2:07 AM GMT Matt Roller Close Matt Roller is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets at @mroller98 Picking XIs for a decade can feel a bit like trying to form Powerplay rules – introducing artificial restrictions to drum up some excitement – because cricket careers and schedules don’t naturally lend themselves to decade-style reviews.
Month: January 2020
11:46 PM ET NEW YORK — Kayla Harrison entered the 2019 Professional Fighters League season as the face of the organization, and ended the year with $1 million and the PFL women’s lightweight championship in hand on New Year’s Eve. Harrison, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was one of six fighters to win titles and
11:29 PM ET HOUSTON — Denver Nuggets coach Mike Malone considers his preferred defensive strategy of double-teaming Houston Rockets star James Harden, sometimes as far as 40 feet away from the basket, to be a form of flattery. “I know it’s probably frustrating for him,” Malone said before Tuesday night’s game at the Toyota Center.
10:52 PM ET Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — Sam Ehlinger passed for three touchdowns and ran for another, and Texas excised the frustrations of a disappointing regular season with a dominant 38-10 win over No. 12 Utah in the Alamo Bowl on Tuesday night. After a 10-win season in 2018 set up a Top 10
10:02 PM ET Associated Press BRISBANE, Australia — Venus Williams has been forced to pull out of the Brisbane International following an undisclosed “setback” in training. Tournament officials said Wednesday a replacement for the 52nd-ranked Williams will be named on Thursday. Williams had been given a wild card for the Brisbane event which starts Jan.
6:13 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns and general manager John Dorsey parted ways on Tuesday, just two days after firing head coach Freddie Kitchens. Here’s what the latest upheaval in Cleveland means for the Browns going forward: Why did the Browns and Dorsey ‘mutually part ways?’ The Haslams wanted Dorsey to take
8:38 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — Welcome to a Texas-sized NHL Winter Classic. The annual showcase is going to be one big outdoor game when the Dallas Stars host the Nashville Predators at the historic Cotton Bowl Stadium on Wednesday — even without “Big Tex” booming out the customary “Howdy, folks!” that visitors to