7:00 AM ET Deshaun Watson’s emergence at Clemson catapulted the Tigers to the top of college football. Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports One could easily make the case that, as with the UEFA Champions League in soccer, the creation of the College Football Playoff took a sport already defined by its haves-versus-have-nots divisions and increased them.
Month: March 2021
As a player, AS Roma and Italy legend Francesco Totti earned all the plaudits a footballer could dream of, and he can now add “award-winning film star” to his impressive resume. [embedded content] Totti spent his entire, 25-year professional career with Roma, making 786 appearances before retiring in 2017 at the age of 40. He
7:00 AM ET DAVID PRICE CALLED opting out of the 2020 MLB season “the toughest decision I’ve ever had to make.” He felt the strain and the doubt most on Opening Day and at the start of the postseason. But when Price watched from home as Julio Urias struck out Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Willy
6:55 AM ET One of the many criticisms about New York Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau was that he would be unable to adapt his eat-breathe-sleep basketball ways to a new wave of young players. But after being fired by the Minnesota Timberwolves in January 2019, Thibodeau is at the start of a third basketball
News The Bangladesh spin-bowling coach backs “experienced” Mehidy Hasan Miraz to make a difference Bangladesh’s spinners can make a big impact in the ODI series against New Zealand, according to their spin-bowling coach Daniel Vettori. The first of the three-match series is in Dunedin on March 20, and the visitors will also play three T20Is,
12:31 AM ET ESPN News Services ANAHEIM, Calif. — Adrian Kempe scored two goals and Troy Grosenick made 33 saves in his first NHL appearance in nearly 6 1/2 years, leading the Los Angeles Kings past the Anaheim Ducks 5-1 on Wednesday night. The 31-year-old Grosenick’s entire previous NHL experience consisted of two games for
1:30 AM ET DALLAS — The first half of the season wasn’t much fun for Kristaps Porzingis. He missed the Dallas Mavericks‘ first nine games while recovering from surgery to repair the meniscus injury in his left knee that forced him to sit out the final few games of his first NBA playoff series. Porzingis’
11:29 PM ET Golden State Warriors center James Wiseman missed a COVID-19 test during the All-Star break which forced him to miss Wednesday’s practice, putting his status for Thursday’s game against the LA Clippers in jeopardy. “It was a mistake,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said after Wednesday’s practice in Los Angeles. “He just forgot. So
9:37 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry doesn’t know where his future lies after this season or even after this year’s trade deadline. But he is sure of one thing: Whenever his career comes to an end, he will be retiring in a Raptors uniform. “Let me say this: I will retire
7:47 PM ET NEW YORK — Kevin Durant, who remains sidelined for the Brooklyn Nets with a hamstring strain, is scheduled to have more imaging done on the injury next week. Head coach Steve Nash said the hope is that those scans will dictate a clearer return timeline for Durant. Nash made it clear that