10:51 AM ET The U.S. men’s national team have had a interesting relationship with the World Cup. After appearing in three of the first four competitions (1930, 1950, 1954), the Yanks missed the next nine before returning, in 1990, thanks to a pivotal qualifying goal by Paul Caligiuri in Trinidad & Tobago. (You can see
12:03 PM BST Bethan Clargo For the first two months of her new job, Lisa Neumann had a 200-mile commute. She didn’t mind the four-hour drive down the M6 from Manchester to the National Centre of Excellence in Cardiff. It was a journey she had made hundreds of times in the past few years to
7:00 AM ET NFL experts The 2022 NFL free agency deals are just now starting to slow down, but a handful of the top names are still on the market. Numerous playmakers and impact talents have agreed to terms for 2022 and beyond, and we’ve seen some wild movement on the trade market, especially under
8:00 AM ET Tim MacMahon Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Kevin Pelton Close ESPN Senior Writer Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus series Formerly a consultant with the Indiana Pacers Developed WARP rating and SCHOENE system For a guy
7:00 AM ET Earlier in the offseason, I ranked the top 100 MLB prospects and all 30 farm systems heading into the 2022 season. Now it’s time to go deeper with my team-by-team rankings, starting with the National League followed by the American League lists later this week. A quick refresher on a key term
8:00 AM ET To win the Stanley Cup, the NHL trade deadline is a necessary evil. The cost of doing business is high, the market is volatile and it’s a leap of faith that players teams acquire will pass the chemistry test. But the numbers don’t lie: The last 10 teams to win the Stanley
8:54 AM ET Bellator welterweight champion Yaroslav Amosov has withdrawn from his title bout against Michael Page in May as he continues to defend his native Ukraine against Russia’s invasion. Amosov won the welterweight title in a unanimous decision over Douglas Lima in June and was due to defend his belt for the first time
David Warner and Shaheen Shah Afridi’s funny standoff had their teammates in splits.© Twitter David Warner and Shaheen Shah Afridi are two entertainers and the fans are sure to have fun when these two are out there on the field. In a grueling ongoing third Test between Pakistan and Australia, Warner and Shaheen engaged in
6:47 AM ET Jonathan SelvarajESPN Ashleigh Barty shocked the world when she announced her retirement on Wednesday just months after winning the Australian Open. But the world No. 1 women’s tennis player isn’t the first elite sportsperson to call time on their careers despite being at the peak of their game. Here is a (non-comprehensive)
7:00 AM ET The 2022 NHL trade deadline has come and gone, with a flurry of deals helping to shape the rush for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. While we issue a new set of Power Rankings this week, we also distill the entire season to this point into one word for each of the 32
8:00 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN WHEN HE WAKES up in the morning, Josh Hart is greeted by a smiling family. Every morning he opens his eyes and looks at the wall in his bedroom, where he sees a wedding photo and a picture of a newborn baby. Except it isn’t from his wedding. And it
7:45 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. There are 17 weight divisions in men’s boxing, and in each one there is a champion determined by each of the four major sanctioning bodies: the WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF. Some of these organizations also have a secondary titlist or an interim titlist, and all four have rankings
4:00 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen With Manchester United a long way from recapturing the Premier League trophy they once almost took for granted, the club’s struggles to even secure a top-four finish this season suggest that it’s going to take more than just a few transfers to catch up to the likes of Liverpool and
10:14 PM ET ESPN News Services Australia’s Ash Barty, the No. 1-ranked women’s tennis player in the world, has announced her retirement from the sport at the age of 25. Barty said in an emotional video posted Wednesday local time on social media: “I’m so happy and I’m so ready. I just know at the
10:30 PM ET ESPN News Services PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — In his first start since last summer, New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom had some butterflies during his Grapefruit League debut. But he certainly looked healthy. “I was nervous, to be honest with you,” deGrom said after firing two innings of one-hit ball Tuesday
1:41 AM ET Associated Press The Orlando Pride has apologized after a supporters’ group was told it could not display a banner that said “Gay” at a match this weekend. The Black Swans’ banner was in reference to Florida’s recent legislation dubbed by critics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. The supporters’ group went to
10:04 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson has tried to keep a low profile on social media while rehabbing his fractured right foot that has kept him out the entire 2021-22 season. That changed on Tuesday night. Williamson posted a 5-second clip to his Instagram story showing him at the Pelicans’
12:16 AM BST France are rejoicing after Les Bleus achieved their first Six Nations Grand Slam since 2012 with a 25-13 victory over England at the Stade de France. That result was good enough to push them up to second on World Rugby’s Test rankings behind only South Africa, with the All Blacks at No.