9:00 AM ET We’re three weeks away from Thanksgiving — usually an all-important marker in the NHL. In the salary cap era, if you’re in a playoff spot on the holiday, history says you have more than a 75% chance of making the postseason. It’s an indicator many front offices swear by, and will dictate
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) says it is paying for Danushka Gunathilaka‘s legal defence in Australia because the charges of sexual intercourse without consent were laid on him primarily because he was on national duty at the T20 World Cup. It is also not yet clear whether Gunathilaka breached SLC’s own protocol by going on a
7:17 AM ET Manchester United midfielder Christian Eriksen has been included in the Denmark squad that will compete at the 2022 World Cup as head coach Kasper Hjulmand named 21 of his 26-man party for the finals in Qatar. The remaining five players will be revealed following the last round of European fixtures before the
9:28 AM ET EFA have once again rejected the idea of a European Super League. Harold Cunningham/Getty Images for UEFA UEFA met with A22 Sports, the company backing a proposed European Super League (ESL), in Nyon, Switzerland on Tuesday and once again rejected the idea of a breakaway league, the governing body said. The meeting involved
11:09 AM ET Ben Olsen previously coached D.C. United, where was has named MLS Coach of the Year in 2014. Scott Taetsch/Getty Images Houston Dynamo has hired former D.C. United head coach Ben Olsen, the Major League Soccer club announced on Tuesday. Olsen, 45, comes to the Dynamo with over 10 years of coaching experience including
9:17 AM ET A few dozen people protested in front of the FIFA Museum in Zurich on Tuesday to press for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community ahead of the World Cup in Qatar. Some football players have raised concerns over the rights of fans travelling to the event, especially LGBTQ+ individuals and women, whom
5:55 AM ET Sepp Blatter, the president of FIFA when Qatar was awarded the 2022 World Cup hosting rights in 2010, told Swiss newspaper Tages Anzeiger that “Qatar is a mistake,” adding that “the choice was bad.” The Qatar decision has been marred by controversy, including allegations of corruption and human rights violations, since it
5:33 AM ET Gareth Southgate has told ESPN he believes Christian Pulisic has faced difficulties adapting to the Premier League but is still wary of the threat he poses when England face the United States at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar on Nov. 25. Pulisic has endured mixed fortunes at Chelsea since making a
8:00 AM ET Brian Windhorst and a team of ESPN’s Insiders sort out life and the news from in and around the NBA world. A few minutes before the Cleveland Cavaliers‘ home opener last month, owner Dan Gilbert addressed the players in the locker room. He spoke about the excitement for the season before turning
7:15 AM ET Frankie Edgar (Editor’s note: This story was written with the assistance of ESPN’s Jeff Wagenheim) I remember the first time I ever saw a prizefight. It was sometime in the 1980s, and I was a young kid. I went to my next-door neighbor’s house with my old man to watch Mike Tyson.