Feb 11, 2019 Crusaders centre Jack Goodhue charges at the Hurricanes during their 2018 Super Rugby semifinal in Christchurch Martin Hunter/Getty Images The Super Rugby season is once again upon us, with a full round of fixtures set down for the opening weekend of competition from February 15. Here, we analyse the New Zealand conference and
Month: February 2019
Feb 12, 2019 Craig Dowd Close Craig Dowd played 60 Tests for New Zealand between 1993 and 2000, including in two World Cups, and he was part of the All Blacks team that won their first series in South Africa in 1996. He played for the Blues and Auckland in New Zealand domestic rugby, and
Feb 10, 2019 Michael Hooper of the NSW Waratahs Mark Evans/Getty Images The Super Rugby season is once again upon us, with a full round of fixtures set down for the opening weekend of competition from February 15. Here, we analyse the Australia conference and ESPN columnist Greg Growden offers his thoughts on each of the
7:00 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN Ah, love is in the air. This Valentine’s Day, it’s all about new love in the NHL. In this week’s Power Rankings, we identify the players whom teams (and fans) have fallen for this season. How we rank: The ESPN hockey editorial staff submits polls ranking teams 1-31, and those
4:54 PM ET MESA, Ariz. — Saying he’s in a better place both mentally and physically this spring, Chicago Cubs righty Yu Darvish is looking to rebound after a season to forget in 2018. Poor performance gave way to an elbow injury last season, but he says that’s all behind him now. Darvish was asked
4:40 PM ET COSTA MESA, Calif. — Count Los Angeles Chargers general manager Tom Telesco as a fan of the upstart Alliance of American Football. Telesco said he watched the league’s slate of games over the weekend with his two sons and believes the AAF could potentially be a developmental league for the NFL. Telesco
3:34 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. – A mid-winter trip to the Dominican Republic has New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone fully convinced that his catcher’s largely atrocious 2018 season will give way to a dramatically better one this year. It’s what he sees inside Gary Sanchez that has Boone believing. “There’s a real hunger to
1:20 PM GMT Huw Jones is likely to miss the remainder of Scotland’s Six Nations campaign, the Scottish Rugby Union has confirmed. The Glasgow Warriors centre sustained knee ligament damage in Scotland’s second-round defeat to Ireland at Murrayfield on Saturday, and scan results suggest that Jones’ recovery time will likely extend beyond the end of
3:25 PM ET Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. — Shohei Ohtani says he wouldn’t change how he handled his elbow injury late last year, continuing to hit for the Angels until season’s end even though it meant delaying reconstructive surgery and his ability to pitch again until 2020. The reigning AL Rookie of the Year is
2:23 PM ET Quinton de Kock, South Africa’s best batsman on day one of the first Test, has conceded that Sri Lanka’s inexperienced quicks caught his team “off guard” at Kingsmead. There are few real surprises in top-level cricket any more, such is the preponderance of video analysis. Generally, it is also a disadvantage to