8:00 AM ET IT WAS THE start of the fourth quarter and the Boomers, the Australian Olympic men’s basketball team, were in a tight game against Italy in an important group stage match. The Aussies had inched ahead and a finishing kick would guarantee advancement to the medal round. Coach Brian Goorjian peered down the
10:24 AM ET Some minor adjustments will be made to the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix’s Jeddah street circuit to improve driver visibility around corners, organisers said on Thursday. “Firstly, there are going to be one or two slight changes to the track,” Saudi Motorsport Company Chief Executive Martin Whitaker said in a statement. “These tweaks
9:59 PM ET UFC president Dana White said his not putting the heavyweight title belt on Francis Ngannou after UFC 270 last weekend had nothing to do with “disrespect.” White addressed the postfight situation in a fan Q&A on Wednesday night with interviewer Laura Sanko on ESPN+. White did not put the belt on Ngannou
5:45 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Ash Barty ended a 42-year drought just by reaching the Australian Open final. The top-ranked Barty, who beat Madison Keys 6-1, 6-3, needs one more victory to be the first Australian woman to win her home Grand Slam title since 1978. Danielle Collins is in her way.
Jan 26, 2022 Former Oklahoma State All-Big 12 cornerback Jarrick Bernard-Converse has transferred to LSU, the school announced on Wednesday. Bernard-Converse, who went to high school in Shreveport, Louisiana, entered the portal last week as a graduate transfer. A four-year starter at Oklahoma State, he had 51 tackles and defended 11 passes this past season.
7:15 AM ET ESPN staff With our 2022 Way-Too-Early college football top 25 established, we asked our reporters what each team’s biggest strength will be in the coming season — in other words, what makes the best teams so good. Looking into a crystal ball more than six months before the start of the season
7:00 AM ET As the Baseball Hall of Fame prepares to enshrine David Ortiz, plus the six former players elected last month, let’s look ahead to see what might happen over the next three Baseball Writers’ Association of America elections. Oh, don’t worry — we haven’t heard the last of the Hall of Fame debates
4:57 AM ET The 2022 January transfer window is open (find out when it closes here), and there’s plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings and goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY: Man City, Liverpool to move for Juve star Dybala?
News Australia opener says she was “more disappointed to lose two wickets in a row,” when she fell soon after Lanning With the one-off Ashes Tests, which form part of the multi-format series, the only guaranteed games in the format Australia get – although this is their second of the season after the game against
4:13 AM ET Formula One has signed a seven-year deal to keep the Singapore Grand Prix on its schedule until 2028. The street circuit debuted as F1’s first night race in 2008 and has become a high-profile event on the calendar ever since. The race was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19