9:05 AM ET MIAMI — Kyle Shanahan was a fan of the San Francisco 49ers long before he coached the franchise to Super Bowl LIV. Perhaps no story illustrates that better than the Christmas gift he received in 1994. Shanahan was 15 at the time and a ball boy for the 49ers. His dad, Mike,
9:04 AM ET MIAMI, Fla. — Bobby Bell won a national championship in college at the University of Minnesota and later the Super Bowl when he played for the Kansas City Chiefs. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and recently was named one of the NFL’s top 100 players of
8:05 AM ET Jorge Masvidal has made it very clear that 2019 is in his rear-view mirror. “That f—ing year’s over — 2020 is gonna be better,” the UFC welterweight star said after receiving the Helwani Nose Award for Fighter of the Year. It is hard not to look back and reflect on what Masvidal
7:56 AM ET ESPN’s MMA Insiders The year has already gotten off to a bang. A couple of the biggest stars in the sport — Conor McGregor and Cris Cyborg — have already made headlines with huge TKO stoppages. The next few months don’t slow down at all, with Jon Jones, Israel Adesanya and Khabib
7:14 AM ET AS SOON AS he appeared on screen, stomach lurching, he uttered the lament. “Oh no.” Jayson Tatum instinctively withered in his seat, shrinking lower as if that would somehow make him invisible. It didn’t. And as Kemba Walker, Khris Middleton and Donovan Mitchell turned their attention to Tatum with equal parts sympathy
7:00 AM ET MIAMI — The most anticipated subplot of Super Bowl LIV will be on the sidelines. Andy Reid and Kyle Shanahan are two elite offensive head coaches performing at their peaks, and looking to confuse the hell out of every defender who gets in the game. Reid has proved to be a master
7:00 AM ET Simon Cambers MELBOURNE, Australia — It seems that even Roger Federer does not have an unlimited supply of miracles. Having got himself out of jail against the Australian John Millman in a final-set tiebreak in Round 3 and saved seven match points in beating Tennys Sandgren in another five-setter in the quarters,
5:56 AM ET Formula One’s governing body, the FIA, is monitoring the recent outbreak of coronavirus in China and is prepared to make changes to upcoming events if necessary. F1’s Chinese Grand Prix is scheduled to go ahead on April 19 in Shanghai and Formula E’s Sanya E-Prix is scheduled for March 21. Following the
11:12 AM GMT South Africa are considering a short tour to Pakistan to play three T20Is in late March, immediately after their ODIs in India which finishes on March 18. ESPNcricinfo understands that South Africa will send a security delegation to Pakistan next month, either during the Test against Bangladesh or during the PSL, to
5:14 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPNW Writer MELBOURNE, Australia — The headline on the front of a local newspaper’s sports page loomed everywhere at Melbourne Park on Thursday. “Halep lurks dangerously on Barty’s horizon,” it proclaimed, with an image of a victorious Simona Halep celebrating her win over Anett Kontaveit in the quarterfinals of the Australian