9:14 AM ET One evening long ago, as I peered at my Algebra 2 textbook, completely flummoxed, my father said, “If you can name every heavyweight champion of the world, in order, from John L. Sullivan to Sonny Liston, you should be able to memorize these formulas.” Dad made sense, but I couldn’t relate to
Month: September 2019
9:05 AM ET Rafael Cordeiro and his coaches at Kings MMA had a game plan laid out for Kelvin Gastelum ahead of his fight with Israel Adesanya at UFC 236. It was heavy on sticking and moving, counterpunching and wrestling. Cordeiro felt that was the best path for Gastelum to defeat Adesanya and win the
11:00 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The legend of rookie linebacker Devin White — the Tampa Bay Buccaneers‘ fifth overall draft pick brought in specifically to help combat the likes of running backs Christian McCaffrey and Alvin Kamara — began last week in Tampa not with a sack or an interception or double-digit tackles, but
2:09 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Eric Reid wasn’t sure what the fuss was about as fellow Carolina Panthers safety Tre Boston recalled a 2014 game against former teammate Steve Smith. “Man, [Smith] went off on us,” Boston told Reid. It was billed the “Blood and Guts” revenge game, playing off the promise the oft-volatile
9:30 AM BST Gloucester fly-half Danny Cipriani and former England captain Dylan Hartley have told of their desperation to have been called up to head coach Eddie Jones’ 31-man Rugby World Cup squad last month, with both having been omitted from the final selection. Cipriani, 31, who was named Premiership player of the year and
11:00 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Gregg Williams loves to talk about culture and, no, he’s doesn’t mean fine arts or classical music. He’s into football culture, that ever-elusive mind meld that occurs when every player and every coach commit to winning and each other. Some coaches go a lifetime without experiencing it. Williams
11:00 PM ET HOUSTON — On Monday night in New Orleans, quarterback Deshaun Watson showed just how dangerous he and the Houston Texans offense can be when he led the Texans 75 yards in 13 seconds with his team trailing by six points with less than a minute left. And on that touchdown pass, he
8:51 AM ET ESPN News Services Four-time Grand Slam champion Kim Clijsters is planning another comeback. A mother of three, the Belgian who retired after the 2012 US Open wants a new challenge, she told the WTA in an interview on its website Thursday. She plans to compete on the professional tour again in 2020.
10:36 PM ET David Stern looked like a lost American tourist standing outside of the Chinese Central Television offices in Beijing for hours in 1989. Three years before the Dream Team made the world fall in love with basketball, the then-NBA commissioner actually helped light the spark that led to China falling in love with
7:56 AM ET Tennessee Titans defensive back Logan Ryan expressed his appreciation Wednesday to the Cleveland Browns for acting swiftly in banning the fan who doused him with beer at FirstEnergy Stadium last Sunday. Problem is, the Browns appear to have banned the wrong fan. A man named Eric Smith claiming he was banned by