Six of last week’s Associated Press top-10 teams lost, but of the remaining four, the Tennessee Volunteers — last week’s No. 3 squad in the nation — vaulted up to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 poll released on Jan. 21. It’s Tennessee’s first top ranking since the 2007-08 season. Among the six teams […]
The Duke Blue Devils led an unchanged top 10 — in order for the rest: Michigan, Tennessee, Virginia, Gonzaga, Michigan State, Kansas, Texas Tech, Virginia Tech and Nevada — in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 poll (released in the afternoon of Jan. 14) and spent their sixth week on top this season. However, Duke’s […]
The Australian Open, tennis’ first major tournament of the year, will be broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPN+ and streaming on the ESPN app beginning Sunday, Jan. 13. There’ll be more than 100 hours of television plus 1,400 hours of streaming of tournament coverage, culminating with the Women’s and Men’s Championships on January 26 and […]
The top four in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll (released on Jan. 7) remained unchanged for the third straight week — No. 1 Duke, No. 2 Michigan, No. 3 Tennessee and No. 4 Virginia. The rest of the poll, however, underwent major changes after three top-10 teams lost. No. 5 Gonzaga and No. […]
The Duke Blue Devils sat atop an unchanged top 12 in the latest Associated Press poll released on Dec. 31. Kentucky was the week’s highest-ranked climber, rising three spots to No. 13 after a win at rival Louisville. Kentucky has won three straight games against power-conference teams, including a win against Utah and a ranked […]
The National Football League announced its postseason television schedule on Sunday, December 30. Wild Card weekend marks the kickoff to the NFL postseason on Jan. 5-6. ESPN and ABC will simulcast the first game of these playoffs on Saturday, Jan. 5 at 4:35 p.m. ET: Indianapolis Colts at their division rival, AFC South winner Houston […]
Kansas, Duke and Tennessee were 1-2-3 for the second straight week atop the Associated Press Top 25 poll. At No. 3, Tennessee is at its highest spot since reaching No. 1 in February 2008. Michigan (at No. 4, its highest ranking since February 2013) and Virginia rounds out the top five. The rest of the […]
Explosive offenses clash as the New Orleans Saints host the Pittsburgh Steelers (Dec. 23 at 4:25 p.m. ET on CBS). Pittsburgh seeks its first victory in New Orleans since a 9-6 result in 1990. The Saints have won two straight against the Steelers, with Saints quarterback Drew Brees throwing seven touchdown passes in the wins. […]
Kansas returns atop the Associated Press Top 25 poll (released on Dec. 10). Duke moved up a spot to No. 2. The No. 3 spot belongs to Tennessee after earning its biggest win in four years under coach Rick Barnes by defeating now-No. 4 Gonzaga 76-73 in Phoenix at the Colangelo Classic on Dec. 9. […]
