3:39 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots‘ dominating season-opening win against the Pittsburgh Steelers has sparked a “let’s dream” vs. “back to reality” contrast. The dreamer might now wonder if 16-0 is a legitimate possibility. The realist knows it’s early and so much can change over the course of a long NFL
Month: September 2019
9:02 AM ET College GameDay is making its first appearance in Ames, Iowa, for the 67th meeting between Iowa and Iowa State on Saturday. The Cy-Hawk Series has grown to become an exciting rivalry, and this season, the stakes are the highest they’ve been in some time. The Hawkeyes have a 44-22 record in the
Sep 5, 2019 If college football had a video game-style rating system, who would grade higher: Ohio State running back J.K. Dobbins or Alabama offensive lineman Alex Leatherwood? How about LSU safety Grant Delpit vs. Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert? Starting this year, we do have a rating system: the PlayStation Player Impact Rating. A 0-100
Sep 8, 2019 There are two ways of looking at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event between Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Justin “The Highlight” Gaethje in Vancouver, British Columbia. On one hand, the outcome can be viewed as borderline irrelevant. This 155-pound matchup almost mirrors the recently announced “BMF championship” fight between Nate Diaz and
12:40 AM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Dante Fowler caught Drew Brees by surprise on one of the most pivotal plays of last season’s NFC Championship Game. It was overtime
11:00 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — Drew Brees has never intentionally gone back to watch the replay of the no-call. Yet the New Orleans Saints quarterback still estimates he has seen it “a hundred” times — a number he is sure will go up by the time the Saints and Los Angeles Rams kick off
8:31 AM ET BEIJING — After a clutch performance Friday, Marc Gasol has a chance to pull off the rare double of winning an NBA championship and a FIBA World Cup title in the same summer. Gasol scored 33 points and made four crucial free throws in Spain’s 95-88 double-overtime victory over Australia in the
8:36 AM ET Sebastian Vettel has been given a vote of confidence by two of the most influential people in the Formula One paddock, Toto Wolff and Ross Brawn. Vettel has not won a Formula One race for over a year and has made a string of high-profile errors since crashing out of the lead
8:30 AM ET Associated Press GLENEAGLES, Scotland — The United States limited the damage on the opening day of the Solheim Cup by making 18th-hole birdies in the final two matches of the afternoon fourballs to secure half-points and trail Europe 4½-3½ at Gleneagles. Jessica and Nelly Korda played central roles in both sessions on
6:55 AM ET After his usually dazzling Los Angeles Rams offense laid an egg against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LIII, Sean McVay didn’t want his players to focus on one bad performance in an otherwise outstanding season. He wanted them to focus on three bad performances. As part of the Rams’ offseason