3:47 PM ET Associated Press Naomi Osaka‘s Australian Open championship moved her up one spot to No. 2 in the WTA rankings Monday, while men’s finalist Daniil Medvedev rose to a career-best No. 3 behind winner Novak Djokovic on the ATP list. Jennifer Brady, the 25-year-old American who was the runner-up to Osaka, jumped 11
Month: February 2021
1:25 PM ET Former Nebraska quarterback Luke McCaffrey announced Monday he will transfer to Louisville. “Excited to continue my athletic and academic career at the University of Louisville,” McCaffrey tweeted. In 2020, McCaffrey completed his redshirt freshman season for the Cornhuskers, playing in seven of eight games — including two starts. He completed 48-of-76 passes
2:25 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Over the course of a 45-minute chat to a local Rotary Club in early February, Seattle Mariners CEO Kevin Mather disparaged a Japanese player for not learning English, belittled a star prospect
1:14 PM ET Associated Press Julius “Dr. J” Erving is the latest NBA legend to reveal that he’s gotten vaccinated against the coronavirus, doing so Monday. Much like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Gregg Popovich and Bill Russell before him, Erving made the announcement in the form of a video distributed through the league. “We were never afraid
7:00 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN FOR DAMIAN LILLARD, the game wasn’t over. Yes, the Portland Trail Blazers were trailing the Chicago Bulls by five points with 11.5 seconds left on Jan. 30, but he wasn’t about to give up. He made a 37-foot 3-pointer to cut the lead to two. After the ensuing inbounds pass,
Sri Lanka on Monday announced the ODI and T20I squad for the upcoming tour of the West Indies. The squad was approved by the Minister of Youth and Sports Namal Rajapaksa. Suranga Lakmal was named as a replacement for pacer Lahiru Kumara, who tested positive for the coronavirus on Monday. Kumara will not travel with the
9:08 AM ET Manchester City are running away with the Premier League title race and seemingly on course to be crowned champions for the third time in four seasons, but while the biggest prize appears destined for the Etihad again, the battle for Champions League qualification is intensifying with every round of fixtures. West Ham
10:31 AM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN LPGA Tour player Madelene Sagstrom first shared her secret five years ago. For 16 years, she acted like nothing had happened. She immersed herself in golf, creating an identity on the course. But in March 2016, as she prepared for a Symetra Tour event, Sagstrom couldn’t keep it in any
11:06 AM GMT Five more players from France’s Six Nations squad — including captain Charles Ollivon — have tested positive for COVID-19, the French rugby federation (FFR) said on Monday, bringing the number of infected players to 10. Cyril Baille, Peato Mauvaka, Romain Taofifenua, Brice Dulin and Ollivon were the players who returned positive tests
7:00 AM ET Seattle was awarded an NHL expansion team in December 2018. The Kraken won’t debut until October 2021 — giving the NHL’s 32nd team a nearly three-year ramp-up. Its hires have been calculated and gradual (in part to keep costs at bay). Tod Leiweke joined as CEO early on and formed a business
9:30 AM ET There has been a significant increase in the number of college football players entering the transfer portal this offseason. This year more than ever, coaches utilized the transfer portal as part of their recruiting strategy to help fill holes on the roster, in part because the NCAA granted every student-athlete an extra
6:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN First it was the Jan. 30 blockbuster swap between the Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Rams — Matthew Stafford for Jared Goff and draft picks. Then, on Thursday, the Philadelphia Eagles traded onetime MVP candidate Carson Wentz to the Indianapolis Colts. The quarterback carousel is certainly spinning — the question
8:04 AM ET Ariel Helwani: It’s time to focus the attention on Derrick Lewis One of the big storylines heading into Saturday night’s main event was what should Curtis Blaydes do if he beats Derrick Lewis? Ordinarily, a victory like that — which would have been his fifth in a row — over a quality
Red Bull’s Alexander Albon says he is determined to return to the Formula 1 field in 2022 after being demoted to reserve driver this season. Albon said: “My goal is to be back in a seat and be ready – you never know what will happen with Covid. “I am confident in myself. I know
The Alfa Romeo team have launched their 2021 Formula 1 challenge with the aim of improving on a disappointing season last year. Alfa Romeo finished eighth in the constructors’ championship in 2021 after a year battling at the back of the field. Team principal Frederic Vasseur said: “We want to improve. All the team is
Ishant Sharma on Monday attributed his remarkable longevity in the game to understanding what the “captain wants from him” than the other way round as he finds himself on the cusp of becoming only the second Indian pacer after Kapil Dev to play 100 Tests. Ishant made his Test debut as a gangly 18-year-old in
UAE Tour leader Mathieu van der Poel has left the race following a positive coronavirus test for a team member. Dutchman Van der Poel won Sunday’s opening stage, but will not continue after his Alpecin-Fenix team pulled out to “safeguard the race bubble”. “Those who came into contact are self-isolating,” said organisers RCS. The United
12:27 AM ET ESPN News Services Seattle Mariners president and CEO Kevin Mather apologized Sunday night after his wide-ranging comments to a rotary club earlier this month surfaced, including him calling the English-speaking capabilities of two members of the organization “terrible” and “not tremendous.” Mather’s comments were made to a Bellevue, Washington, rotary club on
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