9:15 PM GMT Winger Jona Nareki scored a hat-trick of tries and created another in a brilliant display as the Highlanders rallied to a 39-23 victory over the Chiefs in Super Rugby Aotearoa in Hamilton on Friday. The Highlanders turned the match on its head with a three-try blitz in seven minutes at the start
Month: March 2021
7:00 AM ET The Montreal Canadiens started the 2021 season with a 7-1-2 record. Their big-ticket offseason acquisitions meshed well with a returning core of talents. It appeared that coach Claude Julien had a North Division juggernaut on his hands. Three weeks later, Julien was handed his pink slip. In the pressure cooker of a
7:00 AM ET Shoulder pads popping. Whistles chirping. Coaches shouting. After a one-year hiatus because of COVID-19, college football’s spring practices are back as teams slowly begin to resume more normalcy amid the worldwide pandemic. What hasn’t changed since a year ago are the teams at the top of the sport’s upper echelon — Alabama,
7:00 AM ET In last week’s early 2021 MLB draft rankings, Vanderbilt right-handers Jack Leiter and Kumar Rocker were second and third, respectively, on the list — and the top two pitching prospects on our board. I had a chance to see the two pitch back-to-back in both ends of a doubleheader on Sunday in
News The plan is to try more players before a packed two-year calendar, India’s T20I captain explains Harmanpreet Kaur has stressed that senior allrounder Shikha Pandey, who was left out of the squads for the upcoming South Africa series, had been rested, and “not dropped”. The rationale behind the omission, she explained, was to give
The Portuguese Grand Prix at Portimao will feature for a second straight year as the third race on the 2021 Formula One calendar, the championship confirmed Friday. Portimao had its first F1 event last year to help fill gaps in the schedule caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The circuit proved popular with drivers. The 2021
3:53 AM ET In this week’s ESPN Insider Notebook, Chelsea look to position themselves in the queue for Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland. PLUS: Eric Bailly must prove he can stay fit to secure a long-term future at Manchester United. Jump to: Bailly must fight for United deal | New diet behind Dembele’s improved form |
12:01 AM ET Walter Gretzky, the father of hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, died at age 82. Wayne Gretzky announced the news on Twitter on Thursday, saying his father “bravely battled Parkinson’s and other health issues over these last few years, but he never let it get him down.” “For me, he was the reason I
1:21 AM ET The Calgary Flames fired head coach Geoff Ward on Thursday night, replacing him with former coach and two-time Stanley Cup champion Darryl Sutter. The Flames routed the Ottawa Senators, 7-3, at home on Thursday night, but Ward’s fate was apparently sealed after going 11-11-2 to start the season. He was officially hired
Mar 4, 2021 NFL free agency is coming, and all 32 teams’ rosters will look a bit different in a couple of weeks. Positional needs will shift, and each franchise’s approach to Round 1 of the 2021 NFL draft will become clearer. But for now, teams are starting to get a good idea of which