9:55 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Middlesex have landed another notable signing, with the confirmation that Ross Taylor will be joining the club for this season’s Royal London One-Day Cup. Taylor, who is gearing up for his fourth World Cup campaign with New Zealand, is currently in a superb run of form, having scored 1,063 runs
12:00 PM ET When top-ranked Naomi Osaka won her second Grand Slam tournament in succession at the Australian Open in January, it looked like the WTA might have found a player with sufficient gravitas to succeed Serena Williams. The main obstacles standing in her way appeared to be three Grand Slam champions: deposed No. 1
10:26 AM BST England coach Eddie Jones has ruled himself out of replacing Australia boss Michael Cheika after the Rugby World Cup. Jones, who guided the Wallabies to the 2003 World Cup final before his acrimonious departure two years later, is reported to be on Rugby Australia’s (RA) short-list of candidates. Cheika has said he
7:05 AM ET It’s difficult to overstate just how important quarterback contracts are to success in the NFL. Finding a valuable quarterback on a rookie deal has been the league’s Holy Grail since the NFL instituted a draft slotting system in the collective bargaining agreement in 2011. Maximizing the time teams get to spend with
1. Nikita Kucherov, RW, TB RW1 3 2. Connor McDavid, C, Edm C1 2 3. Nathan MacKinnon, C, Col C2 8 4. Johnny Gaudreau, LW, Cgy LW1 4 5. John Tavares, C, Tor C3 5 6. Auston Matthews, C, Tor C4 1 7. Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, TB G1 9 8. Alex Ovechkin, RW, Was RW2
8:29 AM ET ESPN staff Last week, Charles Leclerc answered the question we posed after the Australian Grand Prix — specifically, how long would he be willing to play second-fiddle at Ferrari — by promptly ignoring a team order to stay behind Sebastian Vettel in Bahrain. We want to see if we can predict the
Shaka Hislop reacts to Leonardo Bonucci’s comments on Moise Kean’s goal celebration against Cagliari, which were met with racist abuse by some of the crowd. Serie A has postponed its decision regarding the alleged racist insults directed at Juventus striker Moise Kean during a match at Cagliari but has fined the teenager for diving in
5:56 AM ET Fernando Alonso was back inside the cockpit of a Formula One car this week, but the Spaniard has a point to prove before contemplating a full return to the series. In an exclusive interview, Fernando Alonso gives his reasons for leaving F1 and explains why he has no plans to come back.
A goal and an assist from Zlatan Ibrahimovic steered his LA Galaxy side to an impressive 2-0 win at Vancouver. Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his fourth goal of the season and added an assist in just his second start on artificial surface in MLS, lifting the LA Galaxy to a 2-0 victory over the still winless
Paul Mariner and Mark Donaldson try their luck in predicting a few MLS fixtures from week 6. Be sure to catch all the action on ESPN+. ESPN+ has announced a multi-year rights agreement with U.S. Soccer to brodcast matches in the U.S. Open Cup. The deal means games from the first round to the final