3:22 PM ET Andre SnellingsESPN Welcome to ESPN’s tennis contest for the Australian Open: Tennis Major Pick’em: Melbourne! What is it? It’s a free-to-play game, where you take a few minutes to answer a series of questions related to the upcoming Australian Open tennis Grand Slam event, which starts on Monday, Feb. 8, and ends
Month: February 2021
11:26 AM ET ESPN News Services The Baseball Writers’ Association of America has voted to remove the name of J.G. Taylor Spink, former publisher of The Sporting News, from the award given annually by baseball’s Hall of Fame for meritorious contributions to baseball writing. The BBWAA said Friday that 325 of 334 voters, 97%, had
10:55 AM ET The return of Team Qhubeka ASSOS after coronavirus has moved Doug Ryder. Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images Team Qhubeka ASSOS founder, Doug Ryder, has said that he was “very emotional” after watching his team’s maiden race of 2021, during the opening stages of Etoile de Besseges, in France. Towards the end of 2020
News He’s known for his high speeds and effective bouncers, but in the second Test, he also showed good discipline The trick to being a successful fast bowler in the subcontinent is not just express pace and good intent, but also to work with straighter angles. That’s what Anrich Nortje, who made his debut in
6:00 AM ET Adam Teicher Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Jenna Laine Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered the Buccaneers since 2009 Joined ESPN in 2016 TAMPA, Fla. — It’s being touted as one of the greatest Super Bowl quarterback matchups — 43-year-old Tom
8:30 AM ET You can find tape of Alistair Overeem‘s professional MMA debut online if you want to see it — although don’t expect to watch it in high definition. It was Oct. 24, 1999. Overeem was 19 years old, and he fought a very muscular older opponent by the name of Ricardo Fyeet, aka
7:07 AM ET The 2020-21 college football coaching carousel revealed the ruthless side of the sport. After talk of COVID-19 passes for coaches and a get-through-it season, the hammer came down hard. Texas‘ Tom Herman and Auburn‘s Gus Malzahn were both fired despite winning seasons and massive guarantees left on their contracts. Marshall‘s Doc Holliday
6:00 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Once two-thirds of Pittsburgh’s holiest trinity, Le’Veon Bell and Antonio Brown are no longer the Killer B’s — at least not in the way that gave the Steelers one of the NFL’s most potent offenses. Now, playing on football’s biggest stage in different uniforms than the ones that made them
7:00 AM ET Super Bowl LV kicks off on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET, with the Kansas City Chiefs looking to defend their title against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Bucs quarterback Tom Brady will be seeking his seventh ring — and first outside of New England — while Patrick Mahomes will be trying to earn
12:33 AM ET The Houston Rockets are concerned that star center Christian Wood could be sidelined for an extended period after injuring his right ankle for the second time in a span of less than three weeks, sources told ESPN. Wood will have an MRI on Friday to determine the severity of the injury he