General Sports 24 Hours

Last updated: August 13, 2026, 9:27 PM ET

Baseball

ESPN MLB experts have updated their top 50 players to reflect the best performances as the 2026 regular season winds down.

NASCAR

Ty Gibbs will honor former driver Kyle Busch by driving an M&M’s car in the next Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Track & Field

Jakob Ingebrigtsen says he is “very” disappointed that British rival Josh Kerr is missing the European Championships, calling the absence damaging to the sport. At those same Europeans, Keely Hodgkinson advanced to the women’s 800m final while rival Audrey Werro reached the final after a dramatic fall was overturned on appeal. British teenager Filip Nowacki claimed a dramatic gold in the men’s 200m breaststroke at the European Aquatics Championships in Paris.

Cricket

Captain Richie Berrington and debutant Lyle Robertson starred as Scotland crushed Canada by 170 runs in a World Cup League 2 match at Forthill. In the first Test against Australia, Bangladesh dominated the hosts on day one despite Steve Smith benefiting from an odd technology reprieve. Moises Henriques says helping Portugal qualify for their first men’s T20 World Cup would be cricket “nirvana” at the twilight of his career. England have scrapped their midnight curfew seven months after introducing it; now only wins will repair reputational damage. Welsh Fire’s men’s and women’s sides again missed the Eliminators in The Hundred, despite a drastically improved season.

NBA

The league has revealed the group stage schedule for the fourth annual NBA Cup, and here’s everything you need to know about the in-season tournament.

College Football

Oklahoma’s John Mateer has turned heads with his massive arms, sparking a debate on whether QBs should be swole at the Manning Camp. ESPN released its preseason All-America team, highlighting the nation’s best players at every position. Bill Connelly broke down the final preseason SP+ rankings and what the projections mean for the upcoming season.

NFL

Dan Orlovsky stacked the top 10 quarterbacks by skill, asking whether Josh Allen has the league’s strongest arm and if Lamar Jackson is still the most unstoppable rusher. Under new offensive coordinator Declan Doyle, Lamar Jackson is embracing a new vision for the Ravens’ offense. Matt Bowen broke down his favorite fantasy football draft targets, from first-round superstars to late-round dart throws.

Soccer

Cardiff City boss Brian Barry-Murphy says his team aim to disprove pundits who have dismissed them as possible relegation candidates. Swansea City suffered a heavy blow as scans revealed centre-back Cameron Burgess has a ruptured Achilles and will miss the entire season.

Golf

LIV Golf players have been warned that the season-ending Team Championship is set to be cancelled later this month.

Hockey

Four Canadian hockey stars remain suspended after their sexual assault acquittal; a fifth was reinstated, but an appeals board found the group broke Hockey Canada’s code of conduct.

UFC

Top storylines and coaches’ analysis for the two championship matchups at UFC 330 in Philadelphia, headlined by Islam Makhachev defending his welterweight title against Ian Machado Garry. Makhachev says he does not have much time left in the UFC.

Lacrosse

With the playoffs approaching, the PLL Power Rankings show Boston and Philly finishing strong, and here’s how all eight teams line up.

Tennis

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Gymnastics

Ruby Evans spoke about how she copes with fame and followers ahead of the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Rugby

Eddie Jones revealed an unusual coaching method for Japan: watching videos of geese flying in formation before their second Test against Australia.

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