9:48 AM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — – The Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes is teaming with USA Football to host three youth football coaching clinics across Missouri this summer while his 15 and the Mahomies Foundation has provided grants to 15 youth football leagues. The collaboration between the three-time Pro Bowl quarterback and USA
Month: July 2021
7:00 AM ET The 2021 NBA Finals feature one of the most unexpected matchups in recent league history. And, at the moment, the Phoenix Suns–Milwaukee Bucks showdown is one of the most difficult to predict. The biggest reason? Two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, who injured his left knee in Game 4 of the Bucks’ Eastern Conference
8:00 AM ET Back in 2019, I wrote a piece comparing some of soccer’s biggest leagues to American sports equivalents. The German Bundlesiga, with its wide-open offenses and high possession numbers, had an easy comp: college football’s Big 12 Conference. Granted, defensive play rose considerably in 2020 in the Big 12, but I’ll add one
7:00 AM ET The rise of the painted baseball bat continues. New York Mets first baseman and defending Home Run Derby champion Pete Alonso has teamed up with artist Gregory Siff to create custom-painted bats the slugger will use in the 2021 Derby in Denver. Alonso used a painted bat to win the 2019 Derby,
7:00 AM ET Stephen Johns sat out the 2021 NHL season, and he knew his career was over. It’s not that the 29-year-old didn’t want to play hockey anymore; he simply couldn’t. The Dallas Stars defenseman once spent 22 months sidelined dealing with post-concussion syndrome. Though he had been cleared to return to the ice,
7:48 AM ET During a recent news conference to announce the third fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder, Fury said he was “going to run [Wilder] over, like I’m an 18-wheeler and he’s a human being.” Fury also said he expected to be much bigger than the 273 pounds he was when he defeated
4:41 AM ET Diego Maradona Junior alongside his father during a charity match in 2016. Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto via Getty Images Diego Maradona Junior was announced as the manager of Italian fifth-tier side Napoli United on Monday — 37 years to the day since his legendary father joined Napoli. Maradona moved from Barcelona to Napoli on July
7:06 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Junior Firpo wanted to leave Barca in search of regular football. Franco Romano/NurPhoto via Getty Images Leeds United have completed the signing of Barcelona‘s Junior Firpo in a deal worth an initial €15 million plus 20% of any future transfer. Firpo, 24, has agreed a four-year deal at Elland
5:16 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent David De Gea will return to preseason with Manchester United determined to fight for his place at Old Trafford, sources have told ESPN. De Gea competed with Dean Henderson for the No. 1 spot last season and with manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer yet to make a decision on who will
6:19 AM ET Gennaro Gattuso has denied he is racist, sexist or anti-gay following Tottenham Hotspur‘s decision to pull out of negotiations over the manager’s job after past comments had resurfaced. Sources told ESPN that Tottenham backed out of negotiations with Gattuso following a fan backlash online due to controversial comments he had previously made