Every time the dust tries to settle around the curious case of Alen Stajcic’s abrupt sacking, conversation and speculation blows in to stir things up again. With each fresh disturbance the debris settles a little further out, to the extent that few in Australia’s wider football family have not been touched by Football Federation Australia’s
1:04 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — After spending a few tortured minutes at the podium inside the Wells Fargo Center interview room being asked questions about yet another loss to the Boston Celtics, as 76ers center Joel Embiid was finally granted a reprieve from talking about his team’s 112-109 defeat, he decided he had
1:42 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Daisuke Matsuzaka has dealt with numerous arm injuries during his career as a pitcher in Major League Baseball and Japan but none quite like this. The Chunichi Dragons say Matsuzaka is experiencing pain in his right shoulder after an overzealous fan pulled his throwing arm during a fan
FC Cincinnati has given Columbus $300,000 in fees for forward Kekuta Manneh. Forward Kekuta Manneh returned to the MLS ranks Wednesday, joining FC Cincinnati on a free transfer from FC St. Gallen of the Swiss Super League. Manneh, 24, played five MLS seasons with the Vancouver Whitecaps (2013-17) and Columbus Crew (2017). He scored 26
12:40 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff It could have been worse, but Ashok Dinda, the former India paceman, has been cleared of anything too ‘alarming’ following scans after he copped a blow to his forehead while trying to take a catch off his own bowling during a Bengal T20 team training session in Kolkata on Monday.
ESPN FC’s Mark Ogden explains why he doesn’t see a future for Maurizio Sarri and his style of play at Chelsea. ESPN FC’s Craig Burley takes issue with colleague Gab Marcotti’s excuse-making for Maurizio Sarri’s tactics in Chelsea’s 6-0 defeat at Man City. Manchester City netted four goals in the opening 25 minutes, and Sergio
12:27 AM ET Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Anthony Davis doesn’t want to play for New Orleans anymore. In a blowout loss Tuesday night, he noticed his teammates might have felt the same way. “We sucked,” Davis said. “Nobody was interested in playing, is what it looked like.” If the Lakers want to stay in
As MLS and Liga MX mull a new tournament like the SuperLiga of the mid-2000s, Taylor Twellman says the time is right for a new competition. Mexico coach Gerardo “Martino isn’t overly concerned that players like Marco Fabian, Miguel Layun and Carlos Salcedo having left European club sides over recent weeks. The Argentine is adamant
Check out what you may have missed at the weekend, including Liverpool and Man City’s big wins, a thrilling Madrid derby and much more. With Real Madrid back in the picture, the ESPN FC crew assess the chances Barcelona will relinquish their six-point advantage. Sergio Ramos and Real Madrid overcame Atletico Madrid at the Wanda
8:00 AM ET Robert Sanchez HE’S A HERO back home. Regardless of how the basketball world might view him these days — as a man disbelieving of his own basketball mortality, as the undersized malcontent who fractured the locker room in Cleveland, as a backup with a questionable future — Isaiah Thomas is adored in