The Premier League top 4 is slowly taking shape as ESPN FC’s Mark Donaldson and Paul Mariner predict every fixture this weekend. After not featuring against Bournemouth, the ESPN FC guys question what role Mesut Ozil will play in the North London derby. Paul Mariner says Manchester United’s inability to ink David De Gea to
Things change in the blink of an eye in football. The Football Whispers Index takes the latest transfer rumours and gives them a score out of five; the higher the score, the more realistic and reliable the Whisper. Here are today’s top five emerging whispers. And keep an eye on Transfer Talk for all the latest gossip.
3:46 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Philadelphia 76ers guard Markelle Fultz will continue to see medical specialists about his right shoulder into next week, continuing a search for solutions that has included several rounds of examinations in recent days, league sources told ESPN. The Sixers will wait until Fultz completes those appointments before approximating his next
3:24 PM ET Kansas City Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt is seen shoving and kicking a woman in a video of a February incident released by TMZ on Friday. In the video of the incident, which had been previously reported by multiple outlets, Hunt and the woman trade words in a hallway and are separated
3:16 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After years of build-up, the ACC Network has an official launch date and a debut football game. The linear ACC Network, which has been in the works since the league agreed to a 20-year contract with ESPN in 2016, will officially launch on Aug. 22, 2019, commissioner John Swofford.
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Kerala Knights 126 for 3 (Bairstow 84*) beat Bengal Tigers 123 for 5 by seven wickets Jonny Bairstow made the most of his brief stopover at the T10 League in Sharjah, smashing a remarkable 84 not from 24 balls as Kerala Knights beat Bengal Tigers by seven wickets with eight
2:22 PM GMT Jamie BraidwoodESPN Juan Manuel Leguizamon has said it will be “weird” to line up opposite his international teammates when he plays against Argentina for the Barbarians this weekend. Leguizamon is the only Argentine representative in the 23-man Barbarians squad to face the Pumas, joining 13 South Africans and players from six other
1:58 PM ET A Bellator MMA grudge match between England’s Paul Daley and Michael “Venom” Page has been booked for Feb. 16 in Uncasville, Connecticut, according to multiple sources. The highly anticipated bout is part of Bellator’s Welterweight Grand Prix. The event, which will take place at Mohegan Sun, will air on DAZN. According to
1:43 PM ET Associated Press VORHEES, N.J. — Former Philadelphia general manager Ron Hextall said he was stunned the Flyers fired him this week, despite their losing record. Hextall, a former Flyers goalie, was fired Monday after four-plus seasons on the job. “I didn’t see this coming in any way,” Hextall said Friday. “I was
12:54 PM ET Judging power plays by conversion percentage is a good measure of success, but not a great one. There are situations in which a power play can have a level of success which is overblown by the use of a simple calculation of power-play goals divided by opportunities. A 5-on-3 power play or