4:49 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball drew 45.3 million fans this year as fans gradually were allowed to return, down from 68.5 million over 2019 in the last season before the coronavirus pandemic. The Dodgers led the major leagues in home attendance at 2.8 million. They did not start selling
1:05 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Mookie Betts and the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers had four of the top-10-selling jerseys in Major League Baseball this season. Betts’ No. 50 uniform claimed the top spot for the second straight year after he was acquired prior to the 2020 season from the
2:08 PM ET Umpire Joe West has officially informed Major League Baseball he will retire after the postseason. West, 68, broke the record for most games umpired, held by Bill Klem, when he was behind the plate for No. 5,376 in May. “Breaking the record was the goal,” West told ESPN on Monday. “I thought
6:05 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox think pitcher Carlos Rodon will be healthy enough to help them in the playoffs after the All-Star left-hander was limited down the regular-season stretch. “We remain optimistic that he’s going to be able to contribute over the course of the next month,” general manager
8:30 PM ET Boston Red Sox slugger J.D. Martinez remains a question for the team’s American League Wild Card Game against the visiting New York Yankees on Tuesday night at Fenway Park as he continues to recover from a sprained left ankle. Martinez suffered the injury in the fifth inning when he tripped over the
3:10 PM ET ESPN News Services The New York Mets will not pick up manager Luis Rojas’ option for next season, ending his tenure with the team at two seasons. Rojas drew praise this year as New York led the NL East for three months, but the team began a collapse in early August without
7:36 PM ET It wasn’t quite as chaotic of an ending as it could have been, but the 2021 MLB regular season is finally in the books. Now, playoff baseball is finally in store. In the AL, the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees renew their historic rivalry in what promises to be an
7:00 AM ET The MLB playoffs are upon us. How ready are you for the postseason action? After a sprint to the finish that saw the final American League wild-card spot decided on the final day of the regular season, the 10 teams chasing World Series glory this October are set with the San Francisco
4:53 PM ET p=””> Rain stopped the NASCAR playoff race at Talladega Superspeedway on Monday, but by no means did it put a damper on Bubba Wallace’s historic victory. The 27-year-old’s first NASCAR Cup Series win made him only the second Black winner in series history. Wendell Scott first did so in December 1963. According
4:29 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — Bubba Wallace became just the second Black driver to win at NASCAR’s top Cup Series level when rain stopped Monday’s playoff race at Talladega Superspeedway. Wallace had driven through a crash and to the front of the field five laps before the second rain stoppage of the
8:23 PM ET Bubba Wallace is now a NASCAR Cup Series race winner. Deal with it. He did it Monday afternoon at Talladega Superspeedway, the crapshoot of all racetracks. He did it in a rain-shortened event, the crapshoot of all race strategies. He did it driving for a new team co-owned by the greatest basketball
9:31 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The Toto Japan Classic is no longer part of the LPGA Tour schedule because of the pandemic, leaving only one tournament as part of the tour’s Asian swing in the fall. The Toto Japan Classic is scheduled for Nov. 4-7. The LPGA Tour now has only
8:12 PM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nashville assistant coach Todd Richards is recovering from a heart attack. The Predators announced Monday that Richards, a former Minnesota and Columbus head coach, had the attack Friday. Richards has been released from the hospital and is resting at home in Nashville. “He is expected to make
3:59 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said he can get the best out of Manchester United‘s superstar squad despite Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Everton meaning United have won just two of their last six games and only one during a run of four straight fixtures at Old Trafford. Solskjaer saw his squad strengthened
5:42 AM ET Manchester City will submit a report to Liverpool today detailing allegations that a member of Pep Guardiola’s coaching staff was spat at by a supporter during Sunday’s 2-2 draw at Anfield, sources have told ESPN. Sources have said that City have video footage of a man suspected of spitting at the member
10:51 AM ET Associated Press After playing one game for the United States, defender Julian Araujo has been cleared to change his national eligibility to Mexico, FIFA said on Monday. The 20-year-old LA Galaxy defender made his debut for the U.S. last December, starting at right back in a 6-0 win over El Salvador. –
6:22 PM ET Major League Soccer rivals LA Galaxy and LAFC said they are investigating incidents of fan violence following their 1-1 draw on Sunday at Dignity Health Sports Park. Footage on social media shows fans pushing and fighting as they exit the home stadium of the Galaxy after Sunday’s result. According to TMZ Sports,
2:11 PM ET The owner of the Portland Thorns of the National Women’s Soccer League on Monday said he regrets not being transparent after cutting ties with then-coach Paul Riley back in 2015. The North Carolina Courage last week fired Riley amid allegations spanning over a decade of sexual coercion and inappropriate comments about players’