8:00 AM ET The good news about Week 5: 18 ranked teams are in action. By 2020’s standards, that’s pretty fantastic. The less good news: 13 of them are favored by double-digits, and only four play each other. The No. 4 Georgia vs. No. 7 Auburn game (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN) could be dynamite, but
8:00 AM ET NHL Insiders The 2020 NHL draft is set to take place Tuesday and Wednesday. While the event is always exciting because we get to see where hundreds of young players will continue their development as hockey players, it’s also usually the setting for massive trades. With the event taking place virtually this
7:00 AM ET For his entire 11-year career in the NHL, Anton Khudobin has been a backup goaltender. Then, this summer, he got his chance to shine. With the oft-injured Ben Bishop ruled “unfit to play” for most of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs, Khudobin took over the No. 1 role for the Dallas Stars.
6:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Quarterback Cam Newton has a large chip on each of his large shoulders this season, the result of an 86-day wait in NFL free agency in which he wondered if he would be playing for anyone in 2020. That led him to the New England Patriots on what he
2:49 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” You’re looking at the wrong thing. It’s understandable. A bat goes flying in the air, end over end, propelled into the night in a fit of passion, and it inevitably draws every
6:41 PM ET ESPN News Services FIFA has imposed conditions on the release of players for the South American World Cup qualifiers amid concerns over high coronavirus infection rates, travel difficulties and quarantine rules. FIFA said on Thursday the usual rules over the release of players for the games — which are due to get
1:53 AM ET PHOENIX — The Phoenix Rising placed head coach Rick Schantz and midfielder Junior Flemmings on administrative leave late Thursday night as an investigation takes place into allegations that Flemmings used an anti-gay slur during the team’s game Wednesday night against the San Diego Loyal. In a statement posted to the Rising’s Twitter
2:02 AM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The winless New York Jets have a lot of problems. Add injured quarterback to the list. Sam Darnold sprained his right shoulder Thursday night in the Jets’ 37-28 loss to the Denver Broncos at MetLife Stadium. He finished the game after being body-slammed to the turf in the
7:00 PM ET MLB InsidersESPN For fans outside of Houston, this MLB playoffs matchup will be a clear case of 2020’s baseball villains — the Houston Astros — against an Oakland Athletics team with as much animosity toward them as anyone in baseball — yes, even the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees. It’s
12:36 AM ET ESPN News Services SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr. and Wil Myers each hit two home runs and Manny Machado also connected for the San Diego Padres, who rallied to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 11-9 Thursday night to force a deciding Game 3 in their National League Wild Card Series. San