LIVERPOOL managed to survive without their defensive rock Virgil Van Dijk – and even managed to win a game too. Much has been made about how they are likely to struggle after the Dutchman was ruled out for months with a knee injury. But Joe Gomez partnered by Fabinho at the back and Jurgen Klopp's side managed to get a […]

There are some things that can’t be treated flippantly.  Like the COVID-19 virus, which has already killed more than 220,000 Americans and upended life as we once knew it. Or NCAA rules on handing out gobs of money to “student-athletes” in plain view of the whole world. Odell Beckham Jr. failed spectacularly on both fronts Wednesday. Right about the time […]

It’s been two and a half weeks since the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Dallas Stars in Game 6 to capture the 2020 Stanley Cup. That brought the conclusion to a season like no other. Following a season pause that lasted nearly five months, the league managed to resume play in the hub cities of Edmonton, Alberta and Toronto, Ontario in […]

The lights, the razzmatazz, the superstar swimmers. They’re all back for the second season of the International Swimming League. But things are a whole lot different in the new world of coronavirus. British swimmer and Sky Sports Scholar Max Litchfield, who competes for Energy Standard, gives the lowdown from the bubble in Budapest as he gets stuck into elite racing […]

WWE and WCW star Johnny Meadows has died aged 59 after contracting coronavirus. Meadows, real name John Condrone, had reportedly been on a ventilator since September 28 as a result of complications from Covid-19. Wrestling against the likes of Ric Flair, Condrone began his career in the early Eighties in Southeastern Championship Wrestling. He grappled other well-known stars such as […]

After 20 illustrious seasons together, Tom Brady made the decision to leave the New England Patriots for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in free agency. Questions about Brady’s future in Foxborough began to arise last offseason, when he signed a new contract that was structured so that he could enter free agency in 2020. Sure enough, the six-time Super Bowl champion […]

Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. The 2020 college football season has been more Royal Rumble than Battle Royal. Instead of the season beginning with a deluge, we’ve welcomed teams to the party in batches — among the Power 5 conferences, the Big 12 and ACC went first, followed by the SEC. Now the Big Ten joins the […]

VINCE MCMAHON has reportedly heaped praise on Bayley while naming three female stars who will become the faces of WWE. That is according to Wrestling Observer, who claims he made the remarks during a recent creative meeting. SunSport reported that a meeting on July 29 was “brutal” with the boss rejecting a number of ideas presented in that meeting. That […]

AXEL TUANZEBE earned rave reviews for a stunning display against Kylian Mbappe as Manchester United beat Paris Saint-Germain. Few onlookers gave the Red Devils a chance in their Champions League opener but an impeccable defensive display, coupled with Marcus Rashford's late winner, earned the win. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer deployed a new-look defence at Parc des Princes, with Tuanzebe in a […]

Maria Taylor will not be intimidated by hateful messages, nor will it stop her from doing the job she loves. On Monday, the ESPN reporter shared a lengthy message she received in response to previous comments about Bills rookie quarterback Jake Fromm, who said in a previous text exchange that only “elite white people” should be able to access guns. […]