This is a wonderfully literal manifestation of the ‘pushy parent’ phenomenon. Competitive parents aren’t usually hard to come by at youth football matches, with the tension on the sidelines regularly far more intense than the action on the pitch. For example, take this wonderfully literal manifestation of the “pushy parent” phenomenon from a bloke stood
10:12 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports AVONDALE, Ariz. — Suspended crew chief Rodney Childers vowed that the illegal rear spoiler on Kevin Harvick‘s car did not win Sunday’s race at Texas Motor Speedway, arguing that other teams were working
11:00 AM ET Corey Kluber will be 33 years old next April and if he was about to hit free agency, there would be important questions about the high risk of a long-term investment in a pitcher with more than 2,000 innings logged in professional baseball. But Kluber, the Cy Young award winner in the
11:05 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The Hockey Hall of Fame inducts its Class of 2018 on Monday. It includes a women’s hockey icon (Jayna Hefford), a sentient Lady Byng Trophy winner (Marty St. Louis), a well-deserving international star (Aleksander Yakushev), someone who waited way, way too long (Willie O’Ree) and someone who probably needed to
8:52 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN SALT LAKE CITY — During Gordon Hayward‘s injury-imposed time away from basketball, between the long hours of rehab and the quality time with his family, the Boston Celtics forward would find an hour or so to slip away, log onto his computer and jump into “League of Legends,” the popular
7:00 AM ET COSTA MESA, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers defensive coordinator Gus Bradley is blitzing a little more than he did in years past, trying to limit explosive plays in the backfield before they pick up steam. Bradley said sometimes as a defensive playcaller he’d like to bring pressure into a jet sweep, but
7:00 AM ET The video of this NFL season might as well be called: Quarterbacks Gone Wild. The touchdowns have piled up as the concepts and innovations are celebrated along with the newest generation of golden-armed passers and fresh-faced playcallers. “… If you’re on defense, they don’t let you do a damn thing to stop
8:29 AM ET The first Heisman Trophy award won by a wide receiver is going up for sale. The trophy won by former Notre Dame wide receiver Tim Brown will be sold in an auction conducted by New Jersey-based Goldin Auctions. The auction starts online on Nov. 19 and closes Dec. 5, four days before
10:00 AM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN They wish the wait wouldn’t have been so long, but the fractured lower leg changed everything. Sixteen months passed, and now the Utah Jazz and Gordon Hayward lurch into one of the NBA’s most undesirable encounters: The homecoming of the free-agent star. This instance isn’t rich with acrimony as much
7:30 AM ET We’re previewing the Week 10 NFL slate with score predictions for each game from our Nation reporters, what to watch for in fantasy, Football Power Index projections from ESPN Stats & Information and much more. Thursday Night Football result: PIT 52, CAR 21Teams with byes in Week 10: DEN, MIN, BAL, HOU