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Whom should you root for in the World Series? We have some ideas
From stars Clayton Kershaw and Jose Altuve to former castaways Evan Gattis and Rich Hill, there's no shortage of great stories in this Fall Classic.
MLB
Dodgers' dream season could turn into a nightmare against the Astros
L.A.'s pitching has been historically good, but Houston's lineup might be even better. Are the Dodgers in trouble now that they have to face such a prolific offense?
Top Headlines
Patriots
NFL
Patriots continue domination of Falcons.
Eight months after storming back to complete the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history, the Patriots kept the scoreboard uneven against the Falcons in the rematch on Sunday.
NFL
Barnwell: What changed in Super Bowl rematch, and why Falcons are in trouble
Matt Ryan & Co. were routed by the Patriots on Sunday, but they can't blame the fog. At 3-3, Atlanta's playoff hopes are fading quickly. The 5-2 Patriots, meanwhile, have improved on defense but still have issues.
Falcons
NFL
Stephen A.: Falcons 'are imploding.'
Stephen A. Smith explains that Atlanta looks completely out of sorts after it was embarrassed by New England on Sunday.
NFL
Reasons for hope for every NFL team
It was an ugly Week 7: The Cardinals lost Carson Palmer; the Browns lost Joe Thomas; and the Broncos and Colts lost their 20-plus-year shutout streaks. But don't fret about this season just yet.
Sunday's Top Plays
Steelers
NFL
Smith-Schuster plays hide-and-seek with Bell after TD.
Steelers' JuJu Smith-Schuster and Le'Veon Bell play the game within the game after scoring at home.
Seahawks
NFL
Richardson catches Wilson's trick pass play for TD.
Russell Wilson hands it to J.D. McKissic, who passes it back to Wilson. The Seahawks QB then launches a 38-yard throw to Paul Richardson, who comes down fighting for possession.
NBA
Power Rankings: Rocky start for NBA elite
The season's opening week wasn't kind to the Warriors. Which undefeated teams have leapfrogged the champs? Our panel takes the pulse of the league after a surprising start.
Eagles
NFL
Carson Wentz, the Dutch Destroyer and a dream come true
"Impactful. Meaningful. Powerful." Carson Wentz's connection to Lukas Kusters is a reminder for the quarterback that football is "more than a game."
Eagles
NFL
SC Featured: 'The Dutch Destroyer.'
Tom Rinaldi explores the special connection between a 10-year-old football player and the Eagles QB.
NFL
Carson Wentz shreds opponents with this play.
Look out, Redskins. Jon Gruden draws up how the Eagles "stab" formation is so effective against zone or man coverage.
What's better than a signature win? For Kirk Cousins, 'a signature season'
The Redskins wouldn't be in position to play big games if not for Kirk Cousins. But until he starts winning them, his critics will have a platform.
NFL
Destination Cousins: 10 places Kirk could play in 2018
The Redskins quarterback could become the NFL's highest-paid player if he reaches the free-agent market in 2018. You like that?! Here are all the places he could land.
Dodgers
MLB
Puig's fall and rise.
Yasiel Puig has had an up-and-down two years. After his struggles in 2016 led to a minor-league demotion, he has stepped up in 2017, including a red-hot postseason.
Miami
College Football
After another close call, is Miami for real?
The Hurricanes are winning, but not impressively. After a visit to UNC this week, they can prove themselves against Virginia Tech and Notre Dame.
Heisman Candidates
Stanford
NCAAF
Love's eye-catching start adding him to Heisman mix.
Stanford's Bryce Love is one of the most dynamic running backs in the nation and is making an impression this season.
Alabama's new-and-improved Damien Harris runs into Heisman conversation
After giving up sugar in the offseason, Alabama RB Damien Harris has found getting in better shape has made a big difference in his game.
Steelers
NFL
Inside the Le'Veon Bell stiff-arm that blew the Steelers' season open
Le'Veon Bell's 42-yard catch-and-run (and stiff-arm) are emblematic of the explosiveness of the Steelers running back.
Week 7 Injuries
NFL
Biggest NFL injuries from Sunday
Dolphins QB Jay Cutler, Browns LT Joe Thomas and Cardinals QB Carson Palmer were among the players knocked out of Sunday's games. Get caught up on all the key injuries of Week 7 here.
Cardinals
NFL
Cardinals QB Carson Palmer broke his left arm and will have surgery when the team returns to Arizona, coach Bruce Arians said. Arians expects Palmer to miss anywhere between eight weeks and the rest of the season.
