3:55 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Villarreal‘s Alex Baena has denied that comments about Federico Valverde‘s unborn son led the Real Madrid midfielder to punch him after Villarreal’s 3-2 win at the Bernabeu on Saturday, calling it an attempt to “justify the aggression” against him. Baena has filed a complaint with Spanish police over
Month: April 2023
6:25 AM ET Here we go with another shot at updated rankings for the 2023 NFL draft. April 27 is coming quickly, and I’ve adjusted my rankings based on on-field workouts and athletic testing at the combine, numbers we’ve gotten from pro day workouts and buzz I’ve heard from NFL scouts, coaches and execs. As
6:30 AM ET Time for mock draft No. 4 ahead of the 2023 NFL draft, going through the first two rounds and finding prospect-to-team fits for the top 63 picks. Most of the top free agents found new teams weeks ago, though there are still a few left on the board and wideout Odell Beckham
7:00 AM ET OXFORD, Miss. — Lane Kiffin’s coffee looks like someone shoveled dirt in a pot and set it to boil. Mysterious clumps float on top. It’s best not wondering what’s sunk to the bottom. “It’s some digestive thing that’s supposed to make you lose weight,” Kiffin says, gesturing to the Styrofoam cup atop
6:55 AM ET Stephen HolderESPN WHEN THE MINNESOTA Vikings signed Kirk Cousins to a fully guaranteed three-year, $84 million contract in 2018, some wondered if it would create momentum that would align the NFL with other leagues. But since then, Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson is the only NFL player to have signed a massive,
6:50 AM ET Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles was a popular figure at the scouting combine in Indianapolis in late February, thanks to owning the No. 1 draft pick and the most salary cap space in the NFL. He was so popular, in fact, he had to change hotels. “With the first overall pick,
8:00 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. With four days left of the 2022-23 NHL regular season, we know the identity of 13 out of 16 playoff teams. But quite a bit of specific seeding remains to be determined. That
5:00 AM ET Everywhere you look, there are pulsatingly brilliant stories in this season’s Champions League quarterfinals. Take Benfica, who recently moved on four players who now feature for other clubs in the competition’s last eight for over €350 million — Joao Felix (€126m to Atletico Madrid), Enzo Fernandez (€121m to Chelsea), Ederson (€40m to
“For a Perth boy, the facts are everywhere else is cold.” Ryan Campbell has been taking a tour around the boundary at Hove, with his Durham side striving for breakthroughs in their Championship match against Sussex. It is, by recent standards, a beautifully sunny spring day, but Campbell is well wrapped up as he leans
12:59 AM ET ESPN News Services SAN FRANCISCO — Max Muncy hit a grand slam and a three-run drive for his 10th career multihomer game, Mookie Betts led off the game with a homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers got back to their slugging ways in a 9-1 win over the San Francisco Giants on