6:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will tell you that Manchester United haven’t really hit top form this season, and that one of the reasons is Anthony Martial. It bodes well, then, that on the opening day of a year that could yield a first title challenge of the post-Sir
12:35 AM ET NEW ORLEANS — They told us this was the game they wanted. This was the game they started dreaming about in the locker room on a cold desert night a year ago. This was the game the Ohio State Buckeyes saw slipping from their fingers when the Big Ten postponed the season,
5:35 PM ET BYU quarterback Zach Wilson will enter the NFL draft, he announced Friday. A likely first-round pick, Wilson is the No. 3-ranked draft-eligible quarterback and the No. 14 overall player, according to ESPN NFL draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. COUGAR NATION pic.twitter.com/pEa9RUMCTQ — Zachary Wilson (@zachkapono) January 1, 2021 In three years, Wilson
8:30 AM ET Jurgen Klopp has spoken out against calls for a “circuit-break” shutdown to help reduce COVID-19 infections in the Premier League, with the Liverpool manager saying games should continue due to the safety measures in place within the sport. West Bromwich Albion manager Sam Allardyce said earlier this week that a temporary pause
11:36 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The Toronto Raptors benched All-Star forward Pascal Siakam for Thursday night’s year-ending 100-83 victory over the New York Knicks in Tampa, Florida. “It was a discipline thing for an internal matter,” Raptors coach Nick Nurse said after his team won its first game of the season. “That’s the decision we
News The opener knows he won’t be at full fitness but is doing everything he can to play the third Test The next 48 hours will be key in determining whether David Warner will be fit enough to take his place in Australia’s side for the third Test against India in Sydney with his ability
7:35 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Hours after the College Football Playoff selection committee cemented the top four teams, Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly was asked the million-dollar question: How do you stop or limit the Alabama offense? Kelly equivocated, noting his staff hadn’t evaluated the Crimson Tide game plan-wise, since he had just learned
2:02 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NBA fined three players a total of $85,000 on Friday for their roles in a dustup during a game between Charlotte and Dallas. The Mavericks’ James Johnson was fined $40,000. For the Hornets, Cody Martin lost $25,000 and Caleb Martin $20,000. The commotion happened with about
3:59 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — All Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers could do was hope for good news after All-Pro left tackle David Bakhtiari suffered a knee injury in practice on Thursday. One phone call dashed that. “I got a call from him yesterday, late in the afternoon,” Rodgers said Friday.
12:58 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is a fan of statistics and he can tell you that his Manchester United players are running further, creating more and giving up fewer chances than at any point during his two years in charge at Old Trafford. But really there are only a couple of numbers