7:45 AM ET The 2019-20 NHL season started on Oct. 2, 2019, and didn’t finish until Sept. 28, 2020, thanks to a pause of nearly five months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. December is usually when we start to hear significant trade rumblings begin — Taylor Hall was traded on Dec. 16 of last season
7:00 AM ET ESPN’s 64-player “Greatest NHL Name” tournament bracket dropped this week and garnered the expected reaction from hockey fans: passion, amusement, obsession and countless people vehemently protesting that Slater Koekkoek should have been a No. 1 seed. To recap, we took some of the greatest names to grace NHL ice — and Ukko-Pekka
6:50 AM ET NFL NationESPN Finally, the NFL Power Rankings don’t have to deal with any more byes, as every team has had its scheduled bye week. That makes this the perfect time to figure out which NFL players and coaches have the most at stake during the season’s final month. From players who are
6:55 AM ET ASHBURN, Va. — Before he received his dosage of radiation and underwent chemotherapy, Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera received a simple but meaningful greeting at the front desk of the Inova Schar Cancer Institute in Fairfax, Virginia. It was an everyday gesture in a situation that wasn’t ordinary. Linda Carter, who
1:46 PM IST Deivarayan Muthu Toss: India opt to bowl vs Australia India’s captain Virat Kohli won the toss at the SCG and inserted Australia again on a chilly evening. Chasing a 3-0 sweep, India were unchanged, while Australia welcomed back their white-ball captain Aaron Finch, who had missed Monday’s match with a glute strain.
8:27 PM ET Denver Nuggets guard Monte Morris has agreed to a three-year, $27 million contract extension, his agent, Ron Shade of Octagon, told ESPN on Monday night. Morris, who could’ve become an unrestricted free agent next summer, is yet another draft and development success story of Denver president of basketball operations Tim Connelly’s and
8:01 PM ET Golden State Warriors star guard Stephen Curry says the possibility of signing an extension with the organization is “on the table” and reiterated that he is hopeful he eventually will retire from the only professional team he has ever known. When asked if he plans to sign a contract extension, Curry, 32,
2:14 AM ET Months ago, LeBron James bit his tongue when Kyrie Irving‘s comments on Kevin Durant‘s podcast seemed to disparage the Los Angeles Lakers star’s late-game abilities. Now James has opened up about his former teammate’s take on a podcast appearance of his own. James, appearing as a guest on the Road Trippin’ podcast
12:08 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Chicago White Sox acquired right-hander Lance Lynn in a trade with the Texas Rangers early Tuesday morning, sources told ESPN, bolstering their rotation with a veteran who led the major leagues
7:58 PM ET An Argentine senator wants to put Diego Maradona on the country’s bank notes and presented a project to Congress on Monday to get the late soccer star and possibly even his “Hand of God” image on a 1,000-peso note. The note, worth around $12.27 at Monday’s exchange rate, would feature Maradona’s face