9:00 AM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Staff Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Tom VanHaaren Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan The first Wednesday in February doesn’t carry the suspense it once did, but it’s still represents a milestone.
Month: February 2019
5:50 PM ET Borussia Dortmund were knocked out of the German Cup by Werder Bremen following a penalty shootout after a thrilling 3-3 draw at home on Tuesday, with the Bundesliga leaders twice throwing away the lead in extra time. Bremen, who are 10th in Germany’s top flight, took a fifth minute lead through Milot
10:08 PM ET CHICAGO — Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts on Monday distanced himself from what he called “racially insensitive” email exchanges involving his father, Joe Ricketts, after they were publicly leaked by splinternews.com. “We are aware of the racially insensitive emails in my father’s account that were published by an online media outlet,” Tom Ricketts
8:18 PM ET UFC 234 will mark Robert Whittaker‘s first title defence on home soil, but Israel Adesanya says it’s his showdown with Anderson Silva that saw the card sell-out in “minutes.” The countdown is on to what is Australia’s biggest UFC event since 2015 when Holly Holm handed global superstar Ronda Rousey her first
7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Since our last installment, two major things have happened in NHL Awards watching. The first is that the Professional Hockey Writers Association released its midseason balloting, which is like a wet finger in the air to see where the winds are blowing for potential candidates. (And in the case of
8:35 PM ET The first Super Bowl with legalized sports betting in New Jersey was likely one Garden State bookmakers will want to forget. New Jersey sportsbooks lost a net $4.5 million on the New England Patriots‘ 13-3 win over the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII, according to numbers released Monday by the
With Liverpool and Manchester City now only separated by three points, the FC crew assess which side has the edge in the Premier League title race. Goals from Sadio Mane and Michail Antonio left Liverpool and West Ham with a draw and saw Liverpool drop points for the second-straight match. Former Liverpool defender Steve Nicol
7:44 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers remains outwardly confident that superstar forward Kevin Durant will decide to re-sign with the team this summer. “I feel like all our players are happy and want to stay with us and continue with us,” Myers said Monday, when asked specifically about
8:29 PM ET A California woman died last August as a result of being hit in the head by a batted ball at Dodger Stadium, according to a Los Angeles County coroner’s report obtained by ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” and details her daughter revealed to OTL in December. Linda Goldbloom, a mother of three and
7:22 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry said Monday that All-Star center Anthony Davis has been cleared to return to practice, after suffering a sprained left index finger in January that has kept him off the court for seven games. Whether Davis will play another game for the Pelicans remains another question