7:00 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN The 2018-19 season has begun to take shape and teams are beginning to form identities. For this week’s ESPN NHL Power Rankings — voted on as always by ESPN’s panel of experts — we identified the one thing carrying each of the 31 teams early in the season. Note: These
Month: October 2018
9:51 PM ET HOUSTON — Controversy came early in Wednesday night’s Game 4 of the American League Championship Series. In the bottom of the first, Houston Astros designated hitter Jose Altuve launched a fly ball to the right-field wall that caused Boston Red Sox right fielder Mookie Betts to go into a full jump. As
1:55 AM ET Editor’s note: This story originally was published on Nov. 24, 2016. SEATTLE — It was just past 6 a.m. and still dark on a rainy, windy morning two weeks ago at the University of Washington, and Craig McDonald was completely in his element. He had positioned himself in the crowd at ESPN’s
7:45 AM ET When Drew Brees set the NFL passing yardage record on Monday Night Football last week, the moment was important enough to stop time. The game came to a halt as the crowd in New Orleans and the television audience celebrated Brees’ accomplishment. The same thing happened when previous record-holder Peyton Manning took
8:32 PM ET LOS ANGELES — In another demonstration of the NBA’s technological and analytics revolution, the LA Clippers on Wednesday unveiled a platform that makes multiple streams of augmented game viewing available, the first of its kind among professional sports in North America. “What we have today is what I would call an augmented
8:41 PM ET NFL Nation reporters assess the biggest injuries across the league for Week 7. Scan through all 32 teams by division, or click here to jump ahead to your favorite team: AFC EAST Bills rookie QB Josh Allen did not practice Wednesday and will not play Sunday against the Colts. Buffalo will start
8:29 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville Jaguars fans are, not surprisingly, exceptionally happy about the news that owner Shad Khan has withdrawn his bid to purchase Wembley Stadium in London. That should end speculation that the franchise might relocate overseas. Though that might be the case, it potentially is a financial blow to the
7:16 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant has been dropped from the jury of an animated film festival after calls for the former NBA star’s ouster over a 2003 rape allegation. Eric Beckman is the CEO of the organization behind the Animation Is Film Festival. He wrote in a statement Wednesday that
7:02 PM ET Associated Press FRENCH LICK, Ind. — Laura Davies won the Senior LPGA Championship on Wednesday at chilly and windy French Lick Resort to sweep the two senior major events of the year. Davies birdied the final hole for a 2-under 70 and a four-stroke victory over Helen Alfredsson and Silvia Cavalleri. The
8:00 AM ET This story appears in ESPN The Magazine’s Oct. 29 NBA Preview Issue. Subscribe today! HE IS A rookie starter and much is expected, yet as Jayson Tatum warms up with his teammates before his first NBA game, he appears impervious to the noise and the lights and the pulsating anticipation inside Quicken