7:16 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United have confirmed new signing Edinson Cavani will not be able to make his debut against Newcastle United on Saturday because of coronavirus quarantine rules. United have been informed Cavani, who moved to Old Trafford on a free transfer on deadline day, will have to stay in isolation until
Month: October 2020
8:10 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United have added Sevilla’s Jules Kounde to their list of targets with manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer not ruling out a move for a centre-back in January if his problems in defence do not improve, sources have told ESPN. Only newly promoted West Brom have shipped more goals in the
6:00 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN After several days of uncertainty, it’s finally clear what the next two weeks will look like for the undefeated Buffalo Bills. For now, at least. The Bills’ Week 5 game against the Tennessee Titans was pushed from Sunday afternoon to Tuesday (7 p.m. ET, CBS), a byproduct of the Titans
6:45 AM ET NFL NationESPN The NFL Power Rankings are inherently a judge of each team’s strength. But to find out which team is the strongest, you have to consider their weak spots. That’s what we’re doing in this week’s rankings. As we rank teams this week, each NFL Nation reporter assesses where the teams
7:23 AM ET So maybe K.J. Costello won’t play the part of Joe Burrow this season after all. The Mississippi State (nee Stanford) quarterback gave a Burrow-like recital at Tiger Stadium in the Bulldogs’ season-opening 44-34 upset of defending national champion LSU on Sept. 26. Costello threw for an SEC-record 623 yards and matched his
7:00 AM ET Professional sports have a peculiar way of glorifying underdogs who win championships while being blasé about teams with all-star rosters that win. The 1980 Team USA hockey “Miracle on Ice” is folklore. Cinderella teams are more compelling than No. 1 seeds in March Madness. Unless it’s part of a dynasty, hearing an
7:30 AM ET The dust has finally settled on the 2020 NHL draft. We know the Ducks, Kings and Rangers, in particular, did really well in their selections. But what next for this class? Grading each team’s haul aside, what do the new draft picks mean for each team’s system and future? After gathering my
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” You can sign a great player, but that’s just about writing a bigger check than anybody else. You can draft a great player, but that’s just about your pick coming before somebody
5:43 AM BST Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan and Test great David Campese might have gone for New Zealand rugby’s jugular, but the Wallabies are keeping their feet firmly on the ground ahead of an All Blacks response in Bledisloe II. The memory of last year’s 36-0 shellacking at Eden Park, which followed a resounding
12:30 AM ET ESPN staff The order for the 2021 MLB draft was made official, with teams picking in reverse order of their 2020 regular-season record, as usual. There had been some mystery about the draft order as there was a provision in the March agreement between the league and players regarding the 2020 season