The Undefeated
The Undefeated
In terms of cultural impact, could the NFL become MLB?
Professional basketball offers the NFL a blueprint for success: embrace the black culture of the majority of your players.
Top Contenders
Vikings
NFL
The NFC North is up for grabs, and it's going to be ugly
The Vikings are 5-2, but they know this division is going to have to be won ugly. And they're prepared to do it.
Steelers
NFL
Don't look now: Steelers dangerous again after dismantling of Bengals
Pittsburgh looked as crisp as it has all year, ripping off 251 first-half yards against the NFL's second-ranked defense and never looking back.
Saints
NFL
First-place Saints sitting pretty after surviving ugly start at Green Bay
New Orleans did everything it could to give Green Bay momentum, with Drew Brees throwing two interceptions, but it managed to regroup and pull away.
Toronto FC
Soccer
ESPN FC
Playoff preview: Can Toronto do the double?
The MLS regular season went down to stoppage time in the battle for playoff places, so where do we go next?
Minnesota United FC
Soccer
- ESPN FC
How Minnesota righted its wrongs in debut year
Minnesota United was projected to be the worst team in MLS history. By the end of their first season, the Loons had risen to midtable respectability.
Soccer
Soccer
- ESPN FC
Liverpool woe as Spurs march on; PSG pushed
Wembley exposed Liverpool's limitations. Meanwhile, Spain's big two coasted to victory, Arsenal's big three inspired victory and Bayern won again.
Everton
Soccer
- ESPN FC
Everton didn't click, so Koeman had to go
Everton had their biggest-ever summer of spending, but Ronald Koeman just couldn't put it together.
NFL
NFL players who protested during national anthem in Week 7
Many players have continued to protest before games since Colin Kaepernick started kneeling during the anthem in 2016. Here's the list for Week 7.
Week 7 Highlights
Raiders
NFL
The craziest win-probability swings
A last-gasp winner in Oakland. Two crucial mistakes in Buffalo and New Jersey. A rookie's history-making day in Chicago. These are the plays that swung Week 7 in the NFL.
NFL
Big plays, fun in the end zone highlight Sunday.
Watch the top moments from Week 7, including Ezekiel Elliott running over the 49ers and a pair of Steelers creatively celebrating a touchdown.
Fantasy Football
Week 7 fantasy football winners and losers
In a week when less popular players stood out, Josh McCown, Kenny Stills, O.J. Howard and the Chicago Bears' defense might have made the difference in many fantasy matchups.
U.S. Grand Prix
Formula 1
Lewis aims to make Seb's life a 'misery for years'
U.S. Grand Prix winner Lewis Hamilton says he is determined to inflict years of misery on Formula One rivals Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari.
Formula 1
Hamilton beats Vettel in tactical Austin duel
Lewis Hamilton was made to work for his victory at the U.S. Grand Prix in an absorbing contest that saw him forced to catch and pass Sebastian Vettel in the early stages of the race.
Formula 1
Story of the race: Let's get ready to grumble
ESPN rounds up the major talking points from a thrilling U.S. Grand Prix.
United States
Soccer
United States
Soccer
ESPNW
U.S. women's past, present collide in North Carolina
North Carolina coach Anson Dorrance, who guided the U.S. women to the 1991 World Cup title and helped build the program into a world power, was on hand Sunday as the United States routed South Korea 6-0.
Soccer
USWNT rolls past South Korea.
Five players combined for six goals as the United States made easy work of South Korea in a friendly in North Carolina.
49ers
NFL
While fighting ALS, Dwight Clark just wanted to see his teammates once more
The 49ers honored Dwight Clark, who addressed the Levi's Stadium crowd from a suite, at halftime of Sunday's game against the Cowboys.
The Undefeated
- The Undefeated
When Jackie Robinson, Dan Bankhead became the first African-Americans to play in World Series
Seventy years later, the Dodgers are once again in the Fall Classic.
MLB Offseason
Red Sox
MLB
Alex Cora just got the best-worst job in baseball
Boston's new manager inherits a talented roster, but in order to succeed, he'll need to navigate the stifling pressure that comes with the position.
MLB
Can Cora handle the heat in Boston?
Buster Olney breaks down Boston's selection of Alex Cora as its next manager.
Cubs
MLB
After coming up short, Cubs face a winter's worth of changes
Letting coach Chris Bosio go created one more question for a pitching staff facing turnover, but that isn't Chicago's only area to make a few fixes.
