9:28 AM ET Just as … no one predicted, the John Tavares-less New York Islanders are in first place in the Metropolitan Division on Jan. 21, with a plus-26 goal differential. Will they remain there for the rest of the campaign, or slip out of the playoff mix altogether? Where will the Islanders finish this
3:28 AM ET It was 93 days from the moment Luke Walton assumed the helm of his new team before the third-year coach got a peek at what L.A. could do. His team ran the gamut in that span — from the thrill of adding one of the greatest players of all time, to the
Check out how Europe’s top clubs fared at the weekend, including PSG’s 9-0, a big night for Arsenal and another win for Manchester United. When you add a pair of assists to a hat trick, the odds of you being No. 1 in Player Power Rankings are pretty good. Our global editors pick their top
5:56 AM ET ESPN staff Mexican rally diver Benito Guerra beat Formula One stars Sebastian Vettel and Pierre Gasly to claim a surprise victory at the Race of Champions on Sunday. Mick Schumacher has joined the young driver programme of the Ferrari team his father, Michael, won five championships with at the start of the
3:46 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Danielle Collins was beating No. 2 Angelique Kerber so badly in their fourth-round match that the German star needed to leave the court for a bathroom break. After 20 minutes. Collins, an unseeded American here at the Australian Open, dropped just two games and hit 29 winners against Kerber,
3:26 AM ET After Kurtis Patterson received his late-evening call from national selector Trevor Hohns to tell him to pack his bags for Brisbane, one of first people he was on the phone to – after his girlfriend, mum and dad – was New South Wales batting coach Beau Casson who the batsman has spoken
We gravitate towards simple explanations so the reason why Chelsea lost 2-0 away to Arsenal at the Emirates is simple: Maurizio Sarri played his two best players (N’Golo Kante and Eden Hazard) out of position. Easy, right? Wrong. For a start, Chelsea had no divine right to win at the Emirates, not when they were
1:12 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said he was “as excited as he’s been in some time” after Sunday’s 37-31 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game, and explained the reason for his overflowing emotion on the field. “The odds were stacked against us,”
11:13 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Derrick Rose and the Minnesota Timberwolves needed this one. With 30 seconds left, Rose missed the first of two free throws and was kicking himself for failing to give his team the lead. “I kept saying, `You’re going to get another shot,” Taj Gibson said he told his