10:09 AM ET The Professional Fighters League, a new MMA organization, announced a partnership with sports-betting and daily fantasy provider DraftKings on Friday. The partnership will kick off with a fantasy contest for the PFL Championship on New Year’s Eve. The PFL began its inaugural season with 72 fighters in each of six weight classes.
10:09 AM ET Surprises happen. In tennis, they happen a lot. This year, it all started in a big way when Caroline Wozniacki — long known as the “best WTA player not to have won a major” — ran the table to capture the Australian Open. The important thing about surprises, though, is their lasting
11:06 AM ET In the last 20 years only one team has won back-to-back Stanley Cups. The Pittsburgh Penguins‘ Cup Final victory over the Nashville Predators in 2016-17 marked the first time since the Detroit Red Wings won championships in 1996-97 and 1997-98 that a team raised the Cup in consecutive seasons. Catch more than
8:05 AM ET ESPN.com staff “You just expect the worst whenever it’s put up in someone in New York’s hands.” — Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Jesse James, a year later If James was expecting the worst nearly one year ago, on Dec. 17, 2017, then his fears were realized when officials in New York overturned
7:30 AM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Shortly after the Los Angeles Rams suffered a humbling loss to the Chicago Bears, quarterback Jared Goff offered a forewarning. “I don’t think
8:00 AM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Lamar Jackson was asked if he would be more careful running the ball after dealing with injury concerns the past two games. The Baltimore Ravens rookie quarterback immediately started laughing. &• Nick Foles to lead another underdog charge?&• Pick your miracle: Minneapolis or Miami&• Inexcusable playoff drought in
8:00 AM ET He’ll go to games now — not as a fan or the son of a legendary Hall of Famer, but for work. And often, Barry J. Sanders goes unrecognized by people other than the players he used to compete with or against at Oklahoma State and Stanford. That is, unless he’s wearing
8:00 AM ET IT’S A RECENT Friday night in downtown Pittsburgh, JuJu Smith-Schuster sits in a mid-sized hotel conference room, having just completed his promotional duties for a “Call of Duty” livestream. In one corner is a table of picked over and forgotten food and drinks on ice. When Smith-Schuster walks in, wearing a black
5:33 AM ET ESPN staff Formula One is hoping to attract new engine manufacturers to the grid by introducing rules that require existing manufacturers to share technology with new entrants. The idea is essentially a compromise solution after the sport’s bosses backed down on plans to overhaul Formula One’s engine regulations in 2021. At the
9:05 AM ET The fifth Formula E season gets underway in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, but will it be worth watching? Since its inception in 2014, the all-electric racing series Formula E has split opinion. For motorsport purists, the absence of an exhaust note and the relatively slow speeds has left plenty to be desired,