10:49 AM GMT Saracens will not ask their England players to put club before country despite their Premiership status being jeopordised by a 35-point deduction for breaching salary cap regulations, coach Mark McCall has said. English and European champions Saracens were also fined £5.36 million this month and the club has opted not to appeal
10:02 AM ET Associated Press MADRID — Novak Djokovic defeated Benoit Paire 6-3, 6-3 to seal Serbia’s victory over top-ranked France in the Davis Cup Finals on Thursday. The result gave Serbia an insurmountable 2-0 lead over the French before the doubles match. Filip Krajinovic had defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5, 7-6 (5) in the first
10:00 AM ET Midway through the 2019 season, a member of the New York Yankees organization assessed the laundry list of injured players, providing updates on rehabilitation schedules, the latest baseball activities for those ailing, and possible timelines for their respective returns to the lineup. When I brought up Jacoby Ellsbury, the response was an
5:04 PM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN NAPLES, Fla. — Missed cut. Another missed cut. And another missed cut. It was the end of August, and LPGA rookie Cheyenne Knight, 22, was rethinking everything. After bogeying the final two holes to miss the cut at the Cambia Portland Classic, she knew that her LPGA eligibility would be
12:58 PM ET The National Hockey League is offensive. As in, there are a lot of goals being scored. Why, what did you think we meant? Through the quarter mark of the 2019-20 season, about 317 games, scoring has continued to surge. There have been 529 different skaters with at least one goal, 72% of
9:19 AM ET UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko has her next assignment. Shevchenko is scheduled to meet top contender Katlyn Chookagian on Feb. 8, sources told ESPN. The fight will be on a pay-per-view, but it’s unclear whether it will be labeled UFC 246 or 247. That decision hinges on whether Conor McGregor returns
9:09 AM ET Todd Archer Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered NFL since 1997, Cowboys since 2003 Previously covered Bengals and Dolphins Lives in Dallas area with his wife and two children Mike Reiss Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Patriots since 1997 Joined ESPN in 2009 With their win last week against the Philadelphia Eagles, the
6:00 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — If you think the Green Bay Packers need home-field advantage in the playoffs — and it sounds like Aaron Rodgers thinks perhaps they do — then games don’t come much bigger than Sunday’s at the San Francisco 49ers. No wonder the Packers quarterback didn’t even try to downplay
6:00 AM ET HOUSTON — If you ask Houston Texans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins who his favorite NFL receiver is right now, it might not be who you think. The reason for his choice is not because of a similar skill set or any familiar background. It’s because he makes plays and, in turn, his
4:37 AM ET Boxing referees and judges involved in the Rio Olympics, who were all suspended following the Games, will not be allowed to officiate at Tokyo 2020, an International Olympic Committee (IOC) task force said on Wednesday. All 36 referees and judges from Rio 2016 were suspended in the wake of the Games as