7:00 AM ET According to the Allstate Playoff Predictor, there are nine teams that have at least a 10% chance to make the College Football Playoff, but only six have at least a 1% chance of actually winning the national title. So you’re saying there’s a chance … for Texas?! The Longhorns are No. 6,
Month: April 2022
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The official preseason Football Power Index rankings have been released and the reactions have come quickly and in abundance. Most teams are nearing the end of spring practice so what better time than now to dive into which teams are overrated, which are underrated and — based on the initial
7:00 AM ET The meeting that took place in Branch Rickey’s office on Montague Street in Brooklyn in late August of 1945 has obtained an almost apocryphal status. Dodgers scout Clyde Sukeforth had met up with Jackie Robinson in Toledo, and the two traveled together to New York to meet the Dodgers’ general manager. Sukeforth
7:00 AM ET How much can change in one week of an MLB season? Exactly one week since the excitement of Opening Day, our first regular-season rankings of the season offer a reality check for some and reason for hope that this could be the year for others. Is your favorite team off to a
6:59 AM ET The Haas Formula One team has rejected former title sponsor Uralkali’s demand for a refund of $13 million and asked for compensation from the Russian company, according to a report by Motorsport.com. Haas split from Dmitry Mazepin’s company Uralkali and dropped his son Nikita as driver several weeks after Russian’s military invasion
Anya Shrubsole has announced her retirement from international cricket, calling time on her career at the top level after 14 years. Shrubsole, the hero of England’s 2017 World Cup triumph, was awarded an MBE after bowling her side to a famous and dramatic victory with a record 6 for 46 in the final against India
4:08 AM BST Queensland Reds coach Brad Thorn has responded to the unnamed criticism of his methods from a Rugby Australia [RA] source, agreeing that it was “gutless” and insisting he had no issues working with Wallabies staff. Tensions between the Reds and RA are simmering after Queensland Rugby Union [QRU] boss David Hanham expressed
2:52 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — The Presidents Cup golf tournament will return to Australia for the fourth and fifth times in 2028 and 2040. The PGA Tour announced Thursday that the match-play tournament held every two years involving teams from the United States against an International side representing the rest of the
2:26 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — Wherever CJ McCollum goes in New Orleans right now, he says he feels the buzz in the city about the Pelicans. On Wednesday, in front of a sold-out crowd at the Smoothie King Center, that carried over as the Pelicans walked away with a 113-103 victory over
12:24 AM ET ATLANTA — Atlanta Hawks coach Nate McMillan took some heat from his coaching staff — as well as some fans on social media — for having starters on the court with just over five minutes left in Wednesday night’s 132-103 play-in victory over the Charlotte Hornets. “The coaches were yelling and screaming