6:51 PM ET St. Louis Cardinals slugger Paul Goldschmidt has been voted the National League MVP, beating out teammate Nolan Arenado and San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado. Goldschmidt, 35, took home his first MVP honor, receiving 22 of 30 first-place votes and eight seconds for 380 points from a Baseball Writers’ Association of
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Daniel Ricciardo is set for a role as Red Bull third driver next season. The Australian, who is being released from his contract by McLaren at the end of this season after a disappointing year, is close to a deal to return to his former team. Red Bull motorsport adviser Helmut Marko told BBC Sport
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen had a comfortable advantage over Mercedes’ George Russell in second Friday practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. As the final race weekend of the season began, Verstappen was 0.341 seconds quicker than Russell, who won the Sao Paulo Grand Prix last weekend. Verstappen did not take part in the first
7:00 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN SHANE LEE WAS CONFUSED. The USC linebacker walked out of Monday morning meetings this week and saw the Trojan statue near the center of campus covered in shimmering silver tape pulled taut. Lee, who transferred to USC this offseason from Alabama had to turn to backup quarterback Miller Moss for
9:15 AM ET The MMA calendar is at its home stretch for the year, with just four UFC events remaining in 2022, along with marquee fight cards in Bellator, ONE Championship and PFL. It would be easy to overlook these next seven weeks, considering we’re fresh off one of the best pay-per-view events of the
2:52 AM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — Kevin Durant didn’t mince words after watching Ben Simmons play the best game of his brief Brooklyn Nets career in Thursday night’s 109-107 win over the Portland Trail Blazers. “Incredible,” Durant said after watching Simmons score 15 points, grab 13 rebounds and dish out seven assists in 32 minutes.
Back to the T20I scheme of things after an injury lay-off of more than a year, off-spinning all-rounder Washington Sundar feels his stint at the English county side Lancashire can help him do well in the ongoing limited-overs series in New Zealand. After enduring a long injury lay-off for most part of the year, Washington
Formula 1 has launched an all-female series aimed at helping women drivers progress through the motorsport ranks. Named the F1 Academy, it will consist of five teams of three cars contesting seven events featuring three races. F1 president Stefano Domenicali said the series gives female drivers “the best chance to fulfil their ambitions”. F1 will
7:05 AM ET Lindy Ruff had reason to smile. Not just because the New Jersey Devils were in the midst of a winning streak that would reach 11 games, but because the same fans who had called for his dismissal at the start of the season had audible apologized: “Fire Lindy!” had become “Sorry, Lindy!”
4:47 AM ET World Cup organisers have banned the sale of alcohol around stadiums in Qatar after last-minute showdown talks, FIFA announced on Friday. First reported by British newspaper The Times, FIFA and Qatari organisers were engaged in late negotiations over whether beer would be sold at the stadiums during the tournament, which begins on
Lewis Hamilton led team-mate George Russell to a Mercedes one-two in first practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Hamilton was 0.220 seconds clear of the winner of last weekend’s Sao Paulo Grand Prix as the final weekend of the Formula 1 season got under way. World champion Max Verstappen was not involved as Red
9:17 PM GMT South Africa’s director of rugby Rassie Erasmus has been handed a two-game ban from all matchday activities by World Rugby after tweets he posted that were perceived to be critical of referees. Erasmus returned this month from a near year-long stadium suspension following his infamous 62-minute video critique of Australian referee Nic
1:27 AM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University GREEN BAY — The Tennessee Titans showed what a total team effort looks like in a 27-17 win over the Green Bay Packers, but as is usually the case, it all started
7:46 PM ET Aaron Judge etched a permanent spot in the memories of baseball fans when he set the American League single-season home run record and chased a Triple Crown down the stretch for the New York Yankees. Now, he has a final accolade to top his historic 2022. The slugger was crowned AL Most
12:07 AM GMT Wallabies coach Dave Rennie insists he is a glass-half-full person who is not being weighed down by speculation his job may be on the rocks, the Kiwi also standing by his decision to make wholesale changes against Italy which he hopes will pay dividends against Ireland on Sunday morning [AEDT]. Rennie has
Dawid Malan‘s brilliant century helped England reach a total of 287/9 in 50 overs against Australia in the 1st ODI of the three-match series, at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday. Put to bat first, England lost wickets in quick succession as openers Phil Salt and Jason Roy were sent back to the dugout within 5
10:18 PM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — Yegor Sharangovich scored 57 seconds into overtime, Vitek Vanecek made 25 saves and the New Jersey Devils beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Thursday night for their 11th straight victory. Sharangovich scored his fourth goal of the season on a rebound after Jack Hughes stole the
8:30 PM ET This story was reported by Andrea Adelson, David M. Hale and Adam Rittenberg The photos that have run with nearly every story about the shooting deaths of three Virginia football players this week came from the team’s annual yearbook pictures. Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry are each dressed in