a seventh world championship. The Finn failed to score in the Eifel Grand Prix at the Nuerburgring, despite starting on pole position, after
7:00 AM ET Week 6 of the college football season was the most college football week yet. You had Pitt kicker Alex Kessman nailing a 58-yard field goal to force overtime against Boston College, then missing a PAT to lose the game. You had Oklahoma beating rival Texas in four overtimes despite blowing a late
8:00 AM ET In the 116-year history of the Texas–Oklahoma rivalry, Saturday’s game will be perhaps its most memorable. Not necessarily for good reasons, but in a way that’s hard to even describe. “For 2020, ‘weird’ is starting to get overused,” said Darrell Debish, a 48-year-old Texas fan who estimated this was his 30th Red
8:01 AM ET The New England Patriots had no new positive coronavirus test results from the latest round Sunday, a source told ESPN. The Tennessee Titans also had no new positive COVID-19 tests Monday morning, a source told ESPN’s Dan Graziano, meaning their Tuesday night game against the Buffalo Bills is still on as scheduled.
8:27 AM ET Associated Press NEWMARKET, England — One of the most decorated runners in European horse racing was retired Monday when the owners of superstar mare Enable said she had run her last race and would soon begin a breeding career. The 6-year-old Enable, who was ridden by Frankie Dettori, is the only horse
7:00 AM ET It began with Freddie Freeman. Literally. Spin the clock back to 2013. Freeman had completed his third season as the Atlanta Braves‘ everyday first baseman, taking over at age 21 after a cup of coffee in the majors near the end of 2010. During those first three years, the Braves won 89,
1:54 AM ET After his team locked up yet another one-run win by beating the Houston Astros 2-1 in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series on Sunday, Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash wouldn’t attribute that success to anything but bullpen depth. “Our analytical guys might think they’re lucky or fluky, but, no,
7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN Monday brings us the first of what could be six consecutive days of League Championship Series doubleheaders, which would be an unprecedented run of playoff baseball at the highest stakes. Such are the 2020 MLB playoffs. The action starts with Game 2 of the ALCS, with the Rays already looking
7:00 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 — Every day last week, about 20 Texas Rangers employees fanned out to different parts of their glistening new ballpark, Globe Life Field, armed with what they hope will be
7:00 AM ET The Los Angeles Lakers are the 2020 NBA champions, blitzing through the bubble playoffs with a 16-5 record and finishing off the Miami Heat in six games in the NBA Finals. Now what? As the league enters an offseason of more uncertainty, we’re taking a way-too-early look at where all 30 teams