10:51 AM ET HOUSTON — Last summer, while the basketball world reacted with shock, awe and frustration when the Golden State Warriors signed DeMarcus Cousins, it was easy to miss just what sort of gamble was being taken. Not just a wager that Cousins would get and stay healthy — ultimately, he wasn’t able to
Month: May 2019
10:29 AM BST Queensland Reds second-rower Harry Hockings has been suspended for three weeks after being found guilty of stomping on the head of a Sunwolves’ player. Hockings was red carded for the offence in the 76th minute of the Super Rugby game that saw six cards brandished by referee Angus Gardner. The Reds won
1:22 PM ET I wrote this last week, ahead of the UFC Fight Night between Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Al Iaquinta, and I’ll write it again now: Business might be picking up at 155 pounds. The UFC is now on ESPN and ESPN+. Subscribe to ESPN+ to get: exclusive live UFC events, weigh-ins and more;
10:00 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” Here’s one of the great contradictions in baseball: Modern reliever usage, most of us would agree, has made the game more static, more anonymous, more dawdling — generally speaking, more boring. But
9:34 AM ET ESPN News Services STAMFORD, Conn — The XFL today announced multi-year agreements with ESPN and FOX Sports to televise XFL games starting with its inaugural 2020 season. XFL games will air weekly on broadcast TV (ABC and FOX) complemented by games on cable (ESPN, ESPN2, FS1 and FS2). The XFL TV schedule
shares Captains Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana pose ahead of the toss © BCCI Toss Supernovas opted to bowl v Trailblazers Supernovas captain Harmanpreet Kaur called it right at the toss and opted to bowl against Smriti Mandhana‘s Trailblazers in the opening game of the first multi-team Women’s T20 Challenge, at the Sawai Mansingh
3:02 AM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — No one really knows whether Marquise Brown will become a No. 1 wide receiver or if Jaylon Ferguson will develop into a Pro Bowl pass-rusher. What has already been established from this year’s NFL draft is this: The Baltimore Ravens have significantly upgraded their nicknames. Six of Baltimore’s
9:49 AM ET ATLANTA — Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton says the rehabilitation from shoulder surgery is going “unbelievable,” and he hopes to be throwing before training camp. “I’m feeling great now,” Newton told ESPN in an interview from “Fellaship,” his Atlanta-based cigar bar/restaurant that held its grand opening this past weekend. “I feel like
9:32 AM ET The owners of Maximum Security plan to file an appeal with the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission contending that their horse should be declared the rightful winner of the 2019 Kentucky Derby, owner Gary West told the “Today” show on Monday. Maximum Security also will skip the Preakness, West said. “We are going
Paul Mariner and Mark Donaldson predict the biggest games from the Premier League weekend as the race for the title and a top 4 spot hit the home stretch. Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers says he has no extra motivation to do his former club Liverpool a favour in the Premier League title race when