The ESPN Daily: Your ultimate NBA viewing guide, Darnold had a day and Saints’ win preordained?
Pass it on … Today’s newsletter will have you ready to take on the sports week. If you have a friend who needs to get caught up on all the action from the weekend, why not send him or her this newsletter? You can do so right here.
The season’s best games … We’re so. Darn. Close to the start of the NBA’s 2019-20 season. The only real problem you’re going to have is deciding how to spend your unfortunately limited viewing time. How to choose among so many great games? Fortunately, Zach Lowe is here with his annual League Pass Rankings to help you decide. Read More
More games, more life … Don’t worry, we wouldn’t leave you hanging like that. For those of you who only have time to watch the best of the best, the top 15 in Zach Lowe’s League Pass Rankings for 2019-20 are right here: Read More
Simply the best … The inevitable has finally happened: Simone Biles has become the most decorated gymnast of all time, with an astounding 24 medals. She has done so in grand fashion, attempting routines that make other elite athletes look like rank amateurs. How does she do it? If you ask The Undefeated, it’s because of her belief in herself and how often that belief has triumphed over a very real fear. Read More
Divine intervention … You have to be careful with hashtags. Occasionally, see, Twitter will add little images after popular hashtags to give them a little more flair — so, for instance, if you were a Saints fan tweeting about the #Saints, you’d see a miniature fleur-de-lis symbol after the hashtag. How could that go wrong? Well, let’s say you’re the pope, or whoever runs the pope’s Twitter account, and you want to celebrate the canonization of five new saints. Let’s say you use the hashtag. You see where we’re going with this? On Sunday, the Saints hung on for a 13-6 win over the Jaguars. Coincidence or proof the Saints were blessed and highly favored? You tell us. Read More
The tiers of player hatred … Player vs. player rivalries in the NHL are heated and can be resolved by anything from a sweet goal to a knockdown brawl. Real animosity between players is one of the most compelling things in all of sports, but remember: All beefs are not equivalent. We’ve broken NHL player rivalries into three tiers so you can figure out whether the conflict you’re watching will eventually morph into friendship … or never be resolved. Read More
“Everything I was thinking, they did the opposite. So I was thinking 3-2 [count], should be a heater here, and I’m like, well, that’s the opposite, so I should George Costanza it and just go ahead and said breaking ball, and that’s what happened.”
— Adam Eaton on how he hit a crucial double in Game 2 of the NLCS Read more
On this date in 2015, Jose Bautista hit a home run in Game 5 of the ALDS against the Rangers … and then did one of the most epic bat flips of all time. Watch
Ukraine vs. Portugal (2:30 p.m. ET, ESPNEWS): It’s a battle at the top of Group B for the Euro 2020 qualifiers. Cristiano Ronaldo’s next goal will be his 700th at club and international level.
Cardinals at Nationals (7:38 p.m. ET, TBS): The Nationals are the newest MLB postseason Cinderellas. After dispatching the Dodgers, the Nats are up 2-0 on the Cardinals in the NLCS as they return home. The best part of it, from Nats fans’ perspective? This is all without Bryce Harper.
Lions at Packers (8:15 p.m. ET, ESPN): For once, the NFC North gets to beat up on itself rather than the rest of the league. Green Bay and Detroit are the only North teams with only one loss. Whichever team wins here will send a strong message to the rest of the division.