7:00 AM ET Kyle Schwarber‘s home runs this postseason have been nothing short of majestic. One traveled 488 feet in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series against the San Diego Padres last week, the longest home run in Petco Park history. Another — 429 feet this time — got lost in the trees
11:46 AM ET Chicago Blackhawks forward Tyler Johnson has been placed on injured reserve with an ankle injury. Johnson has been off to a great start with two goals and four assists in six games for a Chicago team that has surprisingly won four straight games. Tyler Johnson falls awkwardly into the boards against the
8:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN For a generation, being a quality Eastern Conference team has meant guaranteed passage into the NBA postseason. Unlike its Western counterpart, where good teams routinely have been left out of the playoff picture, the East — since the Charlotte Hornets reentered the league in 2004, bringing the NBA to its
Paul van Meekeren would one day love to narrate to his grandchildren how it felt like bowling to players of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s calibre in a Word Cup game. Meekeren, who got the wicket of KL Rahul during the Netherlands’ T20 World Cup match against India here on Thursday, termed everything that happened
11:22 AM ET Associated Press David Gilliland will move his racing organization from Ford to Toyota next season and rebrand it as TRICON Garage, which will field entries in both the Truck Series and ARCA Series. TRICON, formerly known as David Gilliland Racing, will run three full-time Toyota Tundras and one part-time entry beginning with
7:37 AM ET Associated Press Phil Mickelson has responded to Rory McIlroy‘s most recent criticism of LIV Golf by saying the Saudi-backed breakaway series is “a force that’s not going away.” This week The Guardian published an interview in which McIlroy — the world’s No. 1 player again — said the game was not benefitting
12:55 PM ET The ambitious Bellator vs. Rizin card on New Year’s Eve has its top fights set — and all are highly competitive, featuring top athletes from both promotions. Bellator star AJ McKee will face Rizin lightweight champion Roberto “Satoshi” de Souza in the main event of the Dec. 31 card at Japan’s Saitama
Pakistan lost to Zimbabwe by one run.© AFP The Babar Azam-led Pakistan suffered a stunning meltdown on Thursday to go down by one run to Zimbabwe in their second Group 2 game in Perth. This loss came after Pakistan had lost their first game against India. The defeat against Zimbabwe will hurt Pakistan as they
Next year’s Tour de France Femmes will feature a summit finish on the famous Col du Tourmalet. Stage seven, covering 90km, will start in Lannemezan before climbing the Col d’Aspin at 1,490m and then the Tourmalet at 2,115m. The eight-stage race, which totals 956km, will run from July 23 to 30 and end with a
4:02 PM ET New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones took approximately 90% of the first-team reps at practice Wednesday and will start Sunday against the New York Jets, a source told ESPN’s Field Yates. Patriots coach Bill Belichick pulled Jones after three series in Monday’s blowout loss to Chicago, inserting rookie Bailey Zappe in his
9:14 AM ET MILWAUKEE, Wis. — The Brooklyn Nets want Ben Simmons to shoot the ball more. Nets coach Steve Nash has been making that clear by preaching for more aggression from Simmons, but Nets point guard Kyrie Irving took those pleas to a new level Wednesday night. 1 Related With just over nine minutes
9:21 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN CAMARILLO, Calif. — Fights are often compared to wars, though it’s no longer a metaphor Vasiliy Lomachenko cares to indulge. Not anymore. Not after seeing the real thing. With respect to war, Ukraine’s two-time gold medalist, considered for several consecutive years to be the greatest fighter in the world, has
Oct 26, 2022 Associated Press IRVING, Texas — Kansas State quarterback Adrian Martinez and Iowa linebacker Jack Campbell were among 15 players named finalists Wednesday for the William V. Campbell Trophy, given to college football’s top scholar-athlete. Finalists are chosen from all levels of college football by the National Football Foundation and earn an $18,000
7:00 AM ET If I ran a struggling NHL team and there was a generational talent available in the next draft class, I wouldn’t tank the season. No, “tanking” is too tame a description for what I’d do. I would populate my team with semi-pros. I would replace their sticks with swimming pool noodles. My
4:35 AM ET Dmitry Tursunov said he decided not to continue coaching Emma Raducanu at the end of a trial period with the 2021 US Open champion because of “red flags” he could not ignore. Since winning the US Open title, Raducanu has fallen to 76th in the WTA rankings. Raducanu, 19, has been without
5:17 AM BST Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and Stephen Perofeta have been named in the All Blacks’ starting 15 for the first time in a much-changed line-up for the Test against Japan in Tokyo on Saturday. Tuivasa-Sheck will start at inside centre alongside Braydon Ennor, with Perofeta starting at fullback in Ian Foster’s team. Halfback Finlay Christie
3:05 PM ET Associated Press Adam Wainwright will pitch for the St. Louis Cardinals next season, choosing to return for an 18th with the club while longtime teammates Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina head into retirement. Cardinals president John Mozeliak said Wednesday that the 41-year-old Wainwright informed the NL Central champions of his decision to
3:30 AM ET Matchday five of the Champions League saw 12 teams qualify for the knockout stages, with plenty of goals, heartbreak and drama along the way. Early exits for Barcelona, Juventus, Ajax and Atletico Madrid will be bitter for those fans and players, while Chelsea and Bayern Munich look like title contenders after finishing