7:45 AM ET The Stanley Cup champions from 2018 (Washington Capitals) and 2019 (St. Louis Blues) are both in an 0-2 hole after Friday. The team that won in 2016 and 2017 (Pittsburgh Penguins) has already been eliminated. It sure feels like there’s going to be some new blood winning this summer. We also got
Month: August 2020
7:00 AM ET The 2020 NBA playoffs are almost here. Once the Portland Trail Blazers and Memphis Grizzlies face off to determine who’ll be the final playoff team in the Western Conference, things will be as close to normal as they can be in 2020: 16 teams (eight from each conference) playing best-of-seven series to
7:00 AM ET The NBA playoffs might not officially start until Monday, but postseason intensity will hit Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex two days early. After a thrilling Thursday of seeding-game action, the Portland Trail Blazers and Memphis Grizzlies clinched spots in the Western Conference play-in round. (Game 1 is 2:30 p.m. ET
5:56 AM ET Robbie Fowler is in a dispute with Brisbane Roar after leaving the club. Tony Feder/Getty Images Robbie Fowler has said Brisbane Roar “turned gangster” on him following his exit from the A-League club in June. The impact of the coronavirus pandemic was cited as the official reason for Liverpool legend Fowler’s departure from
5:00 AM ET Jurgen Klopp has won the Premier League and Champions League as Liverpool manager. Photo by OWEN HUMPHREYS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Liverpool‘s Jurgen Klopp has been named the Premier League’s Manager of the Season after leading Liverpool to their first league title in 30 years and finishing the season 18 points above nearest rivals
7:13 AM ET Arsenal head of football Raul Sanllehi is leaving the London side and will be replaced with Vinai Venkatesham, the club announced on Saturday. Sanllehi joined Arsenal from Barcelona in 2018, initially acting as the club’s head of football relations. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+– Insider Notebook: Arsenal investigate £72m Pepe transfer
2:06 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff The late Abdul Qadir has been conferred the Sitara-e-Imtiaz, the third-highest civilian award in Pakistan, by president Arif Alvi on August 14, the country’s Independence Day. Qadir, who died last year, is often credited as the one who revived the art of legspin in the 1970s and 1980s. During his
8:20 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Cardinals coach Willie McGee has opted out of being with the team for the rest of the season, while Major League Baseball announced Friday several doubleheaders to make up for games St. Louis has missed because of the coronavirus. The 61-year-old McGee, a four-time All-Star outfielder and
5:40 PM ET The New York Yankees placed Aaron Judge on the 10-day injured list with what manager Aaron Boone called a “very mild strain of his calf.” Tests on Thursday confirmed the injury. Boone said Judge feels like it’s a day-to-day injury but the team is practicing caution with its start slugger by sitting
10:20 PM ET As he prepares his team for a return to the playing field, St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Shildt is defending his players over any narrative that they did something “egregious” to cause the COVID-19 outbreak that has sidelined them since July 29. “What I can tell you, with confidence, is it would