9:00 AM ET AUBURN, Ala. — You can’t rewrite the whole long, sad history of objectively bad, borderline counterproductive LSU offenses in one day. Not even against a top-10 Auburn team on the road. Because, let’s face it, we heard that same tall tale last season against the very same team when Danny Etling &
12:00 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As soon as the ball crossed the goal line for what would turn out to be the San Francisco 49ers‘ final touchdown in Sunday’s win against the Detroit Lions, quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo immediately ran to receiver Pierre Garcon to congratulate him. Thing is, Garcon was not the one
12:47 PM ET Associated Press Stan Wawrinka advanced to the second round of the St. Petersburg Open by beating Aljaz Bedene 7-5, 7-6 (5) Monday. Bedene served for the first set at 5-4 but Wawrinka won the next three games to take the set. The Swiss player then saved four break points in the second.
12:50 PM ET Opening Bell: Be careful what you wish for Throughout the lead-up to the rematch between Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez for GGG’s unified middleweight world title in the year’s biggest fight, Golovkin trainer Abel Sanchez criticized the way Alvarez fought in their first fight, a massively controversial draw last September. Alvarez ran,
Alexis Nunes and Shaka Hislop delve into Maurizio Sarri’s comment that Eden Hazard is the best European footballer. Check out all the notable action from the weekend, including Cristiano Ronaldo’s first Juventus goals, Barcelona’s win at the Anoeta and more. Who were the star performers from the weekend’s action? We asked our global editorial desks
11:29 AM ET Connor McDonagh Mercedes technical director James Allison has heaped praise on Lewis Hamilton’s ability to up his game in the crunch part of the season after pulling further clear of Sebastian Vettel in the championship with a dominant win at the Singapore Grand Prix. A closer look at how Ferrari’s race weekend
shares Toss: Afghanistan chose to bat v Sri Lanka Afghanistan’s players perform the Champion dance to celebrate their victory © ICC/Getty Images Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bat on an Abu Dhabi track expected be good for batting. Having lost his second toss in three days, Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews said
9:00 AM ET For the eighth season in a row, ESPN.com is ranking the top players in the NBA. Who will be the best player this season? To get the final prediction, we asked our expert panel to vote on pairs of players. NBArank is a prediction for the coming season. Dozens of panelists from
11:01 AM BST The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has announced plans to award full-time contracts to England Women’s 15-a-side players from next year. An announcement on Wednesday from the RFU said it was now in a position to move forward with proposals to offer 28 full contracts to female internationals, starting in January 2019. The
10:46 AM ET Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. — Aleksander Barkov is the new captain of the Florida Panthers. Barkov is taking over for forward Derek MacKenzie, who held the role for the past two seasons. The 23-year-old from Finland becomes the 10th player to be designated as Florida’s captain. The Panthers made the announcement Monday,