7:30 AM ET It’s Home Run Derby day in Washington. Before some of baseball’s biggest stars look to go deep at Nationals Park, we asked some of our writers to take a swing at some pressing Derby and All-Star Game questions. Home Run Derby 1. Who will hit the farthest home run of the night,
7:50 AM ET Andrew Fidel Fernando Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal and coach Chandika Hathurusingha have been suspended for four ODIs, in addition to the two Tests they are already sitting out, after receiving the maximum possible punishment for their spirit of cricket offence. Team manager Asanka Gurusinha also receives the same sanction. Following a
Super Rugby’s regular season is done for 2018, after a final round that produced a couple of upsets and ensured the final make-up of the top eight remained unknown until the hooter sounded in Durban. The Sharks’ victory over the Jaguares was enough for the South Africans to squeeze into the playoffs at the expense
7:52 AM BST SANZAAR will launch a review into television match official (TMO) interventions, admitting current rules are “clearly not working” after a string of recent controversies in Super Rugby and Tests. The review comes after widespread uproar over a red card to Sunwolves flanker Ed Quirk for a “love tap” on a Queensland Reds
Jordan Spieth, perhaps more than any current athlete, is a what behavioral scientists would classify as an external processor. When he wants to analyze a situation and determine precisely how he feels about something — for example, a poor shot he just hit on the golf course — it has to occur out loud. And
9:41 AM ET Nick DePaulaESPN For the second offseason in a row, an unexpected sneaker brand emerged to dominate the conversation heading into the NBA draft and summer league. Last summer, it was Lonzo Ball’s unique Big Baller Brand venture and his eventual musical-chairs approach to playing in a different sneaker in each game of
7:45 AM ET What would a lineup of under-25 NFL all-stars look like? Glad you asked. We polled 43 of our NFL insiders — reporters, analysts, former players — to find out which players under age 25 will be the best at each position over the next three seasons. The results included four Saints (the
Sebastian Salazar and Herculez Gomez assess Mexico’s World Cup after a last 16 exit and discuss why Liga MX could be a hindrance on El Tri’s future. Tigres defeated Santos Laguna 4-0 in Los Angeles on Sunday to win its third straight Campeon de Campeones trophy and head coach Ricardo “Tuca” Ferretti vowed afterwards to
6:00 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show It is not the fight most wanted to see Anthony Joshua in next, but the WBA-IBF-WBO world heavyweight champion will defend his titles against
5:18 AM ET McLaren boss Zak Brown says Formula One’s plans to implement a cap on spending in future gives him optimism about a return to form for his beleaguered team. F1 bosses hope to introduce a cap of around $150 million per year from 2021 onwards in the hope of allowing independent outfits a