2:00 PM ET It’s been a strange month, but we are almost out of the woods (at least, the part of the woods we can see at the moment). After Tuesday night, only one game (the Islanders at the Leafs on Jan. 22) remains postponed. More could come, certainly, but it will be refreshing to
10:45 AM GMT Owen Farrell has retained his England captaincy for the 2022 Six Nations while George Ford, Elliot Daly, Sam Underhill and Mako and Billy Vunipola miss out on the squad. Manu Tuilagi was also not named in the 36-man squad announced by coach Eddie Jones on Tuesday but he is expected to join
12:57 PM GMT Fly-half Dan Biggar will captain a Wales squad at the 2022 Six Nations that includes three uncapped players and has a host of experienced names missing through injury as coach Wayne Pivac’s side look to retain the title they won last year. Hooker Dewi Lake has been called up for the first
8:00 AM ET FIFA held its annual The Best awards gala in Zurich, Switzerland on Monday in which world soccer’s governing body heralded the biggest successes and achievements of the past year, with Robert Lewandowski and Alexia Putellas going home with the big individual awards. Prolific Bayern Munich and Poland striker Lewandowski was crowned The
6:45 AM ET NFL NationESPN Six NFL playoff games down, and seven to go. The offseason is nearly here — and for 24 teams, it already is — bringing the opportunity for every team to get better and make changes as they prepare for the 2022 season. There are question marks surrounding current quarterbacks —
Big picture Unlike most of the ODI cricket played at the moment, the three-match series between South Africa and India does not form part of the World Cup Super League, with those fixtures said to be slotted in at a later date. The 50-over format takes a bit of a backseat for much 2022, but
Dec 11, 2020 Marc Raimondi Eric Gomez Editor’s note: This story was originally published ahead of UFC 256. It has been updated to reflect the result of that fight and the upcoming trilogy fight at UFC 270. The half-made piñata would be sitting on the floor of Pinatas Moreno in Tijuana, Mexico, and business owner
7:59 AM ET Emma Raducanu got her Australian Open campaign off to a winning start as she saw off Sloane Stephens in three sets in the first round. US Open champion Raducanu ended up winning 6-0, 2-6, 6-1 in an entertaining match on day two of the first Grand Slam of the year. After Raducanu
Jan 16, 2022 Pete ThamelESPN Louisville has hired Notre Dame assistant coach Lance Taylor as its new offensive coordinator. Taylor is the run game coordinator and running backs coach at Notre Dame, where he overhauled the Irish’s running backs room during his three seasons there. Taylor also brings extensive experience coaching wide receivers, as he
8:49 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic — For Arkansas assistant golf coach Barrett Lais, the initial recruiting pitch to try to get players from outside the United States to come to Fayetteville often begins with having to deal with a familiar remark. “A lot of people from Latin America said, ‘We’ve never