9:00 AM ET With the 2019 NFL playoffs upon us, you already know a little bit about the NFL’s 12 remaining teams. Let’s go a little further and try to offer up some additional insight into the remaining contenders as part of my preview. How are they better or worse than public perception? Is that
Month: January 2020
2:08 PM GMT Bangladesh go into the Under-19 World Cup as one of the most successful teams in the world. They have won 18 Youth ODIs since the last time the trophy was up for grabs – joint-highest alongside India – and their captain Akbar Ali is confident of several more standout performances. Bangladesh depart
7:31 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show After some high-profile retirees from British and Irish boxing in the last year or so, who will fill their place? James DeGale, George Groves,
9:01 AM ET Steve KimESPN Another year is in the books, and for the sport of boxing, 2019 was certainly a memorable one. While we didn’t get all the fights we wanted (we never do, unfortunately), for the most part, boxing delivered. There was no shortage of legitimate “fight of the year” candidates, and it
8:53 AM ET The year in men’s tennis launches in a radically different way in 2020, with a disruptive new mega-event — the ATP Cup — replacing all but two men’s tournaments as sanctioned preludes to the Australian Open. The ATP Cup, a partnership between the ATP and the hard-charging leadership of Tennis Australia, features
8:00 AM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Ashley Smith’s cell phone was buzzing at 2 o’clock in the morning last New Year’s Day. She didn’t even bother to look at the caller ID. She already knew who was on the other end. It was her baby brother, Trey Smith, known more commonly around the football world
5:41 AM GMT New Zealand are crossing their fingers they can put together a healthy XI for the final Test in Sydney after illness struck the camp forcing Kane Williamson and Henry Nicholls to sit out training for the second day running. Mitchell Santner, whose position in the side was under scrutiny after two poor
12:34 AM ET NEW ORLEANS — Baylor quarterback Charlie Brewer was knocked out of Wednesday’s Allstate Sugar Bowl following a late hit by Georgia defensive lineman Travon Walker. Brewer laid on the ground for several minutes after he was hit running along the sideline and he was surrounded by athletic trainers. He was eventually helped
11:30 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — Carmelo Anthony said last month that his No. 15 jersey should be retired by the Denver Nuggets. So what about his No. 7 here at Madison Square Garden? After scoring a season-high 26 points for the Portland Trail Blazers in a 117-93 loss to the New York
11:17 PM ET ESPN News Services ARCADIA, Calif. — A horse broke down in the last race at Santa Anita on Wednesday, the track’s first racing death of the winter-spring meet after a spate of deaths last year. Golden Birthday took a bad step in the stretch and jockey Victor Espinoza fell off while trying