3:37 PM GMT James Harrington Last year was a big year for rugby. Wales claimed the Six Nations Grand Slam while England were left once again licking their wounds following a thrashing from South Africa in the Rugby World Cup final. While it may be enjoyable, we’re not here to make English supporters question why
Month: January 2020
3:19 PM GMT It’s Six Nations time again and that means another chance to prove you know more about rugby than all your mates combined with the 2020 edition of ESPN Fantasy Rugby. Not only can you claim year-long bragging rights over every other rugby fan in your life by proving your managerial smarts and
3:25 PM GMT Now you have signed up for ESPN Fantasy Rugby 2020, you may be wondering what to do next — and how you can give yourself the best chance of winning a weekly prize or, perhaps, the big one at the end of the tournament. The basics are straightforward. For each week of
6:00 AM ET METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints had the NFL’s most loaded quarterback room in 2019, with Drew Brees, Teddy Bridgewater and Taysom Hill. But none of them is under contract for 2020, with Brees and Bridgewater both scheduled to become unrestricted free agents and Hill a restricted free agent. In a
10:35 AM ET ESPN News Services An MRI on the back of Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis came back negative for a serious injury and he will travel with the team on its upcoming road trip. The Lakers say that Davis has a gluteus maximus contusion. The Lakers play at Dallas Friday and at
10:10 AM ET Marvin Lewis, who was one of only two known candidates to interview for the Dallas Cowboys‘ head-coaching position, says he is fine with how the process went despite not getting the job. “There’s a lot bigger problems than myself out there,” Lewis told ESPN’s Golic and Wingo on Wednesday when asked about
9:42 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady had said in the immediate aftermath of Saturday’s playoff loss to the Tennessee Titans that it was “probably unlikely” and “hopefully unlikely” that he would retire, and now he has expanded on the topic, writing on social media that he has more to
9:30 AM GMT Italy’s most-capped player Sergio Parisse will retire after this year’s Six Nations, ending his 18-year international career in front of home fans in the Stadio Olimpico. The 36-year-old was set to retire after the Rugby World Cup in Japan but was unable to play a farewell match when Italy’s final pool game
3:18 AM ET Associated Press AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki prolonged their one-time-only doubles partnership Wednesday when they won through to the semifinals of the ASB Classic. Playing in combination for the first time in their careers, Williams and Wozniacki beat top-seeded Johanna Larsson of Sweden and Caroline Dolehide of the
6:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Trailing by one point with 53 seconds left in a pivotal game at the New Orleans Saints in December, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo strolled to the huddle, looked his teammates in the eyes, raised his voice just enough to be heard above the earsplitting din of