10:04 PM ET ST. LOUIS — Even when he skips the event, Alex Ovechkin is the talk of the NHL All-Star Game. Ovechkin closed out the first half of the season with back-to-back hat tricks and eight goals in three games. He sits at 692 career goals, putting him just eight away from becoming the
10:08 PM ET Steph Curry has three championship rings, two MVP trophies and five consecutive trips to the NBA Finals with the Golden State Warriors. But if Curry’d had his way, he would have gone to the New York Knicks, not the Warriors, in the 2009 NBA draft. “I wanted to go to New York
10:55 PM ET HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Antonio Brown turned himself in to Broward County Jail on Thursday night in response to an arrest warrant filed against him on three charges. Accompanied by lawyers and friends, Brown arrived in a turquoise suit prepared to face his outstanding charges of felony burglary with battery, burglary of an
10:31 PM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — NCAA president Mark Emmert said a consensus is growing among college sports leaders that college athletes will soon be allowed to make money from business ventures that aren’t directly related to their athletic ability. Emmert focused his comments at his annual “state of college sports” address at the NCAA
8:06 AM ET ESPN staff It’s never too early to start thinking about next season. So in that spirit, what does each Top 25 team need to do to follow LSU’s path and win next season’s College Football Playoff title? For some teams, like Dabo Swinney’s Clemson Tigers, it’s pretty straightforward. For others toward the
11:03 PM ET Associated Press HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — Best horse. Best trainer. Best owner. Best jockey. Best breeder. Bricks and Mortar had a perfect year, and the Eclipse Award voters gave his team a historic night. After going 6-for-6 — all on the turf — at six tracks last year, Bricks and Mortar and
8:00 AM ET Bruce Schoenfeld For more on Drew Bledsoe’s life after football, watch the full feature, reported by Jeremy Schaap and produced by Max Brodsky, Sunday night on E:60 at 7 ET on ESPN2. DREW BLEDSOE PULLS a sip of red wine into his mouth. He makes a swooshing sound, like he’s trying to
8:32 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Cris Cyborg has a difficult task this weekend. Then, with a win, options could open up for her in a big way — across multiple sports. Cyborg, one of the best fighters in women’s mixed martial arts history, will challenge Julia Budd for the Bellator women’s featherweight title Saturday
8:42 PM ET The starters are set for the 2020 All-Star Game in Chicago. Now comes the fun part. And while LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo — both are reprising their roles as team captains — won’t be making their draft selections until Feb. 6, our panel of NBA experts is already answering the biggest
7:32 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James again were named captains for the NBA All-Star Game, the league announced Thursday night. Antetokounmpo and James earned the honors after leading their respective conferences in fan votes and will be two of the 10 starters for this year’s game, which will