8:04 PM ET Hold on, let me readjust my projections … nope, the Colorado Rockies still aren’t the favorites to win the National League West. It’s been a wild, sometimes bumpy ride for Kris Bryant to free agency — one that includes an MVP award and a World Series title in his sophomore season in
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11:23 PM ET Claude Giroux skated out as the first star in the Philadelphia Flyers‘ 5-4 win over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night as more than 18,000 fans saluted him for his 1,000th career NHL game and what might be his final appearance as a Flyer. Giroux, 34, is expected to be moved ahead
10:22 PM ET ESPN News Services INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Rafael Nadal defeated Nick Kyrgios 7-6 (0), 5-7, 6-4 Thursday to reach the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open in a match featuring obscenities, underhand serves, a point penalty and smashed rackets. Nadal improved to 19-0 this year, the third-best start to a season since
4:38 PM ET Associated Press HOBBS, N.M. — A 13-year-old was driving the pickup truck that struck a van in West Texas in a fiery collision that killed nine people, National Transportation Safety Board Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg said Thursday. The truck’s left front tire, which was a spare tire, also blew out before impact,
10:07 PM ET ESPN News Services ORLANDO, Fla. — Saddiq Bey went off for a career-high 51 points in the Detroit Pistons‘ 134-120 win over the Orlando Magic on Thursday night, continuing what has already been a torrid month of individual scoring in the NBA. Bey’s performance marked the NBA’s eighth 50-point game in March,
8:10 PM ET Associated Press PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Sam Burns prefers to look at what’s next instead of what happened, and that was a big part in how he responded for a 7-under 64 and a share of the lead Thursday in the Valspar Championship, his first time as defending champion. He used the
6:35 PM ET Christian Pulisic, Tyler Adams and Giovanni Reyna headline the 27-player roster for the United States men ahead of three critical World Cup qualifiers that will determine whether the team heads to Qatar later this year. The USMNT is scheduled to play Mexico at the famed Estadio Azteca on March 24, followed by
5:49 PM BST England coach Eddie Jones has brought in George Furbank to play fullback, switching Freddie Steward to the wing, in the team announced on Thursday for England’s final Six Nations game against France in Paris on Saturday. Steward has been impressive at fullback but Jones no doubt feels that by selecting him on
3:54 PM ET The annual marathon that is the European soccer season will soon hit its home stretch. After this weekend comes one final international break, and then it’s time to decide some titles. While plenty of key races have been over for a while — it feels like Paris Saint-Germain all but clinched the
1:44 AM ET It’s official. Freddie Freeman is not returning to the Atlanta Braves. We knew this, even before ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel and Jeff Passan reported that Freeman had agreed to a six-year, $162 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers late Wednesday night. We knew this, in part, because the Braves had already acquired
1:04 PM BST Scotland’s Blair Kinghorn has replaced regular fly-half Finn Russell as one of two changes for their final game of the Six Nations against title-chasing Ireland in Dublin on Saturday. Russell has been a mainstay in this year’s championship but is on the bench in a surprise switch by coach Gregor Townsend. The
2:33 PM ET Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. — Attorneys for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert argued in a Kentucky court Thursday that a 90-day suspension imposed by the state’s racing commission would essentially end his career. Baffert is asking a judge to delay the suspension for a failed postrace drug test by Medina Spirit
1:53 PM ET Associated Press SEBRING, Fla. — NASCAR and Hendrick Motorsports have partnered on an effort to enter the 24 Hours of Le Mans next year with a modified version of its new Next Gen car. The collaborative effort announced Thursday at Sebring International Raceway seeks the “Garage 56” entry, which was created in
12:52 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Ramona Shelburne Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry is expected to return for the start of the Western Conference playoffs
Haas team boss Guenther Steiner said he does not regret the team having previously had strong links with Russia. And he said that the “right decisions” were taken following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Earlier in March, the Formula 1 team parted ways with Russian driver Nikita Mazepin and Russian title sponsor Uralkali, a chemicals company.
1:00 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — A year ago, the Buffalo Bills sat at home watching the Tampa Bay Buccaneers take down Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LV. This year, they saw the Los Angeles Rams swarm Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow to clinch a title. The takeaway:
McLaren driver Lando Norris believes he is ready to go toe-to-toe with Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen at the top of Formula 1. The 22-year-old Briton heads into his fourth F1 season not sure where his team are in terms of competitiveness. But he believes he has developed to a point where he has what
The new cricket law amendments stated by the MCC have been accepted by majority of cricketers in the world, with only few expressing mixed reactions. Speaking to Hindustan Times, IPL 2021’s Purple Cap winner Harshal Patel lauded the new amendments. Apart from praising the decision to put ‘Mankad’ as a legitimate run out dismissal, Patel also shared his slight reservations on the