7:00 AM ET In 2019, we knew all about Trevor Lawrence but didn’t necessarily see Joe Burrow coming. In 2020, Lawrence and Justin Fields were slam dunks, but no one was predicting what we got from Mac Jones and Kyle Trask. Heading into each college football season, there are known stars and unknown stars. We
8:52 AM ET Katie Taylor has said that Jake Paul’s suggestion that her rematch with Amanda Serrano should take place at a catchweight is “nonsense.” Taylor, 36, beat Serrano, 33, via a split decision at their highly anticipated fight at Madison Square Garden in April, with the Irish boxer keeping her lightweight title. 1 Related
5:07 AM ET Jasmine Baba The trio of Muller, Gnabry and Mane will need to step up, but should have little trouble doing so, in order to make up for the goals Lewandowski scored during his time at Bayern Munich. Markus Gilliar – GES Sportfoto/Getty Images Robert Lewandowski, the No. 9 who broke so many Bayern
3:42 AM BST All Blacks fly-half Beauden Barrett said he feared the worst after landing head-first from a terrible mid-air challenge against South Africa but that his team would continue to be courageous under the Springboks’ high ball. Barrett was upended by South Africa winger Kurt-Lee Arendse while rising to intercept a box kick and
11:58 PM ET ESPN News Services BOSTON — Top Atlanta Braves prospect Vaughn Grissom homered onto Lansdowne Street in his major league debut, and Marcell Ozuna hit a three-run homer on Wednesday night to highlight an 8-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Called up earlier in the day from Double-A, the 21-year-old Grissom hit
File photo of Kane Williamson© Twitter Following the narrow 13-run win over West Indies in the first T20I, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said that it felt nice to have made a contribution to the team’s victory. Solid knocks by captain Kane Williamson and wicketkeeper-batter Devon Conway and brilliant bowling by Mitchell Santner powered New
3:55 AM BST The man who passed the Wallabies captaincy on to Michael Hooper has given a revealing insight into his former teammate’s transition into the role, and believes it may be time for the 124-Test veteran to have his playing time managed so that he arrives at next year’s World Cup in peak mental
6:00 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Nick Kyrgios beat top-ranked defending champion Daniil Medvedev 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday in the National Bank Open. Krygios, the Australian ranked 37th, won last week in Washington for his seventh ATP Tour title. Medvedev won last week in Los Cabos, Mexico. “Today I had a very
9:41 PM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — Connor Bedard had a goal and an assist and Canada opened play in the postponed world junior hockey championship with a 5-2 victory over Latvia on Wednesday night. The tournament was rescheduled after being called off Dec. 29 after four days as rising COVID-19 cases forced games
10:09 PM ET Associated press LOS ANGELES — An institutional “culture of callousness” led Los Angeles County deputies and firefighters to shoot and share photos of the remains of Kobe Bryant and other victims of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed the Lakers star, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others, a lawyer for Bryant’s widow
10:07 PM ET FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas won nine football games last season for the first time since Bobby Petrino’s final two seasons in 2010 and 2011, but the Hogs aren’t exactly feeling the love entering Year No. 3 under Sam Pittman. “In the previous years, Arkansas was always slept on, and we’re still dirt
4:52 PM ET Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 to win the 2022 UEFA Super Cup at Helsinki’s Olympic Stadium on Wednesday night as Karim Benzema moved past Raul into second on the Spanish club’s all-time scoring list behind leader Cristiano Ronaldo. The sides traded good chances in the early stages of the annual match
9:00 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Serena Williams lost her first match since telling the world she is ready to leave professional tennis. No one knows exactly how many more matches Williams will play before walking away, and the 23-time Grand Slam champion exited the National Bank Open on Wednesday night with a 6-2,
4:36 PM ET ESPN News Services Al Avila is out as executive vice president and general manager of the Detroit Tigers, it was announced Wednesday. “Once I decided to make a change, I sat down with Al and thanked him for his nearly 22 years of service to our organization,” CEO Christopher Ilitch said in
4:46 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson is expected to start Friday’s preseason opener against the Jaguars. The team made the announcement Wednesday just before boarding a flight to Jacksonville, Florida. Watson and the Browns are waiting to see whether he will be suspended longer than the six-game suspension he was
8:19 PM ET Dmitry Bivol will have a tough test on his hands if he wants to remain a champion. Bivol must face top contender Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez in a mandatory defense, the World Boxing Association announced Wednesday. Ramirez is the No. 1 contender in the WBA’s 175-pound ranking. Bivol had requested to face London’s
7:29 PM ET Highly regarded running back Cedric Baxter, Jr. committed to Texas on Wednesday. The 6-foot-2, 220-pound Baxter, from Edgewater High School in Orlando, Florida, is ranked No. 58 in the 2023 ESPN 300 and the fourth-best running back in the class. He’s the 12th ESPN 300 pledge for Texas. Texas’ class sits at
Aug 9, 2022 Henry Cejudo. Cody Garbrandt. Urijah Faber. Those are some top-shelf bantamweights, and Marlon Vera has a chance to join their exclusive club this weekend. The 135-pounders named above are the only three fighters who own victories over Dominick Cruz. All three of those losses came in title bouts for Cruz, who ruled