8:51 AM ET The remarkable events of Tuesday around Alpine junior Oscar Piastri — which have been labelled Oscargate and the Piasco online — appeared to confirm McLaren is intent on replacing one Australian in Daniel Ricciardo with another. McLaren CEO Zak Brown now appears to be playing a game of chicken with his superstar
Month: August 2022
8:00 AM ET A familiar face is back on top. Amanda Nunes, who had occupied the No. 1 spot in the ESPN women’s pound-for-pound rankings for years prior to her being stunningly upset last December by Julianna Peña, has reclaimed her position of supremacy after taking the bantamweight title back from Peña at UFC 277
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff Quarterback Tom Brady was retired during the 2022 NFL offseason for just 40 days before opting to return for a 23rd season that could (maybe?) be his last, tight end Rob Gronkowski recently decided to hang up his cleats and defensive tackle Aaron Donald inked a massive contract extension this
6:30 AM ET DeAndre Moore Jr. believed for the longest time he knew where he was headed: Oklahoma. He had been committed since September 2021 and had stayed even after coach Lincoln Riley left for USC. “I genuinely loved Oklahoma,” said Moore, the No. 48 recruit overall and No. 9 wide receiver in the 2023
6:30 AM ET ESPN staff Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention, and starting in 2020, the pandemic made a sport tethered to longstanding traditions and norms reconsider almost everything. From recruiting via video chat to scheduling games on a few days’ notice, decision-makers around college football were forced to be open-minded about new
7:00 AM ET The dust of NHL free agency is continuing to settle. Those big-name players we analyzed for weeks have (mostly) signed up somewhere, on deals we’ve thoroughly analyzed. We’re here to talk about the less chewed-over moves. The ones that maybe flew under the radar. Or got caught in a logjam of other
7:35 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show After getting knocked out of the ring in a jarring defeat five months ago, Michael Conlan would have been forgiven had he chosen an
6:40 AM ET Jordan ReidESPN On the heels of one of the most unpredictable NFL drafts since the common draft era began in 1967, the No. 1 overall pick has become an unknown over the past five years. It wasn’t until a week before the 2022 draft that it became clear Georgia defensive lineman Travon
11:07 PM ET Associated Press Luis Suarez went on as a substitute in his first match since returning to Nacional, but couldn’t help his Uruguayan club avoid a 1-0 home loss to Brazil’s Atletico Goianiense on Tuesday in the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana quarterfinals. The 35-year-old Suarez joined Nacional after his contract with
2:43 AM ET Aurelio De Laurentiis said several Napoli players were unavailable to play in league games. Photo by SSC NAPOLI/SSC NAPOLI via Getty Images Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis said on Tuesday he would not sign any more African players unless they agreed to not take part in the Africa Cup of Nations. Senegal defender