9:10 PM ET ESPN staff The Philadelphia Phillies are coming off a game in which they absolutely hammered the Houston Astros to take a 2-1 lead in the World Series. 2 Related Philadelphia jumped on Lance McCullers Jr. and never let up in the 7-0 victory Tuesday night, mashing five home runs off him to
Month: November 2022
5:24 PM ET The U.S. attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Virginia has opened a criminal investigation into allegations that the Washington Commanders engaged in financial improprieties, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. The sources said that prosecutors are focused on several areas and that the inquiry was triggered
5:49 PM ET Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson isn’t sure why LIV Golf players are being heavily criticized by some PGA Tour players for taking guaranteed money from the new circuit. Watson, 43, told ESPN that he received guaranteed appearance money from sponsors and tournament organizers while playing on the PGA Tour, which wasn’t allowed
11:35 AM ET ASHBURN, Va. — Washington Commanders co-owners Dan and Tanya Snyder announced that they have hired Bank of America Securities to explore potential transactions involving the team. A statement from the team did not specify what those transactions might be, whether it was the sale of the team or they were pursuing minority
7:24 PM ET The controversial LIV Golf circuit wrapped up its inaugural season last week with its team championship at Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami. The new circuit, which is being financed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and fronted by two-time Open Championship winner Greg Norman, has plans to expand to a
Nov 1, 2022 Jackson State football coach Deion Sanders said he will not allow his players to leave their hotel this weekend when they face Texas Southern in Houston, where rapper Takeoff, 28, was shot and killed at a bowling alley early Tuesday morning. Sanders said family members and friends who want to see players
5:00 PM ET Quarterback Julian Sayin committed to Alabama on Wednesday. Sayin, No. 34 overall in the 2024 ESPN 300 and the second-best dual-threat quarterback in the junior class, attends Carlsbad (California) High School. “Alabama’s the standard for college football,” Sayin told ESPN. “They’re going to coach you hard. You’re going to be disciplined there.
7:44 PM ET NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving and the Brooklyn Nets will each donate $500,000 in the wake of Irving’s controversial social media post about a book and movie that featured antisemitic tropes. Irving, the Nets and the Anti-Defamation League released a joint statement announcing the donations Wednesday night. “I oppose all forms of
5:32 PM ET Shakhtar were no match for a rampant Leipzig side who avenged a 4-1 defeat in matchday one to win 4-0 and advance to the Champions League last 16 at the Ukrainian side’s expense. EPA/Leszek Szymanski WARSAW, Poland — “We wanted to hit the jackpot, but it was not to be,” Shakhtar Donetsk coach
4:11 PM ET The younger of the fighting Pereira siblings will be making a transition to MMA, much like her brother. Aline Pereira, a former Glory kickboxer, has signed a mixed martial arts deal with Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA), the promotion announced Wednesday. Pereira will make her MMA debut Nov. 18 against Ultimate Fighter veteran
KL Rahul knows exactly what his team wants from him and as long as he is able to do that, he can “sleep peacefully”. Having logged only 22 runs from the first three T20 World Cup games, it was Rahul’s opportunity to do the star turn with one of his better half-centuries (50 off 32
2:03 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — There was talk, mostly rooted in Bryce Harper‘s pre-at-bat conversation with Alec Bohm, that Lance McCullers Jr. might have been tipping his pitches on Tuesday night. There was talk that the nine-day layoff, further prolonged by Monday’s postponement, might have played a part in the starter looking uncharacteristically rusty. McCullers
7:15 AM ET “You’re a football ref, an ordinary man, 60, 65 years old. You’re not making the big millions like the football players, but you’ve got one thing. You’ve got a button on a belt. And you know that all you’ve got to do is click that puppy on and for the first time
11:50 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — Alex de Minaur upset fourth-seeded Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 in the second round of the Paris Masters on Wednesday. After rallying from a 2-0 deficit in the final set, De Minaur failed to convert his first two match points at 5-4. He hit a return out on
8:48 AM ET A group of high-profile investors, including NBA star Stephen Curry, Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton, women’s soccer player Alex Morgan, Los Angeles Angels All-Star Shohei Ohtani, entertainer Justin Timberlake and tennis star Serena Williams, are backing Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy‘s new company, which plans to launch a tech-infused golf league in
File image of Shikhar Dhawan and Mayank Agarwal© AFP Veteran India opener Shikhar Dhawan will replace Mayank Agarwal as Punjab Kings captain for the 2023 Indian Premier League. The decision was taken at the franchise’s board meeting on Wednesday. The move was on expected lines after the 31-year-old from Karnataka failed to take the team
8:00 AM ET Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks has had to deal with numerous high-stress days and get through a handful of uncomfortable news conferences over the past year. Tuesday was particularly rough. Marks had to explain why he mutually parted ways with coach Steve Nash just seven games into the season — while
9:30 AM ET The first month of the NHL season is when narratives begin to form about players and teams. Some of them stick, some of them are fleeting and some of them are just Connor McDavid being Connor McDavid. Welcome to the NHL Awards Watch for November. We’ve polled a selection of Professional Hockey