2:53 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — As the Dallas Cowboys wind down their preparation for Saturday’s wild-card matchup against the Seattle Seahawks, it is appropriate to remember the only other time these franchises met in the playoffs and how a matter of seconds can change everything. Maybe it is not funny ha-ha, but funny in
12:00 AM ET COSTA MESA, Calif. — The Los Angeles Chargers‘ defense was not surprised or in awe by anything Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson did when these two teams faced off two weeks ago. “It helps a lot because it’s fresh,” defensive end Isaac Rochell said. “You don’t have to dig weeks back or
12:00 AM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens have heard all the talk about how their run-option offense is a fad and how it’s only a matter of time before defenses figure it out. The Ravens’ response: Go watch film of one of the greatest basketball players of all time. “I don’t know
8:30 AM ET SPRINTING BACK AND forth between the court, weight room and visitors locker room at Staples Center on a mid-November evening, Todd Forcier keeps time. The Portland Trail Blazers‘ sports performance specialist is running players through warm-ups an hour before they face the Lakers, but his eyes are also trained on the red
12:00 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Defense wins championships. Sometimes. Other times, as recent history has shown, it’s elite quarterback play that gets the job done. So what happens when you pit those two things against one another? We’ll find out this weekend. Sunday’s wild-card game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears (4:40 p.m. ET,
12:00 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — It was about this time a year ago when Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck returned from his six-week stay in the Netherlands where he had been receiving treatment on his surgically repaired right shoulder. It was during his time there that his frustration grew because the pain persisted. He had
8:38 AM ET Anthony Joshua’s camp have so far had “no response” from Deontay Wilder’s representatives despite renewed efforts to set up a heavyweight unification fight, according to head of Matchroom Sport Barry Hearn. WBA-WBO-IBF champion Joshua has repeatedly stated that WBC titlist Wilder is his No. 1 target for his next fight, which is
7:30 AM ET The NFL playoffs have arrived. We’re previewing wild-card weekend with a rundown for each game from Dan Graziano, score predictions from our Nation reporters and Football Power Index projections from ESPN Stats & Information. Plus: Key matchups to watch from Matt Bowen, what to know from a sports betting perspective by Rob
7:45 AM ET World No. 34 Donna Vekic has steamrolled 2018 runner-up Aliaksandra Sasnovich to reach the Brisbane International semifinals. The 22-year-old Croatian won 6-2 6-0 on Friday at Pat Rafter Arena, accounting for top seed Elina Svitolina’s second-round conqueror in less than an hour. Vekic started strongly in taking a 4-0 lead in the
Steve Nicol examines the gap in quality between Toby Alderweireld and Man United’s defence, and whether United can ever land the Spurs centre-back. Tottenham are increasingly resigned to losing Toby Alderweireld after taking up their option to extend his contract by a year until 2020, thereby activating a release clause making him available for £25