12:06 PM ET The NHL is planning to have a set of outdoor games in Lake Tahoe in February. The Vegas Golden Knights, Colorado Avalanche, Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers will each play games in a two-day event hosted by Edgewood Tahoe Resort, league sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday. Sportsnet was the first to
8:00 AM ET Don’t look now, but the Ohio State Buckeyes and their fan base are feeling disrespected. They are agitated, irritated and aggravated. They are taking inventory of all the names of those who have attempted to diminish the Buckeyes’ College Football Playoff invite, from sportswriters and Dabo Swinney to sports radio jocks and
11:53 AM ET Associated Press The NFL has chosen 11 athletes from nine countries to compete for a spot in the 2021 International Player Pathway Program. Instituted in 2017, the program aims to provide elite international athletes an opportunity to compete at the NFL level, improve their skills, and possibly earn a spot on a
5:35 PM ET The NBA is placing a significant burden on team officials to monitor and mete out discipline in cases of COVID-19 protocol violations among players and staff, the league told teams on Thursday in a memo obtained by ESPN. The memo comes on a day when four Chicago Bulls players — Lauri Markkanen,
News Six-team franchise system to be dissolved as 75 cricketers set to lose contracts Seventy-five South African domestic cricketers will lose their contracts in a restructuring that will dissolve the six-team franchise system which has been in place for 17 seasons. A new set-up, which will consist of 15 first-class teams playing in two tiers,
9:04 AM ET Conor McGregor‘s 2020 fell well short of his expectations. He had planned to fight at least three times, with one of those being a rematch against Khabib Nurmagomedov for the UFC lightweight championship. Instead, McGregor fought for a total of 40 seconds, which was how long he needed to beat the fading
Fantasy Tips Fantasy suggestions for Match No. 23 of BBL 2020-21 Jan 2: Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Stars, Hobart Pro Tip: Dawid Malan’s consistency at the T20I level makes him a compelling captaincy choice for this game. The wicket at Hobart is likely to assist his stroke-making abilities. Our XI: Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Nicholas
3:00 AM ET The coronavirus pandemic made the summer transfer window very different from its predecessors but, with football back on the agenda, the January window will open as normal for Europe’s top leagues. 1 Related Though clubs spent nearly €1.5 billion less ($1.9bn) in the summer than they did the previous year, according to
7:25 AM ET It has been an extremely weird year for NHL prospects, with many playing shortened seasons and/or taking long hiatuses between competitive gameplay. That takes a toll on player development. But while it is a bit more difficult to do so than in normal years, we’re ranking every pool and identifying each franchise’s
12:34 AM ET Multiple Contributors Even though 2020 saw a lot of marquee events being scrapped or postponed, 2021 is not short of big sporting events. ESPN’s staff tell us what they are looking forward to the most in 2021: The return of the I-League The 2019-20 I-League was suspended just as things were starting