7:00 AM ET When Alex Cora came into the 2022 MLB season sporting a salt-and-pepper beard, it was a notable change: The Boston Red Sox manager had always kept a clean-shaven face. But the new look lasted only a month. On May 10, with the Red Sox in last place behind even the rebuilding Baltimore
7:00 AM ET EDMONTON — There’s much at stake for the Oilers in these Stanley Cup playoffs. Just ask their fans. Thousands of them gather in droves before each game all around Rogers Place. Every side street is filled to the brim. There’s a formal — and free — tailgate party set up across from
6:00 AM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Former Denver Broncos wide receiver Rod Smith once framed the struggles of a player returning from injury as a fight that reached well beyond physical pain. Smith talked about wrestling with the constant reminders that such a major investment of time, effort and emotion was often met with little
6:00 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins‘ offense looks completely revamped on paper, with an infusion of playmakers at the skill positions led by receivers Tyreek Hill and Cedrick Wilson, and running backs Raheem Mostert and Chase Edmonds. Add in the hiring of offensive-minded head coach Mike McDaniel, and the Dolphins’ attack,
8:00 AM ET Reed Kuhn Close Special to ESPN.com Reed Kuhn is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, and strategy and analytics consultant. He is the author of “Fightnomics: The Hidden Numbers and Science in Mixed Martial Arts,” the first book to quantify drivers and performance metrics in combat sports. Ian Parker The summer is filling up
TossVelocity opt to bowl vs Trailblazers Deepti Sharma’s Velocity, who need either a win or a narrow defeat to qualify for the Women’s T20 Challenge Final, won an important toss in Pune against Smriti Mandhana’s Trailblazers. Deepti chose to bowl first, saying that the Velocity side would prefer batting second, a template the team used
7:00 AM ET The last week in baseball, a couple powerhouse offenses stuttered, while squads that seemed destined for a skid have started stringing together wins. We’re just seven weeks into the MLB season, so there’s plenty of baseball left to play. Will the surging San Diego Padres be able to catch up to the
5:45 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. Gervonta Davis will defend his WBA “regular” lightweight title against Rolando Romero on Saturday in the main event of a Premier Boxing Champions card at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York (Showtime PPV, 9 p.m. ET). Davis (26-0, 24 KOs), 27, of Baltimore, is coming off a decision victory
2:31 AM ET MIAMI — In late January, the San Antonio Spurs traded backup guard Bryn Forbes to the Denver Nuggets. Five months later, that unassuming move has made a major impact on the 2022 Eastern Conference finals. It was the opening of an opportunity for the Boston Celtics that has been fully realized as
Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul should bat “quicker rather than longer,” he should “take the game on” and think about expressing himself and “having fun” while batting instead of trying to make his team win on his own, according to ESPNcricinfo’s experts Sanjay Manjrekar and Daniel Vettori. On Wednesday, Rahul scored 79 off 58