11:17 PM ET Once tipped as football's first potential billion-dollar player, Vincent Pericard's life took an unexpected turn. University of PortsmouthOne well-intentioned text message changed Vincent Pericard's life, inadvertently triggering a sequence of events that led to a series of self-destructive…

7:00 AM ET The middle part of the 1990s took a major toll on the baseball card industry. All those ambitions of striking it rich off personal collections proved to be grossly overstated. The supply got out of hand, growing too large to keep pace with the anticipated values. There was also an MLB work…

7:00 AM ET Multiple Contributors In a normal year, Thursday would be a day of celebration. College football returns in 100 days! It would be a time to debate Trevor Lawrence vs. Justin Fields, to ask whether Oregon offensive lineman Penei Sewell is actually the game's best player and to wonder what…

7:00 AM ET What if the Splash Bros. had Wilt Chamberlain playing center? How many titles would the Lakers have won if Magic Johnson was running the break with Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal? Imagine Hakeem Olajuwon and James Harden teaming up in Clutch City. We asked our NBA writers to come up with…

7:00 AM ET Arizona Coyotes coach Rick Tocchet made news during the NHL's season pause for a painful reason. "This is when you get cocky rollerblading," Tocchet tweeted last month, along with a couple of nasty images of scrapes on his body. Since then, he has rediscovered biking. "I've explored Arizona…

11:24 PM ET Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. -- Denny Hamlin won NASCAR's first Wednesday race since 1984 when rain stopped the event with 20 laps remaining at Darlington Raceway. The Daytona 500 winner was out front but out of fresh tires and trying to hang on when he got unintended help from Joe…

11:24 PM ET Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. -- Denny Hamlin won NASCAR's first Wednesday race since 1984 when rain stopped the event with 20 laps remaining at Darlington Raceway. The Daytona 500 winner was out front but out of fresh tires and trying to hang on when he got unintended help from Joe…

3:53 PM ET Jared Gaon knew the clip had potential the moment he saw it. Sitting in his parents' New Jersey home, Gaon was watching Episode 10 of ESPN's Michael Jordan documentary series "The Last Dance." On Gaon's screen, Jordan was sitting in the back of the Chicago Bulls' bus, listening to music --…

10:08 PM ET The NHL and the NHLPA are discussing a 24-team, conference-based playoff format for a potential restart to the 2019-20 season this summer, sources confirmed to ESPN. The proposed format was first reported by Sportsnet. The NHL season has been on pause since March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.…

4:31 PM ET The NCAA Division I Council voted Wednesday to allow voluntary on-campus athletic activities to resume in football and men's and women's basketball, starting June 1. After the coronavirus pandemic forced the shutdown of sports across the country, the council banned all on-campus athletic…