9:00 AM ET Logan Couture loves the new schedule format the NHL is using for the 2021 season. “I’m a fan. I think there are going to be a lot of guys that are fans of it,” he said. “Certain players have been pulling for this for years.” This season’s schedule was created out of
Month: March 2021
8:55 AM ET Tom Hamilton Close Senior Writer • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Stephan Uersfeld Der Klassiker is the biggest match in the Bundesliga. Bayern Munich are one of the grand clubs of
4:30 AM ET For most professional sports these days, we end up spending a lot of time marvelling at two different groups of athletes: the players who should be past their respective primes, but keep playing at a particularly elite level, and the young bucks coming after the throne. The Patrick Mahomeses vs. the Tom
7:44 AM ET Taking the Schumacher surname back into Formula One this season will be more a source of pride than pressure, Michael’s son Mick said on Thursday. The 21-year-old German, whose father won seven world championships including five with Ferrari, makes his F1 race debut with Haas in Bahrain on March 28. “I’m very
7:00 AM ET TIM CONNELLY SENSED something was off with Nikola Jokic. A year after selecting the center No. 41 overall in the 2014 NBA draft, the Denver Nuggets‘ president of basketball operations wondered: “Where are all these cool passes?” Jokic had impressed Connelly with a funky yet effective style of play as a teenager
6:58 AM ET A dunk is worth just two points, but the best dunkers in the world always find ways to make it feel like more. From signature in-game slams to unforgettable posterizations to you-had-to-be-there dunk contest moments, players from generations past and present have left an indelible mark on the game with their ability
7:10 AM ET The break is short — the shortest ever, actually. It was November when the Masters was last played, part of a wildly altered 2020 major championship schedule forced by the coronavirus pandemic. Just like that, the 2021 Masters, back in its rightful place in April, is nearly here. Key information Jamie Squire/Getty
7:14 AM ET With all that’s happened in golf, from Tiger Woods‘ car crash to Jordan Spieth‘s resurgence to Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson winning again, it’s almost hard to remember another Masters is almost here. But it’s one month from Masters week, with the tournament at Augusta National back in its traditional April spot
6:00 AM ET Niamh Lewis For over 20 years, Claire Williams would pack a suitcase almost every other weekend and leave for a grand prix. But when she returned home from the Italian Grand Prix at Monza in September, she unpacked for the final time and unplugged from Formula One following her decision to step
7:00 AM ET I express a lot of opinions on the internet, which inevitably means that I’m wrong on the internet quite a bit. (Anyone who read my 20th-century quarterback rankings piece recently and isn’t an Oklahoma fan probably agrees with this.) However, sometimes I’m right, and I should celebrate that. So allow me to