6:00 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Needing to rebuild their receiving room after trading Tyreek Hill to the Miami Dolphins, the Kansas City Chiefs had options when they got to the second round of the NFL draft. They could have, for instance, taken Velus Jones Jr., whose 4.31-second 40-yard dash at the scouting combine
8:00 AM ET College football can be cyclical, and the pendulum swung back toward defense in 2021. Georgia won its first national title in 41 years behind a historically good defense that produced eight picks in last month’s NFL draft, including a record five in the first round. The Big 12, long both celebrated and
6:40 AM ET NFL NationESPN While the long-term story of the 2022 NFL draft will be how the draftees pan out years from now, this version of the NFL Power Rankings is taking more of an immediate approach. Instead of breaking down the rookies (there will be plenty of time for that), we picked veterans
6:42 AM ET The year’s second major, the PGA Championship, gets going this week at Southern Hills Country Club. Defending champion Phil Mickelson will not be there, his break from golf continuing a bit longer. Get ESPN+ here | Download the app | WatchESPN Tiger Woods, who made his return to the sport at the
6:41 AM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Kevin Van Valkenburg Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior Writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine Born and raised in Western Montana Spent 11 years as a feature writer for
6:07 AM ET Reigning Formula E champion Nyck de Vries will drive for Williams during the first practice session for this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix. De Vries is a Mercedes Formula E driver and one of the Mercedes F1 team’s reserve drivers, as well as the 2019 Formula 2 champion. F1’s regulations this year require
Matthew Mott, the Australia women’s head coach, has emerged as the frontrunner in the race to become England men’s white-ball coach, and is likely to be appointed later this week. ESPNcricinfo understands that Mott has been preferred by the interview panel over former England allrounder Paul Collingwood, who was the primary contender having stood in
5:33 AM ET Britain’s former junior Wimbledon champion and Olympic mixed doubles silver medallist Laura Robson announced her retirement on Monday due to persistent injury problems. A former world No. 27, Robson lifted the junior crown at the grasscourt Grand Slam as a 14-year-old in 2008 and followed up her success with an Olympic medal
4:46 AM ET Brentford’s Ivan Toney and Rico Henry said their families were subject to racial abuse during Sunday’s Premier League clash vs. Everton. Visionhaus/Getty Images Everton are helping police identify fans accused of racially abusing the families of Brentford striker Ivan Toney and defender Rico Henry during Sunday’s Premier League clash at Goodison Park. Henry
4:26 AM ET Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe has said he is “almost” ready to announce where he will play next season as Real Madrid continue to chase his signature. The 23-year-old’s contract at PSG expires this summer, although head coach Mauricio Pochettino said last month he is “100% sure” that Mbappe sign a new