8:43 AM ET Who won the NBA offseason? A surprising draft night with plenty of trades in the first round was followed by the wildest week the league has ever seen to start free agency. Paul George and Kawhi Leonard are now on the LA Clippers. Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant are in Brooklyn. There
11:17 PM ET ESPN News Services The U.S. women’s national soccer team’s day started with a parade through New York City’s Canyon of Heroes, included a flight to Los Angeles and then saw Alex Morgan and the USWNT shine as the big winners at The ESPYS on Wednesday night at The Microsoft Theater in Los
11:22 PM ET Former Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer and former Florida and South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier will coach in the Polynesian Bowl on Jan. 18, 2020 at Honolulu’s Aloha Stadium, the bowl announced on Wednesday. Beamer will coach Team Makai (Ocean), and Spurrier will coach Team Mauka (Mountain). The game will
The Toe Poke Daily is here every day to bring you all the weirdest stories, quirkiest viral content and top trolling that the internet has to offer, all in one place. Jump to: Man United’s initiation songs | Roma’s Bowie-inspired kit | Beckham, Van Dijk visit Wimbledon The Manchester United squad is in Perth, Australia on the first
With Victor Lindelof now linked with a move to Barcelona, ESPN FC’s Sid Lowe wonders if the Catalan giants are waving the white flag on their pursuit of Matthijs de Ligt. Rafael Nadal takes some time away from talking tennis to share his thoughts on Real Madrid and the success of their transfer window so
10:38 PM ET Associated Press GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Jim Bouton, the former New York Yankees pitcher who shocked and angered the conservative baseball world with the tell-all book “Ball Four,” has died. He was 80. Bouton’s family said he died Wednesday at the home he shared with wife Paula Kurman. He fought a brain
9:31 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Former Tennessee Titans star defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth, 38, is suffering from kidney failure and has taken to Instagram to announce that he is in “dire need” of locating
8:49 PM ET Associated Press YORK, Pa. — “Robot umpires” have arrived. The independent Atlantic League became the first American professional baseball league to let a computer call balls and strikes Wednesday night at its all-star game. Plate umpire Brian deBrauwere wore an earpiece connected to an iPhone in his pocket and relayed the call
8:17 PM ET Oklahoma added another talented offensive lineman to its 2020 class on Wednesday with ESPN 300 lineman Andrew Raym. The No. 55 ranked recruit overall, Raym had a top five of Georgia, LSU, Michigan, Oklahoma and Texas A&M, but elected to choose the Sooners as his future destination. The 6-foot-4, 309-pound prospect is
8:11 PM ET The first fight of Bellator’s upcoming featherweight tournament is booked, and it involves the promotion’s current 145-pound champion. Patricio “Pitbull” Freire vs. Juan Archuleta for the Bellator featherweight title is set for Sept. 28 at the Forum in Inglewood, California, sources told ESPN. The fight will be one of eight first-round tournament