7:55 AM ET All we can ask of our league championship series is that the two best teams are involved, which is precisely the case with the National League Championship Series. The Milwaukee Brewers have won 11 in a row, tying the 1970 and ’71 Orioles for the most consecutive victories heading into a championship
Month: October 2018
9:23 PM ET Colombia rode three second-half goals to a 4-2 friendly win against the United States in Tampa on Thursday night. U.S. interim manager Dave Sarachan fielded a starting XI that mixed national team veterans — including U.S. captain Michael Bradley making his first appearance since the team failed to qualify for the 2018
8:17 AM ET The public is betting on the NBA like it’s the 1980s. “It’s all Lakers and Celtics,” MGM sportsbook director Jeff Stoneback said. Book by book across Las Vegas, the Los Angeles Lakers have attracted the most bets to win the NBA championship this season. The Boston Celtics, the favorites in the Eastern
7:03 AM ET This season, all your screens will be tuned to the NBA. It’s showtime! Eric Heintz This story appears in ESPN The Magazine’s NBA Preview issue. Subscribe today! Watch Pablo S. Torre and Bomani Jones debate hoops every day on “High Noon.” Here’s a riddle: If the Warriors winning a title is a foregone
benton benton bold benton black Explore nine years of iconic images, all dedicated to the power of the athletic form. Type anywhere to search If the NBA has taught us anything, it’s to expect drama—everywhere! So we paired each team with a TV drama, then the NBA Forecast panel ranked how central each subplot will
7:42 AM ET Plans to launch an all-women racing series next year have divided opinions among existing female racing drivers. A new international racing series exclusively for female drivers, W Series, will launch next year in a bid to give women an easier pathway to Formula One. W Series will be a free-to-enter, single-seater racing
6:45 AM ET Europe’s Ryder Cup hero Francesco Molinari has revealed he was carrying a back injury during his record-breaking performance at Le Golf National in September. Molinari became only the second player in the tournament’s current format to win a perfect five points from his five matches as Europe defeated the United States 17½-10½
Things change in the blink of an eye in football. The Football Whispers Index takes the latest transfer rumours and gives them a score out of five; the higher the score, the more realistic and reliable the Whisper. Here are today’s top five emerging whispers. And keep an eye on Transfer Talk for all the latest gossip.
Monaco have sacked manager Leonardo Jardim, the club have announced, and Thierry Henry remains the frontrunner to replace him. Jardim led the Principality side to the Ligue 1 title and Champions League semifinals in 2016-17 before seeing many of his best players leave that summer — and was still able to finish the campaign as runners-up to
The ESPN FC crew answer your tweets on Kylian Mbappe’s links to Real Madrid, Philippe Countinho’s woes at the Camp Nou and much more. Barcelona are refusing to put a timeframe on Samuel Umtiti’s recovery from a knee injury amid reports the defender is set for a long-term layoff. Umtiti has not played since Barca’s