7:44 AM ET It’s not easy being king. Hidden in the never-ending conversation about when ESPN’s No. 1 pound-for-pound boxer, Terence Crawford, will have his much-awaited superfight against Errol Spence Jr. or Manny Pacquiao, is the fact he has a worthy challenge Saturday as he defends his WBO welterweight world title against Kell Brook inside
7:30 AM ET Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby told Sirius XM on Thursday there have been discussions about delaying the playoff and the New Year’s Six bowls because of COVID-19. “I am on the CFP operations committee and we spent some time talking about that,” Bowlsby said. “We have not come to any closure on
5:48 AM ET The Golden State Warriors have presented an ambitious plan to state and local officials to re-open Chase Center in San Francisco at 50 percent capacity for this NBA season, which owner Joe Lacob believes can be the model for all sports franchises and entertainment venues to safely bring back fans amidst the
11:20 AM ET Max Verstappen said sharing the podium with Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas without being the winner has felt like being the third wheel on a date with a couple. F1 has unveiled a bumper 23-race schedule for its 2021 season. Here’s a look at the stories behind each of the additions and
11:34 AM GMT England’s white-ball tour of South Africa, which starts at the end of the month, could be at risk of being called off unless Cricket South Africa’s Members’ Council tonight ratifies the interim board South Africa’s sports minister Nathi Mthethwa imposed on the organisation two weeks ago. Yesterday, the Members’ Council made public
6:48 AM ET MINNEAPOLIS — Inside the draft room of the Minnesota Timberwolves, the team with the No. 1 pick in the 2020 NBA draft, the tape rolls on James Wiseman, an athletic 7-foot-1 big man with skills and measurables executives dream about, a blank canvas of raw ability and promise that evokes hopes of
5:10 AM ET Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Even for some of college football’s biggest names, hardened competitors
7:17 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Sure, there was a lot that felt and looked different about the first round of the first Masters ever played in November. There were only a few hundred patrons at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday, and most of them were presumably members, including NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, MLB
3:32 AM ET Associated Press Neymar has been ruled out of Brazil‘s World Cup qualifier against Uruguay next week because of a groin injury he sustained playing for Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League. Brazil’s football confederation confirmed on Thursday that Neymar will not play in the South American qualifying match on Tuesday in Montevideo.
5:53 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona will elect a new president on Jan. 24, 88 days after Josep Maria Bartomeu resigned from the role, sources have told ESPN. The managing committee overseeing the running of the club had to call the election within 90 days of Bartomeu stepping down and eventually agreed on