7:16 AM ET Here’s the thing about picking some of the most notable surprises and disappointments of 2019: You have to adjust for the baseball. Is it a surprise that Jorge Soler has 45 home runs? Yes. Did he always have power potential? Yes. Did anybody predict 45 home runs from him? No, of course
Month: September 2019
The Champions League group stage is back, but who were the stars this week? Here’s the best XI from the first games. The Champions League’s best performers from this week. Goalkeeper: Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona) Barcelona were well under par in their 0-0 draw against Borussia Dortmund so it was fortunate they had a goalkeeper
Christian Pulisic is struggling to see the pitch at Chelsea. Should he be concerned with that he can’t get off the bench at Stamford Bridge? Our banker bet landed again in midweek as 2/1 shots Napoli beat Liverpool. However Real Madrid let us down as they fell to a heavy 3-0 defeat in Paris. Attention
Shaka Hislop presents his weekly power rankings and is given quite a bit of stick by the FC guys for how he ordered the top 10. Philippe Coutinho is tasked with naming his favourite player, his top games and goals after completing his move to Bayern Munich. Philippe Coutinho explains how his chats with Thiago
A penalty from Yoshimar Yotun and another goal from Jonathan Rodriguez two minutes later helped Cruz Azul to a 2-1 victory over Tigres in the Leagues Cup final. ESPN FC’s Alejandro Moreno says a merger between MLS and Liga MX will not work because of the huge structural differences of the sport in the United
7:52 PM ET Alabama defensive lineman LaBryan Ray will miss at least the next six weeks while recovering from surgery on his foot, coach Nick Saban announced Wednesday. Ray, a preseason All-SEC selection, injured his foot during last Saturday’s win at South Carolina. Saban said the timetable for his returns depends on how he responds
ESPN’s Alexis Nunes and Julien Laurens discuss the factors that will make or break Liverpool’s Premier League title hopes. Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola insists he will continue to back his players after they believed in him during his first season in charge. Former Liverpool star Steve Nicol says Manchester City have no choice but to
1:08 PM ET SEATTLE — Sean Payton declined to name a starter for the New Orleans Saints‘ first game without Drew Brees on Sunday at Seattle, saying, “We’ll approach this game with two quarterbacks” in veteran Teddy Bridgewater and dual-threat athlete Taysom Hill. Brees underwent surgery on his right (throwing) thumb on Wednesday. And though
7:37 PM ET The Drug Enforcement Administration is investigating where Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs obtained the drugs that were in his system at the time of his July 1 death in Southlake, Texas, two sources with knowledge of the investigation told Outside the Lines on Wednesday. An autopsy released Aug. 30 found evidence
7:27 PM ET NASCAR Xfinity Series crew chief Nick Harrison’s July death has been ruled to be accidental after autopsy and toxicology reports by the North Carolina medical examiner show he had cocaine, oxycodone and alcohol in his system when he died, according to multiple reports. Fox Sports first reported the findings. Harrison, 37, had