Bill Barnwell is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Turnover is a fact of life in the NFL. Even as the league added two playoff teams to make a 14-team bracket in 2020, five of the 12 teams that made it to the postseason in 2019 didn’t make a return trip this season. That’s a group […]
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‘I believe in us’: On MLK Day, NBA players reflect on social justice and what comes next
Jrue Holiday was conflicted. Then a member of the New Orleans Pelicans, he mulled for two weeks last summer whether to commit to the NBA’s restart in Orlando, Florida. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Holiday’s wife, Lauren, was five months pregnant and could sense his discomfort over leaving the family. So she challenged […]
Lowe: Ten things I like and don’t like, including these Jokic dunks
Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print. Ten things is back, this time featuring Chicago Bulls veterans, a few delightfully creative plays and a completely absurd NBA rule. 1. The Nikola Jokic show, now with dunks Source: Read Full Article
Should Philip Rivers make the Hall of Fame? NFL experts debate his legacy, Colts’ QB future
Philip Rivers is retiring from the NFL. The No. 4 pick in the 2004 draft spent 16 seasons with the Los Angeles Chargers — after a draft-night swap with Eli Manning, who spent his career with the New York Giants. Rivers finished his career with a final season on the Indianapolis Colts. Rivers’ 421 career […]
From DeVonta Smith to Buddy Johnson, the 2020-21 college football All-Bowl team
Covers Texas A&M and the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Houston. Another college football bowl season is in the books. While Alabama reigns supreme again, there was much more to the postseason than just the College Football Playoff. Even in a modified bowl season, with fewer games because of the […]
Lowe’s 10 things: Awesome Lakers, Zion boards and Dort (!)
Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print. Here we go — a new round of 10 things featuring the Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers, Zion Williamson and Luguentz Dort. 1. The Bucks, settling in Source: Read Full Article
Game plans for every NFL divisional matchup: How each team could win — and lose
Former NFL safety Matt Bowen is a veteran of four teams over seven seasons, and now provides analysis for ESPN Insider. Just seven NFL playoff games remain, and all eight remaining teams are just two wins away from reaching Super Bowl LV. Four exciting matchups are on deck this weekend in the divisional round, and […]
Canadiens up, Blackhawks down, and six more takeaways from the NHL’s opening night
Emily Kaplan is ESPN’s national NHL reporter. The NHL dropped the puck on its abridged, 56-game season on Wednesday and one thing became clear: the next 115 nights — which will cram in 863 games — are going to be a doozy. Opening night brought us a little bit of everything: a banner raising without […]
2021 NHL season picks: Stanley Cup, division winners and awards
The puck drops on the 2020-21 NHL season this week, a season that will be unique in a great many ways: new divisions, a new playoff format, ads on helmets and much more. But we’re looking way ahead, answering the big questions: Who will win the Stanley Cup? Who are the favorites for all the […]
NHL Power Rankings: Final preseason edition for 2021
Emily Kaplan is ESPN’s national NHL reporter. The 2021 NHL season is here! After awarding the Stanley Cup in September following a most unusual 2019-20 season, we’re back on the ice again. Four new divisions, 56-game schedules and, most importantly, 116 consecutive nights of NHL games, beginning Wednesday. For our first week of power rankings, […]