11:00 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Nick Foles isn’t certain what he might be doing today if not for his one season with the Kansas City Chiefs. The Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback, one of the marquee free-agent signings this offseason, spent a largely undistinguished year with the Chiefs on the field in 2016 — but
Month: September 2019
9:46 AM ET In Afghanistan’s captaincy debacle this year, Rahmat Shah unwittingly led the side in no Tests after being named captain. That’s right. After he was named in their leadership reshuffle in April, Rashid Khan replaced him in July. Going by what he achieved today in Chattogram, becoming Afghanistan’s first Test centurion, even a
8:00 AM ET Bill ConnellyESPN Week 1 of the college football season exceeded last year’s opening weekend from the perspective of drama, wacky finishes, funky bounces and by just about any other measure. Week 2 likely will be defined by the outcome of two Saturday games: No. 12 Texas A&M at No. 1 Clemson (3:30
9:02 AM ET The Kansas City Chiefs will kick off the season as Super Bowl favorites at multiple Las Vegas sportsbooks. The Chiefs moved ahead of the New England Patriots and into the role of Super Bowl favorites in late August at Caesars Sportsbook. Kansas City is 6-1, followed closely by the Patriots at 13-2.
8:15 PM ET You’re probably reading a lot of Super Bowl predictions right about now. The 2019 NFL season is about to start, and with it comes a barrage of Super Bowl picks. Invariably, about 95% of those suggestions will come down to one of five teams, with the other 5% chalked up to trendy
8:32 AM ET SHANGHAI — Marcus Smart missed Team USA‘s World Cup game Thursday with a left quad strain and will be day-to-day. Smart missed most of Team USA’s training in August with a calf strain on the same left side. He only played 11 minutes in the Americans’ victory over Turkey on Tuesday. He
8:17 AM ET At the geographic center of the Greatest College Football Rivalry that isn’t, as the natural laws of Texas likely demand, stands a barbecue pitmaster. Gerald Birkelbach, the smoke-infused owner of City Meat Market in downtown Giddings, Texas, is hunkered over charred pits in the back room of a brick building at the
12:56 PM ET KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV WAS walking through an airport in Dagestan seven years ago, on his way to catch a flight to the United States for his UFC debut, when he noticed a store selling unique souvenirs. It was January 2012 and Nurmagomedov was about to board a flight from his homeland to Nashville,
9:04 AM ET Week 2 brings two huge heavyweight bouts, and ESPN’s college football experts’ picks are calling their shots. We’ll start things off with a blueblood LSU-Texas battle and a rematch of last season’s nail-biter between Clemson and Texas A&M. Out West, Cal’s defense will be tried by Washington’s Jacob Eason, and USC has
8:11 AM ET COSTA MESA, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn said the way he feels about running back Melvin Gordon hasn’t changed, but he’s got a season opener against the Indianapolis Colts to prepare for. “Don’t get me wrong,” Lynn said on Wednesday. “I don’t want to talk about the Melvin