12:29 PM ET In this week’s column, ESPN’s lead Bundesliga commentator dives into a variety of topics including a likely dance of the coaches this summer. It was always going to be a matter of which domino would fall first. As things turned out, it happened in Frankfurt, where Eintracht announced this week that their
11:51 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — The WTA and ATP rankings of June 14 will be used to determine which tennis players earn direct entry into the Tokyo Olympics for singles and doubles, a delay of a week to match the change in dates for the French Open. The ITF announced Thursday that its
News Batter should be fit in time for T20 Blast campaign as he works on rehab alongside Archer Phil Salt, the Sussex batsman, has been ruled out until the end of May due to a cycling injury. Sussex announced on Thursday that Salt had broken a bone in his right foot, which was confirmed after
11:20 AM BST Exeter Chiefs director of rugby Rob Baxter has said the British & Irish Lions coaching staff, who are led by Warren Gatland, are being “disingenuous” as a row over the release of Premiership players for the South Africa tour continues. The Lions want players for a two-week training camp at the end
11:18 AM ET NEW YORK — Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme led to the former New York Mets owners being embroiled in a $1 billion lawsuit, has died in prison at age 82. Madoff burned thousands of investors, outfoxed regulators and received a 150-year prison term. He died of natural causes at the Federal Medical
6:00 AM ET It is universal. It is unique. It is stacked, adjusted and set. It is mocked, remocked and mocked again. But unless you are one of the cooks in the proverbial football kitchen, you haven’t seen it. It is the stew that everyone in the NFL makes and whose recipe is hidden from
9:10 AM ET Associated Press EAST MEADOW, N.Y. — Nearly six months before the opening of their new arena, the New York Islanders are reporting they have nearly sold out of season tickets for the first season in their new home. UBS Arena, being built next to the racetrack at Belmont Park with an expected
7:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN Two months ago, this year’s race for the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award looked as competitive as any in recent memory. But injuries have laid waste to the deep field of contenders, leaving Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic clearly standing above the rest of the field. Jokic, who has not
8:31 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Fabricio Werdum used to own a UFC championship belt. No one else in the PFL’s heavyweight division can say that. The jiu-jitsu black belt from Brazil has a half dozen gold medals from the World Jiu-Jitsu Championships and Abu Dhabi Combat Club World Championships. The other nine PFL heavies don’t
8:00 AM ET In the 2020 NFL draft, teams selected a record 13 wide receivers in the first two rounds, from No. 12 pick Henry Ruggs III to No. 59 Denzel Mims. Each of the 13 gained at least 220 yards through the air last season, and eight had at least 500. Minnesota’s Justin Jefferson,