7:45 AM ET Who’s the NFL’s best cornerback? Wide receiver? Offensive tackle? What about the second-best defensive tackle — after Aaron Donald? To preview the 2021 NFL season, we set out to answer those questions and much more. We surveyed more than 50 league executives, coaches, scouts and players to help us stack the top
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Jul 16, 2021 Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Although Tennessee Titans defensive back Kristian Fulton is entering his second season in the NFL, he is facing a different kind of rookie season this year. Kristian, 22, and
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen ended the final practice before Formula 1’s new ‘sprint’ qualifying race fastest at the British Grand Prix. Verstappen was 0.375 seconds ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. The second Ferrari of Carlos Sainz was third ahead of Alpine’s Esteban Ocon. But the headline lap times were not relevant to performance in the
Krunal Pandya with Suryakumar Yadav ahead of 1st ODI against Sri Lanka.© Instagram India all-rounder Krunal Pandya on Saturday shared several pictures from his practice session on Instagram ahead of the white-ball series against Sri Lanka. “Excited to get back in action in Blue,” Krunal wrote in the caption box of the post. In the
3:30 AM ET Sid LoweSpain writer And, so, at last it is over. And what a way to end. On Sunday night, Italy and England met at Wembley in the final of Euro 2020. (Italy won on penalties, but you knew that already.) On Saturday, Argentina beat Brazil at the Maracana in the final of
12:39 AM ET ESPN News Services ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani donated his winnings from this week’s Home Run Derby to members of the Los Angeles Angels‘ support staff, according to multiple reports. The news was first reported by the OC Register. Ohtani donated the $150,000 he received to more than a couple of dozen
8:06 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHOENIX — Two days after Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo‘s ridiculous block of Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton‘s dunk attempt late in the fourth quarter of Game 4 of the NBA Finals helped save Milwaukee’s season, he still can’t explain exactly how he was able to pull it off. “It’s
10:48 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — San Diego Padres second baseman Jake Cronenworth hit for the cycle for the first time in his major league career Friday night against the Washington Nationals. After lining out in the first inning, Cronenworth had a two-run double in the second, an RBI triple in the third, a
12:11 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Juliana Velasquez retained her rare status as an undefeated MMA champion on Friday night, using a sharp jab and strong footwork to fend off Denise Kielholtz and successfully defend her flyweight title by split decision in the main event of Bellator 262 at Mohegan Sun Arena. Velasquez
10:07 PM ET PHOENIX — After coming up small in what would have been the biggest win of his career, missing out on taking a 3-1 lead over the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA Finals, Phoenix Suns point guard Chris Paul went to the tape. Just like Paul and teammate Devin Booker reviewed the film
Babar Azam led from the front as Pakistan beat England by 31 runs in the first T20I at Trent Bridge on Friday despite a blistering hundred from Liam Livingstone. Pakistan captain Azam made 85 and shared an opening stand of 150 with Mohammad Rizwan in a national record T20 total of 232-6. But Livingstone gave
8:51 PM ET Associated Press UNIONDALE, N.Y. — The New York Islanders acquired forward Richard Panik and a second-round draft pick this year from the Detroit Red Wings on Friday for defenseman Nick Leddy. Detroit will retain 50% of Panik’s salary. Panik has 88 goals and 106 assists in 517 regular-season games in nine seasons
6:26 PM ET Alabama has once again tapped into the pipeline of five-star offensive linemen coming out of the IMG Academy in Florida, this time landing Tyler Booker, the top-ranked offensive tackle and No. 7-ranked prospect overall in the 2022 class. Booker, who is originally from Connecticut, picked Alabama over SEC rival Georgia. He took
6:07 PM ET Associated Press GREEN BAY, Wis. — Playing home games without spectators because of the pandemic caused the Green Bay Packers‘ operating revenues to drop nearly 27% during the most recent fiscal year. The Packers reported $409.8 million in expenses and $371.1 million in revenues. That’s the first time since 2000 the team
5:10 PM ET Once again, South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen finds himself in contention at a major championship. Oosthuizen’s 36-hole total of 129 at The Open at Royal St. George’s is the second-best scoring total through two rounds at a major in history; Brooks Koepka‘s 36-hole total at the 2019 PGA Championship was 128. If Oosthuizen
4:35 PM BST Jay-Z’s Roc Nation has teamed up with the United Rugby Championship (URC), a new rugby competition featuring 16 teams from Wales, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and South Africa, it was announced on Wednesday. Roc Nation is a world-leading entertainment company founded by the rapper in 2008. With offices around the world, the business
4:47 PM ET Bobby Roundtree, a former Illinois Fighting Illini standout defensive lineman, has died. He was 23. Roundtree suffered a serious spinal cord injury during a boating and swimming accident in Tampa Bay on May 18, 2019, and had been working on his rehabilitation there for more than 18 months. “All of us with
5:33 PM ET Orlando City SC and United States striker Daryl Dike said his loan spell at Barnsley was a “crazy” experience and helped shape him into the player he is today. Dike, 21, played 26 games in all competitions for the Championship club after joining on loan in January, scoring 11 goals as Barnsley