7:00 AM ET Isolated in a small, dark studio about two hours north of Helsinki, Antti Makinen prepared to call last Friday’s Game 7 between the Colorado Avalanche and Dallas Stars. Makinen is the voice of the NHL in Finland, where he broadcasts games solo and remotely, off a 25-inch TV. Game 7 was a
Month: September 2020
6:30 AM ET Two years ago, ESPN analytics created a revolutionary new way to measure the pass-block and pass-rush performance of individual NFL players using NFL Next Gen Stats player tracking data. This year, we present two new companion metrics for run-blocking and run-stopping: run block win rate (RBWR) and run stop win rate (RSWR).
7:17 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — Dak Prescott has always seemed ready for the moment as the Dallas Cowboys‘ quarterback. If there ever has been any uncertainty during his time with the Cowboys, he has not shown it. From his first preseason game on Aug. 13, 2016, in front of 89,140 at the Los Angeles
6:30 AM ET NFL NationESPN The 2020 NFL schedule kicks off this week with the Texans at Chiefs on Thursday night football, and NFL Nation has you covered. Big questions. Bold predictions. Breakout fantasy football candidates. Over/under picks. Record and playoff projections. Depth charts. And in-depth schedule analysis for all 32 teams. This is what
7:15 AM ET JAMES HARDEN CROUCHED, waiting for referee Ed Malloy to release the ball into the air. Dallas Mavericks forward Kristaps Porzingis stood three feet away across the center circle. The Houston Rockets‘ superstar is 6-foot-5. Porzingis is one of the tallest and longest players in the league, listed at 7-foot-3. Something didn’t add
5:39 PM IST ECB Reporters Network Essex 236 (Wheater 83*, Andersson 4-38) and 53 for 1 beat Middlesex 138 (S Cook 4-27) and 150 (Beard 4-21) by nine wickets Unbeaten Essex confirmed their place in the Bob Willis Trophy final as South Group victors with an emphatic nine-wicket win over Middlesex. Sir Alastair Cook, Paul
7:30 AM ET The pool for ESPN’s 2020 preseason All-America team was considerably smaller, which is weird. But what hasn’t been weird about this preseason, this offseason, this summer? In short, you won’t see any players from the Big Ten, the Pac-12, the Mountain West or any of the conferences not scheduled to play this
7:30 AM ET The strangest and seemingly longest offseason in college football history is finally over, and the ACC and Big 12 are scheduled to kick off this week, followed by the SEC in two weeks. No one knows how the season is going to go — or how long it will go — but
6:59 AM ET In the 2020 NHL playoffs, you never know what you’re going to get. Game 1 of the Western Conference Final was a tight, 1-0 contest. Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final was an offensive explosion — well, for the Tampa Bay Lightning, at least. The Vegas Golden Knights and Dallas Stars
2:20 AM ET Jamal Murray saw an opening, drove and lifted off, cocking his arm back for a monster dunk only to run into Kawhi Leonard‘s massive left hand. More specifically, Murray and the ball were rejected by Leonard’s left middle finger with just under two minutes left in a six-point game. For much of