9:43 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN RALEIGH, N.C. — Smoke from pulled pork and burgers on grills wafted through the parking lots outside PNC Arena. The cars blasted Kanye West and country music. The fans parked some four to five hours before the Carolina Hurricanes dropped the puck for their first playoff game in a decade,
4:39 PM ET Champion Rafael Nadal and top-ranked Novak Djokovic turned in impressive displays to reach the Monte Carlo Masters quarter-finals on Thursday. 1 Related Nadal, chasing a record-extending 12th Monte Carlo title, broke Grigor Dimitrov‘s serve on four occasions to defeat the Bulgarian 6-4 6-1. After recovering from two break points down in his
7:00 AM ET “POP WANTS TO talk to you.” The server is speaking to a man named Jeremy Threat — and from the tone in his voice, something is clearly amiss. Threat hustles back to the main dining room of Spataro Restaurant & Bar, an Italian restaurant in Sacramento, California, that has been overrun by
10:00 AM BST Wallabies vice-captain Will Genia has slammed international teammate Israel Folau and believes he’s played his final Test alongside the controversial star. Rugby Australia issued Folau a breach of contract notice following repeated homophobic social media posts, but the 30-year-old will fight for his career at a code of conduct hearing next week.
9:24 AM ET It’s strange how some memories fade away like forgotten ghosts and others seem eternally lodged in the hippocampus. That would certainly account for Terence “Bud” Crawford’s vivid recollection of his first trip to a boxing gym almost 25 years ago, when he was 7. He didn’t realize it at the time, but
9:38 AM ET At this point, it’s the only question worth asking: Who will win Saturday night’s welterweight title bout between Terence Crawford and Amir Khan at Madison Square Garden in New York? Our experts make their picks. Dan RafaelESPN.com Crawford by KOCrawford can be a slow starter and Khan still has speed and power,
10:00 AM ET Jeff Borzello Close ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Staff Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. On Wednesday, ESPN confirmed that Scott Woodward was leaving Texas A&M to become the new athletic director
Tottenham advanced to the Champions League semifinals courtesy of an added-time VAR decision while Liverpool marched past Porto. The FC panel credit Mauricio Pochettino and his Tottenham side for the way they handled adversity in the second leg against Manchester City. Tottenham midfielder Lucas Moura has told ESPN Brazil that Spurs’ wild Champions League quarterfinal
ESPN FC’s Craig Burley believes Manchester United got a dose of reality following their three-goal defeat in Barcelona. Alejandro Moreno delves into all the hurdles Barcelona will have to cross to have a chance at landing Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford. What a rollercoaster few days for the column. We correctly called Ajax turning Juventus over
The FC crew argue the referee was not provided the proper angles to see whether or not a handball was committed on Tottenham’s third goal. In a perfect world, we would have been talking only about four goals in 11 minutes, one of the wildest quarterfinal matches in history, how Manchester City’s season is reduced