10:11 AM BST England flyhalf Danny Cipriani capped a fine first season with Gloucester by being named the player’s player of the year by the Rugby Players’ Association (RPA) on Wednesday. The 31-year-old, who guided Gloucester to their first playoff appearance since 2010-11, polled the most number of votes from his fellow professionals to claim
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4:37 AM ET BRISBANE, Australia — It might be almost two years on, but Australian boxer Jeff Horn says he still has to deal with people telling him he should not have won his world championship fight against Manny Pacquiao. Horn (19-1-1, 13 KOs), 31, rose to prominence in July of 2017 after scoring a
12:41 PM ET ATLANTA — Twenty years ago, the idea began to take root in Geoff Collins’ mind. He’d look around at the city of Atlanta, the campus of Georgia Tech and the recruiting territory within its grasp, and imagine the possibilities. Unfazed by the reality of being a 28-year-old former Division II linebacker-turned-grad assistant,
1:00 AM ET NEW YORK — The New York Giants have a new quarterback and Eli Manning is still here. The two-time Super Bowl MVP remains the unequivocal starter on a team coming off a five-win season with the team’s No. 6 overall pick Daniel Jones now officially breathing down his neck. This would seem
10:52 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The Boston Bruins, Carolina Hurricanes, San Jose Sharks and St. Louis Blues are the final four teams alive in the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs. Each one of them has had clutch performances from clutch players en route to the conference championship round. Please keep in mind that goalies have won
8:20 AM ET COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — As children ran around the mats and parents settled into their seats at American Top Team’s headquarters for a slate of youth classes last week, one noise ricocheted throughout the building: Kayla Harrison‘s leg kicks. Her sparring session in full swing, the kicks sounded like jackhammers hitting slabs
8:00 AM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — When you watch the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night, ignore the ripples of euphoria that occur each time Damian Lillard drills a 3-pointer launched from the crossroads of irrational and irresponsible. If your aim is to understand the connection Portland has with its best player, you’re actually better
7:00 AM ET Chris Herring IT’S MARCH 20, and the Philadelphia 76ers are facing their main Eastern Conference foes, the Boston Celtics, for the fourth and final time in the regular season. They’re 0-3 so far. But this night’s true battle — and the evening’s greatest drama — is the one between Joel Embiid and
Mark Donaldson presents his week 38 Fantasy FC Premier League lineup, where he chooses Sergio Aguero to shine on the decisive, final game of the season. We’ve just witnessed a truly insane couple of days in the Champions League semifinals and when the smoke eventually cleared, against all the odds, it was the two English
7:07 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The Colorado Avalanche are done, and the San Jose Sharks are now 2-0 in Games 7 in this postseason, following their 3-2 victory on Wednesday night. Here’s what happened in the NHL last night (check out replays of every playoff game on ESPN+) and what to watch for tonight, in