11:09 AM ET Deivarayan Muthu ESPNcricinfo looks at the major talking points from the first day of the ninth round of the 2018-19 Ranji Trophy Choudhary razes Tripura for 35 Rajasthan’s left-arm quick Aniket Choudhary scooped up his seventh five-wicket haul of the season to skittle Tripura out for 35, their lowest total in first-class
Month: January 2019
11:20 AM ET Early in this offseason, some agents were a little concerned about a rash of trades because of how those deals affect a large class of free agents. When one team addresses a roster hole by swapping assets with another club, that effectively closes an opportunity for a free agent. That burst of
12:21 PM ET Notable bets is a regular Monday roundup of wagers — some sharper than others — made recently at sportsbooks across the nation. The NFL playoffs have gone to the underdogs. All four ‘dogs covered the spread on wild-card weekend (depending on what line was bet in the Seattle Seahawks–Dallas Cowboys game). Underdogs
9:52 AM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Former Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza earned a 6-3, 6-4 win over Carla Suarez Navarro on Monday after a day interrupted by rain at the Sydney International. Samantha Stosur, the 2011 US Open champion, had a rare win on Australian soil when she rallied to beat Dominika Cibulkova 3-6,
10:11 AM ET A run down of the key dates for any Formula One fan ahead of 2019 with a calendar of events which stretches from February all the way through to December. A look at the most compelling narratives likely to dominate the new year of Formula One, including Ferrari’s brewing intra-team battle and
12:00 AM ET BALTIMORE — Los Angeles Chargers kicker Michael Badgley is playing postseason football in January for the first time, and enjoying every minute of it. “It’s the playoffs,” Badgley said. “During the regular season, every point matters. But in the playoffs they matter even more. With the team we’ve got, as long as
12:52 AM ET BALTIMORE — Lamar Jackson lost his postseason debut. He did not lose the faith of his teammates. Despite what was largely a nightmarish postseason debut, the Baltimore Ravens rookie quarterback received strong support in the locker room after Sunday’s 23-17 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers that he will make dramatic improvement
12:00 AM ET HOUSTON — As the Houston Texans‘ season abruptly and, to many in the locker room, shockingly ended with a 21-7 loss to the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday in NRG Stadium, much of the damage done in the team’s wild-card playoff exit could be traced to two big-ticket items. The first was Colts
7:13 AM ET You win, they say all the time, or you go home. That’s January football, and we’re in the thick of it. Eight teams played on wild-card weekend; four advanced; four confront earlier offseasons than they wanted. We don’t want to ignore anybody. Which teams will undergo the most roster and coaching turnover
12:00 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Saturday’s divisional-round playoff game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Indianapolis Colts at Arrowhead Stadium offers some interesting angles, but none better than the first matchup between quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes and Andrew Luck. They were the top two in the regular season in passing touchdowns, Mahomes with 50