8:33 AM ET All terms being equal, would I want to play here? How the best basketball players in the world answer this question governs the entire power structure of the NBA. No two players hold every team in the same regard, and the impressions of these teams fluctuate day to day. But it’s not
Month: December 2018
The FC guys answer your tweets on Neymar’s diving, Keylor Navas’ future, where Arjen Robben ranks among the Dutch greats and more. Paris Saint-Germain dropped Ligue 1 points for the second time in consecutive matches with a 1-1 draw away at Strasbourg on Wednesday, with Edinson Cavani scoring from the penalty spot 19 minutes from
10:04 AM ET NFL Nation The five quarterbacks selected in the first round of the 2018 draft — Josh Allen, Sam Darnold, Baker Mayfield, Lamar Jackson and Josh Rosen — might all start in Week 14. Here’s a closer look at how they are doing this season: Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills Stat line: 101-of-191 (52.9
8:00 AM ET Editor’s note: This is an updated version of a story first posted on May 5, 2018. IT IS A raucous November night at the TD Garden in Boston as Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam calls for the ball in the post, extending his spindly arm while Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown, a
8:06 AM ET Steve KimESPN Jose Pedraza is tasked with one of the most difficult assignments in all of sports this weekend at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City: Figuring out a way to decipher Vasiliy Lomachenko. While this is a lightweight unification tilt, with Pedraza (25-1, 12 KO) coming
8:10 AM ET When Urban Meyer came to Ohio State on Nov. 28, 2011, the Big Ten had bottomed out. The league’s highest rated team in the BCS standings was No. 10 Wisconsin, guaranteeing no Big Ten representation in the national championship game for the fourth consecutive season. Penn State was embroiled in scandal, weeks
Miguel Almiron shares his keys for Atlanta United as they look to lift their first MLS Cup trophy on Saturday. Atlanta United goalkeeper Brad Guzan explains why winning MLS Cup is the only way this season will considered a success in his eyes. ATLANTA — Jeff Larentowicz has a self-described role on his Atlanta United
8:28 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte 49ers say they have hired Will Healy as their head football coach. Austin Peay head coach Will Healy, who won the FCS National Coach of the Year title in 2017, has been hired as head coach of the Charlotte 49ers. Michael Hickey/Getty Images Healy most recently
9:26 AM ET The saga lasted 18 months, included two training camp holdouts and endless speculation whether Aaron Donald sought to be paid quarterback money. But at last, 10 days before the 2018 season opener, the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year signed a six-year, $135 million contract extension with the Los Angeles Rams,
9:56 AM ET The James Paxton trade was one of the first of Major League Baseball’s offseason, and part of the New York Yankees’ thinking in grabbing the left-hander from Seattle was that it would inoculate them from any desperation. No matter what followed, the Yankees would know that their rotation would start with Paxton,