6:44 AM ET New Orleans coach Sean Payton struggled with choosing the Saints‘ starting quarterback for Sunday’s game before ultimately deciding to go with Taysom Hill, but multiple players and people within the organization thought Jameis Winston should have been the starter against the Atlanta Falcons, sources told ESPN. Payton knew that whichever quarterback he
7:52 AM ET BALTIMORE — Baltimore Ravens center Matt Skura has been benched after two straight games of bad snaps, a source confirmed Sunday. Patrick Mekari, who made five starts last season after Skura suffered a season-ending knee injury, will start at center for Sunday’s game against the Tennessee Titans. Skura, who is in his
8:48 AM GMT Shashank Kishore Rohit Sharma is all but likely to partner Mayank Agarwal at the top of the order should he be cleared to fly for the Tests in Australia, but he isn’t too fussed over his batting position. “I will tell you the same thing that I have told everyone all this
2:02 AM ET What does it take to become a star in MMA? Well, for starters, you have to win fights. Obviously. But, as we all know, that’s not enough. You have to finish fights. No doubt about it. You have to be well-rounded. For sure. You have to be flashy. That always helps. And
2:15 AM ET Michigan pulled off a 48-42 victory in triple overtime against Rutgers on Saturday, rallying from a 17-point deficit to pull off the third-largest comeback win in school history. With the visiting Wolverines scoreless deep into the second quarter, coach Jim Harbaugh pulled starting quarterback Joe Milton and replaced him with backup Cade
7:12 PM ET Four-goal scorer Erling Haaland gently ribbed Borussia Dortmund manager Lucien Favre for losing count of his tallies following an impressive 5-2 win over Hertha Berlin. The newly-named Golden Boy winner had a sensational second half on Sunday at Berlin’s Olimpiastadion, but said he could have scored more if he had stayed in.
4:56 PM ET Carrasco’s first-half strike gave Atletico a famous victory over Barcelona at the Wanda Metropolitano. Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images Diego Simeone earned his first-ever win over Barcelona in La Liga on Saturday, with Yannick Carrasco scoring the only goal of the game in Atletico Madrid’s cagey 1-0 win. The victory, which puts Atletico second
12:27 AM ET Reuters Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne said constant changes to the handball rule in recent years have left players on the pitch confused when decisions go against them. City were frustrated after Aymeric Laporte‘s first half equaliser against Tottenham Hotspur in Saturday’s 2-0 loss was
10:36 PM ET The first College Football Playoff selection committee rankings will be unveiled Tuesday night, and there’s not much suspense on who the top four teams will be. 1 Related But in the latest ESPN power rankings, non-Power Five stalwarts BYU at No. 7 and Cincinnati at No. 8 continue to hold steady in
1:05 AM ET This year has been so filled with chaos, it’s hard to notice each new twist or turn. Our collective lack of surprise is actually the one thing that has kept us bonded throughout a year in which our connections have been stretched and tested like no other time in recent memory. Even