10:00 AM ET Some familiar teams top the odds to win the national championship as a college football season like no other takes it up a notch this weekend. Clemson, which opens its season at Wake Forest on Saturday, is the unanimous favorite to win the national championship at sportsbooks around the nation, followed closely
Month: September 2020
10:00 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The NASCAR playoffs began last week, with Kevin Harvick‘s victory in the Southern 500, and will continue with the Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway on Saturday (7:30 p.m. ET). Who will take the checkered flag? Senior writer Ryan McGee and editor Scott Symmes offer their best bets.
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” Fernando Tatis Jr. was wearing a microphone during a recent Padres game, chatting with the broadcasters from his shortstop position in the middle of the second-inning action. It was charming audio —
6:35 AM ET NFL NationESPN The 2020 NFL season is here, and our NFL Nation reporters have bold predictions for all 32 teams to set up the slate ahead of Super Bowl LV. Here’s a sampling: Miles Sanders will lead the NFL in all-purpose yards. Le’Veon Bell will be traded by the midseason deadline. The
7:20 AM ET We’re approaching the halfway point of the 2020 NBA playoffs, our third Game 7 is here, and the East finals start soon. Let’s bounce around the league for a look at what the postseason has given us and what lies ahead. 1. Predatory Kyle Lowry With 60% of Toronto’s starting five slumping
1:43 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Former Sri Lanka seamer Tony Opatha has died from a stroke on Friday morning, at the age of 73. Opatha had played five ODIs, across the 1975 and 1979 World Cups, and was known as a domestic stalwart through the 1970s, playing for the Air Force – of which he
8:07 AM ET Marco Bielsa has signed a one-year deal with Leeds United, the club announced on Friday. Bielsa led Leeds to their first promotion to the Premier League in 16 years and will now remain at Elland Road for the 2020-21 season. – Insider Notebook: Greenwood, Foden face England axe– Stream FC Daily on
12:15 AM ET Raul Ruidiaz and Joevin Jones each had two goals and two assists and the defending MLS Cup champion Seattle Sounders scored four times in the opening 20 minutes en route to a 7-1 victory against the visiting San Jose Earthquakes on Thursday night. It was the biggest win for the Sounders in
7:58 AM ET Mikel Arteta has admitted on the eve of the new Premier League season that Arsenal‘s squad is imbalanced and the club are still actively looking to strengthen before the window closes next month. Arsenal have more than 33 first-team players on their books and are looking to offload several including Matteo Guendouzi,
7:45 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona have confirmed that the coronavirus pandemic has cost them around €300 million so far and has forced them to make a number of adjustments to their budget for the new season. Barca had hoped to become the first football club to break €1 billion in annual revenue