3:59 PM ET Lionel Messi spearheaded Argentina‘s charge to the World Cup quarterfinals by helping to secure a 2-1 victory against Australia on Saturday. In his 1,000th career match, Messi scored the opening goal with a sublime effort before Julian Alvarez scored in the second half to set up a quarterfinal tie against the Netherlands
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6:49 PM ET Associated Press NASSAU, Bahamas — The warm sun in the Bahamas brought out plenty of mud on the rain-soaked fairways and created some wild shots for just about everyone but Viktor Hovland. He made 10 birdies Saturday to build a three-shot lead in the Hero World Challenge. Hovland ran off six birdies
Katie Archibald relinquished the women’s endurance title in the UCI Track Champions League despite winning the final elimination race in London. The Scot, 28, closed the gap on overall leader Jennifer Valente in the women’s scratch race at Lee Valley VeloPark. But Valente took second in the elimination to secure the overall title by three
3:00 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The Rams have placed quarterback Matthew Stafford on injured reserve. Stafford would be eligible to return to the active roster in Week 17. Stafford has not played since he injured his neck in the Rams’ Week 11 loss to the New Orleans Saints, a game he left after being
4:32 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — Luka Doncic came into Madison Square Garden today wearing a Philadelphia Eagles jersey — a payment on a lost bet to his former teammate, Jalen Brunson, whom he and the Mavericks faced for the first time here Saturday afternoon since Brunson signed with the Knicks as a
1:51 AM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays, in partnership with a global real estate investment and development firm, have submitted a bid to redevelop Tropicana Field and surrounding land on the edge of downtown St. Petersburg. The club said Friday that in addition to a new ballpark, an ambitious
10:58 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Jackson State coach Deion Sanders has been preparing to make an exit in order to take the head coaching job at Colorado, sources told ESPN on Friday. With Jackson State on the cusp of the SWAC title game Saturday, Sanders and his associates have spent the week making inquiries to
6:46 AM ET DOHA, Qatar – Brazil have suffered two more injury setbacks ahead of the World Cup round-of-16 clash against South Korea with both Gabriel Jesus and Alex Telles ruled out of the rest of the tournament, the country’s football association said Saturday. Jesus and Telles both picked up knocks in Brazil’s 1-0 defeat
A consistent Shikhar Dhawan and a supremely talented KL Rahul will battle it out for the opener’s slot even as a top-heavy Indian batting line-up will aim for transformation and show more intent against a gutsy Bangladesh in the three-match ODI series, starting Sunday. Throw a fabulously consistent young turk Shubman Gill (rested for this
England found ways to take wickets and sensed a good lead despite hundreds from three Pakistan players on the third day of the opening Test in Rawalpindi Saturday. Pakistan were 499-7 at stumps with Agha Salman (10) and Zahid Mahmood (yet to score) at the crease — still trailing England’s mammoth 657 first innings total
8:00 AM ET At 2:44 p.m. ET on Oct. 27, roughly five hours before the Brooklyn Nets were set to take on the Dallas Mavericks at home, Kyrie Irving hit send on a tweet. The post, without any text, was an Amazon link to a movie called “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America,” centered
9:31 PM ET Welcome to checkbook baseball. When it’s your team signing the checks, it can be lots of fun! The Texas Rangers and Jacob deGrom always made a lot of sense. The Rangers are desperate for starting pitching. They’re in win-now mode after signing Corey Seager and Marcus Semien last year and hiring three-time
Australia vs West Indies 1st Test, Day 4 Live: West Indies are chasing 498 runs for victory.© AFP Australia vs West Indies 1st Test, Day 4 Live:Kraigg Brathwaite is nearing his century. His knock has kept West Indies in hunt in pursuit of a 498-run taget set by Australia in the ongoing first Test match
10:10 PM ET MILWAUKEE — LeBron James moved past Magic Johnson on the NBA’s all-time assists list while wearing a Los Angeles Lakers uniform Friday, but he knows his place in the pecking order when it comes to Laker lore. “To know that I’m in the conversation or about to get to a point that
11:15 PM ET Cameron Smith can carry on drinking after his wildly successful 2022 season petered out to an anticlimactic conclusion in Melbourne. Smith missed the Australian Open’s contentious second cut after failing to make up enough ground during a third-round one-under-par 69 at Victoria Golf Club on Saturday. Despite carding his best round of
12:20 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LAS VEGAS — The only blemish in USC‘s 11-win regular season had been a one-point loss to Utah in October. Thanks to the Pac-12’s decision to turn its championship game into a matchup between its two best teams instead of division winners, the Trojans had an opportunity to make that
3:02 PM ET THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford has cleared the concussion protocol but will not play Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks, coach Sean McVay said Friday. Stafford cleared the concussion protocol Friday, McVay said, but the Rams are still gathering information about the quarterback’s neck injury. McVay said the
2:43 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson was contrite Friday about sending a vulgar response to a fan five days ago and believes he has learned from his mistake. “I apologize if I hurt feelings out there,” Jackson said in addressing reporters for the first time since the incident. After