7:52 AM ET NFL NationESPN Every NFL team has played at least eight games, so it is time to pause and take stock of the results. How do we describe the first half? Who is the MVP? What will make the season a success? NFL Nation answers the questions for all 32 teams. Jump to:ARI
2:57 AM GMT Not content with Sonny Bill Williams, Toronto Wolfpack are set to lure more cross code stars to the newly promoted UK Super League outfit with NFL hopeful Valentine Holmes also reportedly in their sights. England rugby internationals Manu Tuilagi and Ben Te’o are believed to be next on the Wolfpack’s bold hit-list
2:25 AM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Breeders’ Cup has named Drew Fleming president and chief executive officer. The board of directors voted unanimously Tuesday to appoint Fleming as the replacement for Craig Fravel, who quit after last weekend’s world championships at Santa Anita to join The Stronach Group, which owns several racetracks.
1:24 AM ET CHICAGO — With LeBron James catching his breath after playing nearly the entire third quarter and Anthony Davis sitting on the bench right beside him, saddled with four fouls, the Los Angeles Lakers relied on an unlikely lineup to key a fourth-quarter comeback against the Chicago Bulls. When Kyle Kuzma, Quinn Cook,
11:58 PM ET LeBron James turns 35 next month. He’s in his 17th season in the NBA. He has played more than 56,000 minutes between the regular season and postseason in his career. All of this is to say that it wouldn’t be outside the ordinary to expect the Los Angeles Lakers forward to begin
11:37 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Light heavyweight world titlist Dmitry Bivol had more than a passing interest in the title fight between Canelo Alvarez and Sergey Kovalev, which is why he was ringside on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. What Bivol saw was Alvarez, boxing’s biggest star, move up two weight
11:25 PM GMT ESPN staff with Reuters New Zealand fullback Beauden Barrett has voiced his support for Ian Foster’s bid to take over from Steve Hansen as All Blacks coach, saying he would like to see “continuity” in the role. Japan assistant coach Tony Brown has meanwhile declared he will remain loyal to Jamie Joseph,
8:00 AM GMT Big picture The two teams that finished at the bottom of the points table at the 2019 World Cup will rebuild for the 2020 T20 World Cup under new team managements in Lucknow with a series of ODIs, first, and then T20Is. Phil Simmons will take charge of the side he coached
10:21 PM ET Defending champion Clemson entered the season as the overwhelming preseason No. 1, and without losing a game or superstar quarterback Trevor Lawrence or any of their other standouts, the Tigers find themselves No. 5 in the first College Football Playoff ranking. As improbable as that might have seemed back in August, the
10:36 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY — In a powerful pregame moment on Tuesday, the Oklahoma City Thunder presented the families of the 168 people killed in the 1995 Alfred P. Murrah bombing a custom “city” edition jersey. Following a short video presentation, the families took the floor moments before tipoff and held the jerseys up