12:16 PM ET The College Football Playoff has extended its agreements with the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, PlayStation Fiesta Bowl and Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl for six more years, allowing those bowls to host CFP games through 2026. The three bowls will host a CFP game every year during the six-year period: the semifinals twice and
12:01 PM ET The Vegas Golden Knights have agreed to a three-year extension with goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, general manager George McPhee announced Friday. The deal is for an average of $7 million per season and keeps him with the Golden Knights through the 2021-22 season. “I guess you guys will be stuck with me for
12:00 AM ET When he first went to the gym as a 10-year-old, all Joet Gonzalez wanted was to lose some weight and learn how to defend himself against bullies who were picking on him in school. Little did he think that one day he would be an undefeated prospect fighting the main event on
11:26 AM ET Sid Ventura KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — It will be another title defense in Fresno, California for International Boxing Federation (IBF) super flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas. Matchmaker Sean Gibbons, who co-manages Ancajas’ career, made the announcement on Friday at a lunch-press conference with members of the Philippine media. “Best exciting news Thursday that
10:40 AM BST Every member of the U.S. Sevens squad is getting super excited because the days are counting down to the start of the Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco — it is only a week away! After thinking about it for so long, we are now so close to that first game
Jul 13, 2018 Which college football programs have the top defensive back groups for 2018? Here are the top 15 defensive back units in college football. Editor’s note: This article was adapted from Phil Steele’s college football preview magazine, which is available here. It’s no surprise that Alabama boasts the top linebacker group, but what
Jul 13, 2018 Which college football programs have the top special-teams units for 2018? Surprisingly, two Pac-12 schools rank atop the list. Here are the rest of the top 15 special-teams units in college football. Editor’s note: This article was adapted from Phil Steele’s college football preview magazine, which is available here. It’s no surprise
8:07 AM ET Jacques Villeneuve, the last driver to win a world championship with Williams, believes his former team is “dead” after its recent struggles. Williams currently sits at the bottom of the constructors’ championship, 12 points adrift of its nearest rival Sauber. A steady slump in form has seen the former championship-winning team slip
8:29 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Blame Eric Lindros, Dan Quayle and the Toronto Blue Jays. In 1992, the NHL farmed out 24 regular-season games to neutral sites, the result of a rare collective bargaining win for the players (pre-Gary Bettman, of course) that bumped the season to 84 games and had them split profits with
7:59 AM ET Rookie reliever Jordan Hicks addressed reports of potential conflict within the St. Louis Cardinals‘ locker room, saying teammate and closer Bud Norris has his best interests in mind. “He has the best intentions for me,” Hicks told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Thursday. “I think he’s nudging me in the right direction.