1:04 PM GMT England flanker Sam Underhill is a doubt for the Six Nations after Bath confirmed he had suffered ankle ligament damage. Underhill, 22, was hurt in Bath’s 23-16 win over Leicester Tigers in the Gallagher Premiership on Sunday and will now see a specialist to assess the extent of the injury. In a
1:00 AM ET Hey there, America, we need to throw college football a yearlong tailgate, so invite everyone you know. For the next 12 months, hang time refers to bunting, not punting. Tell the helmet makers that all we need are party hats. The word is sesquicentennial, as difficult to pronounce as Tagovailoa, and this
11:45 AM ET For the first 129 years of its existence, college football had no need for an official national championship. The sport came to life in 1869, six months after the Intercontinental Railroad connected the country from coast to coast. The United States was barely a nation, its wounds from the Civil War still
11:31 AM ET New Miami coach Manny Diaz has fired the entire offensive staff and strength and conditioning coach Gus Felder, he said during his introductory press conference on Wednesday. Diaz, hired on Sunday after 18 days as Temple head coach, said letting go of Thomas Brown, Jon Richt, Todd Hartley, Stacy Searels, Ron Dugans
9:39 AM ET Top seed Caroline Wozniacki cruised into the second round of the ASB Classic in Auckland with victory over Germany’s Laura Siegemund. World No. 3 Wozniacki was impressive as she wrapped up a 6-3, 6-2 victory in an hour and 20 minutes in her first match of 2019. The Dane lost in last
11:28 AM ET Alex Ovechkin, who was named the captain of the Metropolitan Division team for the All-Star Game, has informed the NHL that he will skip the festivities to rest for the second half of the season, according to the reporter for the Washington Capitals website. The 33-year-old leads the league with 29 goals.
8:44 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Ramakant Achrekar, the coach who channeled Sachin Tendulkar’s cricketing pursuits by turning him from an aspiring fast bowler to a world-beating batsman, has died in Mumbai at the age of 87. Achrekar had been unwell for a while and had suffered from reduced mobility after a stroke in 2013. Achrekar’s
11:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN SOUTH BEND, IN – Watching a leprechaun fall on his head in the presence of a Boston-based sports team would normally seem like a disconcerting harbinger. But the Bruins won Tuesday’s Winter Classic at Notre Dame against the Chicago Blackhawks, and they greeted the Fighting Irish mascot’s pregame tumble to
9:38 AM ET Associated Press PERTH, Australia — Germany teammates Angelique Kerber and Alexander Zverev each won their singles matches over France on Wednesday at the Hopman Cup. Kerber beat Alize Cornet 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 and Zverev defeated Lucas Pouille 6-3, 6-7 (8), 6-2 to advance. The French pair had earlier recorded a 4-3 (4),
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