The New York Giants need a young quarterback, and a young quarterback named Dwayne Haskins needs them. Haskins is a Jersey-born kid who grew up dreaming of playing in the old wind tunnel that was Giants Stadium. He still wants to play for Eli Manning's team, for Plaxico Burress' team, for Tiki Barber's team. His […]
There is nothing that better signals the end of a bitter winter and the beginning of spring like the start of another Major League Baseball season. Baseball has a special place on the mantel of American history. It gained its lore in the Roaring '20s with the likes of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Rogers […]
On Monday, the first thing Paul Pogba did when he arrived at Clairefontaine, the France training base a 45-minute drive south of Paris, just before noon was knock on Antoine Griezmann's bedroom door to say hello to his best mate. It wasn't that far for the Man United midfielder to walk, really. His best friend's […]
Former Oregon State pitcher Luke Heimlich, who was not selected in the Major League Baseball draft last summer, has signed a contract with a team in Mexico's summer league, multiple sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan. The left-hander, who as a teenager pleaded guilty to molesting a 6-year-old niece, signed with the Dos Laredos Tecolotes of […]
On a Monday night with 22 NBA teams in action, it's undeniably impressive that Cleveland's Cedi Osman finished fourth among all small forwards in fantasy points thanks to netting 27 points on just 16 shots in a loss to the Blazers. Osman is rostered in precisely a quarter of ESPN leagues and yet has been […]
This was Human Bill, never to be confused with Workplace Bill. Belichick wheeled his bags past some Ryder moving trucks and then disappeared into a night and a plane ride that would surely include a little studying of the Los Angeles Rams some 17 years after he launched his epic career with a Super Bowl […]
"I feel like I'm top 10 [cornerback] in this league," Alford told ESPN. "Last year, I was doing my thing. Came into this year, I did my thing. At the end of the day, I just have to get back to my style of play and make those plays that the team needs me to […]
Matchweek 13 in the Premier League is in the books and, as is often the case, there were some surprising names at the top of the fantasy points leaderboard. Four players finished with braces. For Huddersfield Town's Aaron Mooy and Southampton's Stuart Armstrong, it was their first two goals of the season, so don't get […]
Miami Dolphins defensive end William Hayes tore the ACL in his right knee on Sunday in an unusual way. It happened while Hayes completed a huge third-down sack on Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr, coach Adam Gase said. "He was trying to not put body weight on the quarterback," Gase said. "His foot got caught […]
It's looking like the Chicago Cubs will be forced into a closer-by-committee strategy as they head toward October. That's the vibe manager Joe Maddon gave off on Wednesday when asked if there was enough time to get ailing right-hander Brandon Morrow back. "Barely," Maddon said. "We're very much aware of that. Would love to have […]