9:01 AM ET The New York Knicks are the favorites to win the championship — the Las Vegas Summer League championship. The Las Vegas Summer League tips off Friday with a 10-game slate, highlighted by a matchup between the New Orleans Pelicans and and the Knicks (9:30 p.m., ESPN). No. 1 overall NBA draft pick
8:00 AM ET The All-Star break is right around the corner (already?), but first we’ve got one more weekend of games as teams try to end the first half on an up note. Here’s what we’ll have our eyes on: The Rockies and Diamondbacks, two National League wild-card contenders, tangle this weekend in Arizona, with
12:29 AM ET Jed Collins is uniquely qualified to offer money advice to NFL rookies. Before he began his second career as a financial adviser, Collins spent seven years bouncing around the NFL with nine different teams as a journeyman fullback. His most prominent stretch came with the New Orleans Saints from 2011 through 2013,
Gab Marcotti says that despite improvement by Argentina, Brazil were “a challenge too far for them” in their 2-0 victory at the Estadio Mineirao. ESPN FC’s Shaka Hislop examines Lionel Messi’s future with Argentina following the Albiceleste’s defeat to Brazil in the Copa America in the semis. Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni has confirmed that he
7:34 AM ET Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will attempt to set a world record for attendance at a tennis match, with the help of some celebrity guests, when they play an exhibition game in Cape Town in February. The clash on Feb. 7 will take place under the banner of the Roger Federer Foundation,
Zlatan Ibrahimovic took over in the second half, scoring twice in LA Galaxy’s 2-0 win over Toronto FC at Dignity Health Sports Park. 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
2:59 PM ET CAIRO, July 5 (Reuters) – Ten-man Benin rode their luck to eliminate heavily fancied Morocco on penalties in an extraordinary upset in the opening match of the knockout stage of the Africa Cup of Nations on Friday. Benin advanced to quarter-finals, after four successive draws, as they outscored Morocco 4-1 in the
10:05 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN This is the velocity of an offer sheet. Within a span of 24 hours, Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin went from lauded maverick to short-sighted dupe. Sebastian Aho, the 21-year-old Carolina Hurricanes center he signed to a five-year, $42.27 million contract offer sheet, went from traitorous opportunist to naïve
3:20 AM BST The names included in Michael Cheika’s first official Wallabies squad of 2019 will hardly strike fear into the Rugby World Cup contenders, but it at least affords Australia an opportunity to evolve. The big-name omission from a 34-man squad to contest the Rugby Championship, starting with a Test against South Africa in
3:30 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff He opened the batting, and scored an 18-ball 7. He bowled six overs and picked up a wicket. He strutted around the Headingley turf, mostly with a big smile on his face, and threw in as much drama as possible into pouching a sitter on the field and, if that