5:54 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. LOUIS — Albert Pujols launched a pinch-hit grand slam and drove in five runs, Adam Wainwright pitched seven sharp innings and the St. Louis Cardinals routed the Colorado Rockies 13-0 Thursday for a three-game sweep. “We’re playing right now, I think the way that we were expecting ourselves
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ENG vs SA, 1st Test, Day 3: Marco Jansen resumed on his individual score of 41.© AFP England vs South Africa 1st Test, Day 3 Live Score Updates:Alex Lees and Zak Crawley have started England’s second innings of the match. England bundled out South Africa for 326 runs but not before the latter could take
4:00 AM ET Christian Pulisic could be heading out of Chelsea to boost his World Cup prospects — ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. PLUS: David de Gea is on borrowed time at Man Utd. Jump to: Ten Hag’s De Gea concerns | Xavi tells Dest: Time’s up at Barca | Atletico stand firm over
2:53 AM BST Quade Cooper’s Achilles injury appears to be the one problem the Wallabies have no answer for as the Rugby World Cup creeps ever closer and coach Dave Rennie again looks to the past for a solution at No. 10. But a bigger problem perhaps lies within Australian rugby’s inability to sufficiently develop
11:28 PM ET The Seattle Seahawks and Chicago Bears kicked off Week 2 of the preseason Thursday in Seattle. Second-year quarterback Justin Fields looked sharp for the Bears in his lone drive to begin the game, while Seahawks starter Geno Smith and the offensive unit struggled to pick up first downs in their first couple
10:05 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr. has yet to formally address his San Diego Padres teammates in the wake of his stunning suspension, but Jurickson Profar, one of his closest friends on the team, said he has been speaking with Tatis “every day.” “He’s devastated,” Profar said Thursday when asked about Tatis’
9:26 PM ET For the second straight year, Zhang Weili will get a title opportunity at Madison Square Garden. A UFC women’s strawweight title fight between champion Carla Esparza and Zhang, the former champ, has been verbally agreed to for UFC 281 on Nov. 12 in New York, multiple sources confirmed with ESPN. The fight
11:58 AM ET The NFL and the NFL Players Association on Thursday reached a settlement in the Deshaun Watson disciplinary matter, agreeing that the Cleveland Browns quarterback will serve an 11-game suspension without pay after he was accused by more than two dozen women of sexual misconduct during massage sessions. Watson will also pay a
4:15 PM ET Associated Press MASON, Ohio — American Madison Keys upset No. 1 Iga Swiatek 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the Western & Southern Open quarterfinals. Swiatek, a two-time Grand Slam champion, hasn’t gotten past the round of 16 in four tournaments since winning the French Open in June. The win was the
8:54 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — Players from Saudi-funded LIV Golf who have filed an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour will be waiting nearly 16 months for the case to go to trial. U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman on Thursday set the trial for Jan. 8, 2024. Depending on whether
8:38 PM ET Associated Press PARAMUS, N.J. — Texas A&M senior Sam Bennett won two matches Thursday as the No. 3 amateur in the world moved into the quarterfinals of a U.S. Amateur that already has lost some of its biggest names. Also moving into the quarterfinals was U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Stewart Hagestad, who took
7:24 PM ET Associated Press MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Kurt Busch said Thursday he’ll miss the final two races of NASCAR’s regular season, bringing it to six races the 2004 champion has been sidelined with concussion-like symptoms. Busch wrote on Twitter he’ll miss the Sunday race on the road course at Watkins Glen International and then
Aug 18, 2022 Nazem Kadri has agreed to a contract with the Calgary Flames, it was announced on Thursday, as the free agent center ends weeks of speculation about his next NHL destination. The contract is for seven years and has an average annual value of $7 million, the Flames said. To make salary-cap space
7:26 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes said news about Carey Price‘s knee is “discouraging” and that the star goaltender may not play this season. Speaking Thursday after acquiring forward Sean Monahan from Calgary, Hughes said it was unlikely that Price would be able to return without first undergoing
8:00 AM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Tom VanHaaren Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan After a summer of significant news — the expansion additions of USC and UCLA, followed by a record
4:05 PM ET Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. — A prominent New York-based horse trainer whose Early Voting won this year’s Preakness Stakes is facing a domestic violence charge for allegedly pushing a woman down a flight of stairs and trying to choke her, authorities said Thursday. Chad Brown, 43, was arraigned Thursday morning in Saratoga
5:51 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Artur Beterbiev is injured, a source told ESPN, and the planned Oct. 29 defense of his three light heavyweight titles against Anthony Yarde has been postponed. The nature of the injury wasn’t disclosed. The matchup was slated to take place at London’s O2 Arena after a deal was agreed to,
4:56 PM ET Associated Press NCAA officials sent a letter to its membership Thursday noting its enforcement staff’s pursuit of “potential violations” of the name, image and likeness compensation policy and emphasizing the need for schools to help investigations. The email came from Stan Wilcox, NCAA executive vice president of regulatory Affairs, and Jon Duncan,