12:20 PM ET DJ Bien-AimeESPN Houston Texans wideout Brandin Cooks will not play on “Thursday Night Football” against the Philadelphia Eagles, a league source told ESPN’s Ed Werder. Cooks expected to be moved before Tuesday’s NFL trade deadline, but the Texans’ lack of flexibility on trade demands, and the fact that Cooks’ $18M salary is
Shreyas Iyer in action© Twitter Shreyas Iyer was at his destructive best en route to a 44-ball 73 as the mighty Mumbai made short work of the 165-run target to outplay Vidarbha by five wickets and enter the final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy, in Kolkata on Thursday. Mumbai lost their skipper Ajinkya
7:47 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Dmitry Bivol arrived in Las Vegas this May as an afterthought. “The Canelo Alvarez Show” was in town — and attracting all the attention. Bivol was the WBA light heavyweight champion, and Alvarez, boxing’s top star, already had a deal in place to face Gennadiy Golovkin in September for a
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty© Twitter Top Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the quarterfinals of the Hylo Open Super 300 badminton tournament after a hard-fought win, in Saarbrucken, Germany on Thursday. Satwiksairaj and Chirag, seeded third in the tournament, beat the English pair of Rory Easton and Zach Russ
8:05 AM ET AC Milan‘s Zlatan Ibrahimovic has questioned Kylian Mbappe‘s decision to stay at Paris Saint-Germain and warned him that “you are never bigger than a club.” Mbappe snubbed a move to Real Madrid to sign a three-year extension with the French champions in May and became the highest-paid player in world football, according
Nov 2, 2022 After a entree serving of Test rugby at the weekend, we’re set for the main course over three delicious sittings in November. From Edinburgh to Cardiff, London to Paris, and a few other cities in between, it really is smorgasbord of rugby action over the next few weeks. Read on for all
7:00 AM ET ATHENS, Ga. — It might be one of the most trite axioms in sports, but “next man up” has taken on a literal meaning for No. 3 Georgia‘s defense this season. A year ago, a historically talented defense led the Bulldogs to their first national championship in 41 years. Five defensive starters
Nairo Quintana’s appeal against his disqualification from the 2022 Tour de France has been dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas). He has denied using a banned substance. Because it is Quintana’s first offence he is still eligible to participate in competition. “Following the hearing, the panel deliberated and determined that the UCI’s
6:07 AM ET Associated Press SHIGA, Japan — Japanese players Ai Suzuki and Momoko Ueda each shot 7-under 65s on Thursday to sit atop the first-round leaderboard at the LPGA Tour’s Toto Japan Classic. Two other Japanese player were a shot behind: Ayaka Furue and Sakura Koiwai. The tournament is being played at the Seta
5:00 AM ET Bayern Munich finished the group stage with a perfect record for the third time in four years. S. Mellar/FC Bayern via Getty Images The 2022-23 Champions League group stage is all wrapped up, and there was no shortage of drama, goals and chaos. Bayern Munich achieved a perfect record, Tottenham Hotspur narrowly clinched
2:21 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” PHILADELPHIA — Late last week, before Cristian Javier etched his name into baseball history, his Houston Astros teammates attempted to describe his fastball. By velocity alone, it is a milquetoast effort, flung
3:52 AM ET LOS ANGELES — As sick as LeBron James felt coming into Wednesday’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans — bedridden by a virus that even caused him to miss the team Halloween party — he surely would have felt sicker if the Los Angeles Lakers blew a 16-point lead and fell to
Pakistan vs South Africa Live: Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan take Pakistan to 185/9.© AFP T20 World Cup, PAK vs SA, Live Updates: Shadab Khan and Iftikhar Ahmed slammed fifties as Pakistan recovered from a top-order collapse to post a total of 185/9 against South Afica in Sydney. Paksitan were reeling at 43/4 at one stage
8:34 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The planned super middleweight bout between former champions David Benavidez and Jose Uzcategui, a PBC on Showtime main event set to take place in January, has been scrapped, multiple sources told ESPN. The reason, sources said, is public backlash surrounding Uzcategui’s positive test for the performance-enhancing drug recombinant human EPO
8:38 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Ons Jabeur wasn’t used to the idea of playing so soon after a loss in her WTA Finals debut. Took her a bit to adjust as well. The Tunisian rallied for a three-set victory over Jessica Pegula on Wednesday night, keeping alive the US Open finalist’s
9:00 PM ET Andres Waters Javon “Wanna” Walton’s rise to stardom continues. The 16-year-old boxer-turned-actor made history this week when he announced via Instagram that he signed a deal with Jordan Brand, making him the youngest member of “Team Jordan.” According to SneakerNews, Nike is currently working with Walton to debut a boxing boot, in
9:10 PM ET ESPN staff The Philadelphia Phillies are coming off a game in which they absolutely hammered the Houston Astros to take a 2-1 lead in the World Series. 2 Related Philadelphia jumped on Lance McCullers Jr. and never let up in the 7-0 victory Tuesday night, mashing five home runs off him to
5:24 PM ET The U.S. attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Virginia has opened a criminal investigation into allegations that the Washington Commanders engaged in financial improprieties, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. The sources said that prosecutors are focused on several areas and that the inquiry was triggered