Men's College Hoops
Season preview
College Basketball
2017 ESPN college basketball preseason All-American teams
There are freshmen and seniors and everything in between, big names (Michael Porter Jr.) and familiar faces (Miles Bridges, Michigan State) and places (Duke).
Duke
NCAAM
Why Duke should be No. 1: Bagley, Bagley, Bagley
What makes Duke the team to beat can be summed up in two simple words: Marvin Bagley.
Wichita State
NCAAM
Why Wichita State should be No. 1
Gregg Marshall won't have to worry about getting that ridiculous No. 10 seed again this year. In fact, by year's end, Wichita State might just be able to drop the zero from the end of that 10.
NBA Draft
NBA
Scouting the best draft prospects in college basketball's senior class
These 10 prospects have a lot to prove in their final season of college basketball.
NBA
Ranking the Top 25 NCAA seniors
Some familiar names dot the list of the top draft prospects in the senior class.
Golden Knights
NHL
Why the Vegas Golden Knights are winning
The NHL's newest expansion team is off to an unprecedented start. But the real test for the Golden Knights is upcoming, when they move away from their cozy confines.
College Football
NCAAF
Power Rankings Week 8: Penn State, Notre Dame make strong statements
The Nittany Lions and Fighting Irish both enjoyed definitive wins that showed they belong in the College Football Playoff conversation. Alabama, meanwhile, keeps its spot atop the rankings.
Notre Dame
NCAAF
Here come the Irish, there goes the Pac-12 and more CFP lessons
Notre Dame was an afterthought heading into the season. But it's time to take the Irish seriously as a College Football Playoff contender, and that's one of many lessons learned in Week 8.
Golf
Weekly 18: 'Certain' wins with a dash of stunning developments
For all the "expected" happenings in golf this week -- another Justin Thomas victory, anyone? -- there were plenty of head-scratchers across the globe that proved golf continues to provide the unexpected.
NASCAR
NASCAR
Truex earns emotional victory at Kansas
Martin Truex Jr., whose Furniture Row Racing team learned hours before the race that crew member Jim Watson had died the previous night of a heart attack, overcame two early mistakes to win a wild playoff elimination race at Kansas Speedway on Sunday.
NASCAR
Jimmie Johnson spun twice but is still eligible to win the NASCAR Cup championship as he finished 11th Sunday at Kansas. Martin Truex Jr. won the race. Advancing: Truex, Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski, Ryan Blaney, Chase Elliott and Johnson. Eliminated: Kyle Larson, Matt Kenseth, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Jamie McMurray.
Chris Paul's Chapter 3
NBA
Chris Paul's Chapter 3
NBA
CP3 evolving style with All-Star pickup game.
Chris Paul understands that he's expected to shoot more in Houston so he courts some friends to get some work in.
Rockets
NBA
The inside story of how the Rockets landed Chris Paul
As last season ended, Chris Paul and James Harden had the same revelation: They could not beat the Warriors alone. In this ESPN the Magazine cover story, we ask: Can they beat them together?
NBA
Who had the best sneakers during NBA's opening week?
From political statements to fashion statements, NBA players brought out their finest footwear for the league's return to action.
Top Headlines
- Browns' iron-man LT Thomas done for season
- Texans left tackle Brown ends holdout, reports
- UNC's Berry breaks hand, out about 4 weeks
- JR Smith pleads not guilty to reckless driving
- Michigan CB sorry for flipping off Penn St. fans
- Rapinoe: 'FIFA doesn't care' about women
- Revisiting NFL game-by-game predictions
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On This Date: Oct. 23, 2000
- Corey Sipkin/NY Daily News Archive/Getty Images
Jets complete 'Monday Night Miracle'
Down 30-7 at the end of the third quarter, the Jets pulled together a rapid and improbable comeback with four touchdowns and a field goal in the fourth quarter, eventually defeating the Dolphins in overtime.
Lonzo Ball vs. the NBA
- Aaron Dana
Got Beef? The guide to all of Lonzo Ball's must-see matchups
For the past year, LaVar Ball has been making plenty of boastful claims about his oldest son. Now the NBA gets a chance to line up and prove him wrong.
Waffle House gatherings
- Kevin D. Liles for ESPN
Is this heaven? No, it's a Waffle House
It's more than just another breakfast joint. For years, college football fans of all stripes all across the South have made pregame and postgame pilgrimages to celebrate and commiserate over eggs, hash browns and, yes, waffles.
Watch: Chris Paul's 'Chapter 3'
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Paul's road to Houston
Go behind the scenes as Chris Paul and his representatives worked to put the star guard on a team capable of contending for an NBA title.
