Jul 14, 2019 NFL players will report to training camp in mere days, but some of their minds aren’t on the practice field just yet. They are reacting to how EA Sports employees rated them in the upcoming video game Madden NFL 20, which will be released on Aug. 2. The player ratings were released
Month: July 2019
8:00 AM ET Bill ConnellyESPN Winning a national title papers over a lot of cracks. Technically, the ACC Atlantic got to boast the champ for the third time in six seasons last fall, but outside of Clemson, this was the most disappointing division in the nation, mainly because Florida State fielded its worst team since
7:06 AM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Tiger Woods doesn’t sound confident. Brooks Koepka is always confident. Rory McIlroy is at home, which should make him confident. On a venue few have seen before — Royal Portrush last hosted The Open 68 years ago — there are plenty of intriguing subplots as the year’s last
9:00 AM ET Steve Kim Anthony Olivieri On July 20, Manny Pacquiao, 40, faces welterweight titlist Keith Thurman, who is a decade younger. Thurman, who hadn’t fought in nearly two years, survived his last fight against Josesito Lopez. The aging Pacquiao, for his part, will be fighting for the second time this year. We asked
9:00 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Manny Pacquiao and Keith Thurman will collide for the WBA world welterweight title at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday
9:29 AM ET Bill ConnellyESPN The Big 12 enters 2019 toeing a line between order and chaos. On one hand, Oklahoma, one of the conference’s two blue bloods, has won the past four conference titles and is favored to do the same in 2019. (FPI gives it a 70 percent chance, which is pretty insane
9:47 AM BST 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
8:46 AM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Island — U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland said he decided to play in this week’s Open Championship at Royal Portrush only after his wife, Gabby, pushed him to go. Gabby Woodland is pregnant with twin girls and on bedrest. The twins are due to be born later this month. “She’s
8:21 AM ET What can you do in 1.91 seconds? It’s probably fair to wager it wouldn’t be a lot, whoever you are. But that’s how long it took Red Bull’s pit crew to change four tyres on Pierre Gasly’s car at the British Grand Prix on Sunday, making it the fastest ever stop in
8:41 AM BST On the cusp of a first Test in almost four years, Nic White says he is now better equipped for international rugby after honing his halfback craft overseas in the northern hemisphere. White is in line to pull on the Wallabies jersey against the Springboks in Johannesburg this weekend, either in the