11:15 AM ET The Football Writers Association of America has created an annual award in memory of ESPN reporter Edward Aschoff, who died on Christmas Eve — his 34th birthday — from previously undetected Stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma in his lungs. The Edward Aschoff Rising Star Award, which was announced Thursday, will recognize one promising
Month: February 2020
7:00 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” Twenty years ago, when the Cincinnati Reds were trying to trade for Ken Griffey Jr., it wasn’t as though they had discovered a toolsy phenom playing semipro ball in a sugarcane field.
Feb 13, 2020 Harlequins have confirmed the signing of South Africa international Wilco Louw for the 2020-21 season. Louw, 25, will join from Super Rugby side Stormers at the end of the campaign. The prop is set to replace outgoing England international Kyle Sinckler who has signed for Bristol Bears. – ESPN Fantasy Rugby is
Feb 14, 2016 TORONTO– Zach LaVine and Aaron Gordon taught us that the solution to the NBA’s slam dunk contest was simply staging a true slam dunk contest, a spirited competition that highlights the sport’s ultimate expression of athleticism. By testing their limits and pushing each other, drawing perfect score after perfect score from the
10:00 AM ET Houston Astros players Alex Bregman and Jose Altuve on Thursday apologized in brief statements for their roles in the team’s sign-stealing scheme in 2017. The players were made available at a news conference as the Astros opened spring training in West Palm Beach, Florida. “I am really sorry about the choices that
12:10 PM ET It’s getting very, very hard to sympathize with the National Hockey League when it comes to Olympic participation. For a while, it was easy. The International Olympic Committee was on the other side of the table, an organization that makes FIFA look like Amnesty International by comparison. Pick your toxicity: The bottomless
9:46 AM ET Racing is all about the view up ahead. Any racer who spends too much time staring into the rearview mirror will end up plowing into the wall. Likewise, any racer who keeps their eyes limited to the view off the front of their own hood will lose sight of the big picture
9:32 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees reliever Aroldis Chapman joined the chorus of players criticizing the Astros for stealing signs in 2017. Speaking through an interpreter, he called the actions of Houston’s Jose Altuve at the end of the 2019 American League Championship Series “a little suspicious.” Chapman was also part of
8:37 AM ET All-Star Weekend 2020 is nearly here. Which stars are taking home the hardware? Will Aaron Gordon finally break through for his first dunk contest title, or will Dwight Howard turn back the clock and channel his inner Superman? Will Giannis Antetokounmpo exact his revenge on LeBron James and captain the winning squad
9:12 AM ET Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick will release a memoir sometime this year through a publishing company he has founded, called Kaepernick Publishing. Audible will release a audio version of the memoir. “I want to tell the story of my evolution, and the events that led me to protest systemic oppression, in hopes