9:30 AM ET Dr. Brad Teague has heard your jokes. Central Arkansas’ athletic director knows they’re the go-to Twitter suggestion when a team has to postpone a game (and many teams have had to postpone a game in 2020). That’s what happens when a relatively unknown school puts together one of the most unusual schedules
Month: October 2020
7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN The unprecedented level of mayhem we saw in the wild-card round of the MLB playoffs — eight games on one day?! — was fun and all, but in terms of being able to digest a jam-packed day of postseason action, a quadrupleheader is just fine, thank you. That’s what we
8:00 AM ET Welcome to our fourth Heisman Watch of the 2020 college football season. Throughout the season, ESPN.com writers will vote on their top Heisman candidates. We are not including players whose fall seasons were postponed or who opted out. To get the final rankings, we use the following methodology: 13 voters, five votes
6:45 AM ET NFL NationESPN While the NFL Power Rankings are a weekly thing, it’s never too early to jump ahead and look toward the playoffs. With roughly a quarter of the season in the books, that’s what we’re doing. This week, we determined each team’s postseason chances, according to the ESPN Football Power Index
7:30 AM ET The NFC East is the NFC Least. It’s not just bad — it’s worse than last season. The Dallas Cowboys can’t stop a nosebleed, the New York Giants can’t reach the end zone, the Philadelphia Eagles barely have a recognizable offensive lineman or wide receiver and the Washington Football Team doesn’t even
7:30 AM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Twirling his whistle furiously, John Chavis instructs one of his linebackers to get wider. “Line up right there on his foot,” Chavis barks. “Let’s run it again. On the hop. Let’s go!” It’s reminiscent of the way the man they call “Chief” coached the game for 30 consecutive years
8:00 AM ET One can only hope that the reunion of Nick Saban and Lane Kiffin at midfield in Oxford, Mississippi, on Saturday is mic’d up. Surely cameras will cover the event, both in still frame and moving picture, but we need the audio to truly capture the latest chapter of what has been one
5:55 AM ET Liverpool forward Xherdan Shaqiri has tested positive for COVID-19, the Switzerland Football Association announced on Tuesday. Shaqiri, 28, was called up to the national team for the upcoming friendly against Croatia and UEFA Nations League clash in Spain. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+– Deadline Day: Every move, as it happened– Coups,
5:03 AM ET Luka Modric has defended Gareth Bale‘s record at Real Madrid and described criticism of his friend and former teammate as “unfair.” The midfielder spent four years playing alongside Bale at Tottenham, and seven in Madrid, forming part of a team that won four Champions Leagues and two La Liga titles before Bale
5:21 AM ET Adriana Garcia Marseille defender Alvaro Gonzalez has said that Neymar is not worthy of his respect after an investigation into the Brazil international’s accusation he was racially abused ended with no action being taken. Gonzalez was accused by the Paris Saint-Germain forward of directing a racist slur at him during Marseille’s 1-0