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8:00 AM ET It’s time for our silliest preseason tradition: The 11th (how???) annual League Pass Rankings, a watchability scale to help you avoid wasting time on things like, “Wait, has this team actually ordered its players to tie their shoes together as part of its Lose-A-Rama for Victor Wembanyama campaign?” These are not power

The calendar might say October, but there’s still plenty of good golf being played around the world. Tom Kim won again on the PGA Tour. Jodi Ewart Shadoff won for the first time in her 11-year LPGA career. And Dustin Johnson became $18 million richer by finishing 16th in a LIV Golf event in Thailand.

11:15 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The decision to fire coach Matt Rhule on Monday came down to an inability to “get over the hump,” according to Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper. “It’s winning. It’s winning,” Tepper said. “Winning more this year than you did last year. Looking like you’re going to win more than

Oct 10, 2022 D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Noah Rubin didn’t know exactly what he was going to do following his decision to take an indefinite break from professional tennis. He just knew the physical and mental strain had taken its toll and he needed to step away. But it didn’t take long for him to figure out

1:48 PM ET Associated Press Georgia took back the No. 1 spot in The Associated Press college football poll from Alabama on Sunday after being bumped out last week by the Crimson Tide, who slid to No. 3. The Bulldogs received 32 first-place votes and 1,535 points in the Top 25 to easily reclaim No.

11:45 PM ET MLB’s first-ever wild-card series weekend is in full swing. And three teams were sent packing Saturday. The playoff field expanded to 12 teams for the 2022 postseason, so four best-of-three series determine which teams move on to the division series. The Saturday festivities began with the Cleveland Guardians beating the Tampa Bay

7:45 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — It took two overtimes Saturday for AJ Allmendinger to remain undefeated on the Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway and seize the momentum for the next round of the Xfinity Series playoffs. Allmendinger has won four consecutive races on the hybrid road course/oval, as well as back-to-back races

Oct 8, 2022 ESPN staff Opening night of the 2022-23 NHL season is on Oct. 11, with a doubleheader slated to be broadcast by ESPN: Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Rangers at 7:30 ET, followed by Vegas Golden Knights at Los Angeles Kings at 10 ET. Although we’ve learned a lot about all 32

7:51 PM ET LONDON — In one emotive moment at Wembley, the players of England and the United States highlighted the vulnerability of the women’s game at the end of an emotionally draining week for the sport. And then they gave us a 90-minute showcase of all of its strengths. A collective prematch team photograph

7:25 PM ET Former UFC lightweight champion and future Hall of Famer Frankie Edgar has booked the final fight of his career. Edgar (24-10-1) will face Chris Gutierrez in a bantamweight contest at UFC 281 on Nov. 12, according to multiple sources. The pay-per-view event will take place at Madison Square Garden, just north of

Oct 5, 2022 Worcester Warriors players and staff are set to have their contracts terminated after part of the English Premiership club was wound up in the high court on Wednesday. Worcester went into administration last week and were suspended by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) from all competitions since August after failing to meet

7:08 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr. could still fight on Saturday in London as planned despite Benn’s positive test for the banned substance clomifene, which can be used to boost testosterone levels. The positive test was revealed on Wednesday, and the British Boxing Board of Control subsequently withdrew its sanctioning

11:21 AM ET LIV Golf is forming a strategic alliance with the little-known MENA Tour in hopes of securing Official World Golf Ranking points for its players. The MENA Tour, a feeder circuit that has staged tournaments in the Middle East and North Africa, had been shuttered for more than two years during the COVID-19

12:09 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The Milwaukee Bucks are slight favorites to win the 2023 NBA championship, and Luka Doncic was tapped as most likely to win the 2023 Most Valuable Player award in NBA.com’s annual survey of all 30 of the league’s general managers. The 21st edition of the survey was released Tuesday and

11:08 PM ET Nick Wagoner Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Rams for nine years for stlouisrams.com Previously covered University of Missouri football Member of Pro Football Writers of America Sarah Barshop Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered the Packers for ESPN Milwaukee Marquette University graduate SANTA CLARA, Calif. — In their two losses this season, the

1:33 PM ET Alabama star quarterback Bryce Young is day-to-day as he recovers from a shoulder injury, coach Nick Saban said Monday. Saban reiterated the injury — a sprained AC joint suffered during the Saturday win over Arkansas — is not expected to have long-term ramifications. As far as when Young resumes throwing, Saban said,

Oct 3, 2022 Amanda Loudin Catherine Parenteau was pretty much born with a tennis racket in her hands. Beginning at age 4, the Canadian was a natural, working her way up the circuit until she eventually achieved a top-five ranking in the country. Recruited by the University of Arkansas to play Division I tennis, she

7:00 AM ET PITTSBURGH — SIDNEY CROSBY DOESN’T scare easily. But the future of the Pittsburgh Penguins had him unnerved. Center Evgeni Malkin and defenseman Kris Letang, Crosby’s teammates on all three of his Stanley Cup victories, were at the end of their contracts last season. Free agency loomed. Rare was the team, in hockey

6:57 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Padres clinched their first playoff berth in a full season since 2006 on Sunday when the Milwaukee Brewers lost 4-3 to the Miami Marlins in 12 innings. The Marlins-Brewers game ended with the Padres batting in the bottom of the seventh inning against the

7:08 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — AJ Allmendinger finally won his first race on a superspeedway with a last-lap pass that allowed him to beat Sam Mayer to the Talladega Superspeedway finish line by less than three feet. Allmendinger’s fourth Xfinity Series win of the season locked him into the next round of