8:20 PM ET ESPN staff Australian tennis star Alex de Minaur has been forced to withdraw from the Olympic Games after testing positive for COVID-19, the Australian Olympic Committee confirmed. 2 Related De Minaur, not currently in Tokyo, tested positive during a pre-departure swab, meaning his dream of representing his country at the Olympics is
Month: July 2021
Jul 16, 2021 A busy month of June that saw many visits and commitments, coupled with updated ESPN 300 player rankings, has led to a shakeup of the top 25 of the recruiting class rankings for the 2022 cycle. Ohio State continues to lead the pack, but the top 10 has a much different look.
7:00 AM ET Five years ago, I set out to rank all the head coaches in the FBS based on their playing careers. I didn’t do a very good job. In reviewing the rankings from 2016, two things stood out: how many head coaches are no longer in their roles today, and how flawed my
6:43 AM ET The women’s bantamweight division in the UFC has been in need of new blood for some time now — but no one would have guessed Miesha Tate would be the one to fill the void. But that’s what it feels like going into Saturday’s UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas, where Tate
7:03 AM ET Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady played the entirety of last season with a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee, according to a report in the Tampa Bay Times. Brady suffered the injury in his final season with the New England Patriots and it gradually worsened during his first year
7:05 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — Lenox, Iowa, isn’t quite the midway point between Des Moines, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska. It’s simultaneously on the way and out of the way; venturing off Interstate 80 to stop in the small town of 1,400 people adds about an hour and change onto what is normally
6:45 AM ET ESPN staff Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print The 2021 NHL draft will be held in a virtual format from July 23-24. Here is an updated list of all 224 picks for every team over the course of seven rounds. The Buffalo Sabres will have the first pick after winning the
7:00 AM ET Growing up in Mississauga, Ontario, Owen Power dreamed of playing in the NHL. “It’s all I worked and hoped for,” Power said in a phone conversation this week. “To have that day come to reality, that’s going to be pretty special.” Power, a 6-foot-6 defenseman, is the favorite to go No. 1
7:00 AM ET The 2021 NHL draft is just days away, so it’s time to look at the top prospects available in this year’s class. The Tampa Bay Lightning just wrapped up their second straight Stanley Cup championship, but attention now turns to the offseason. First up is the Seattle Kraken expansion draft on July
Report No changes for Ireland, visitors bring in Quinton de Kock and Heinrich Klaasen as well Toss South Africa won the toss and chose to bat vs Ireland South Africa elected to bat in the third and final ODI against Ireland on a sunny day in Malahide, where the weather forced Cricket Ireland to caution