8:15 AM ET Late in the regular season, a couple of Houston Astros players paused between their rounds of batting practice to speculate about some negotiations to come in the offseason, about what Bryce Harper and Manny Machado might get in free agency and where they might land. Last winter was tough for older free-agent
Month: November 2018
7:58 PM ET Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell is unlikely to report to the team by Tuesday’s deadline, multiple league sources tell ESPN. Even as the Steelers now brace to lose their marquee running back for the entire year, Bell’s camp continues to maintain its cone of silence and repeatedly has declined to address
7:59 PM ET Boston Red Sox television analyst Jerry Remy tweeted Friday that he is currently cancer-free after being diagnosed with the disease again in August. “Friday was a very good day for me,” Remy, the former Red Sox second baseman, wrote. “Had my first scan since going through treatments. Highly successful. Cancer free for
8:00 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Oleksandr Usyk remains in cruise control, but it wasn’t all smooth sailing before he knocked out Tony Bellew in the eighth round Saturday night.
7:18 PM ET EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State senior running back LJ Scott will redshirt this season, allowing him to return to the team for the 2019 season. Coach Mark Dantonio announced the decision to redshirt Scott after Saturday’s 26-6 loss to Ohio State. Drue Chrisman kept Michigan State pinned back with a sensational
6:19 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — Christopher Bell saved his season by winning Saturday at ISM Raceway to snag a spot in the Xfinity Series championship. The victory was the series-high seventh of the season for Bell, last year’s Truck Series champion. Despite his dominance throughout the year, Bell crashed in the previous
shares © Getty Images The ICC are considering moving Women’s World T20 group games from St Lucia to Antigua because of heavy rains and a grim forecast for the next week. The first St Lucia match of the tournament between England and Sri Lanka was rained off and thunderstorms are forecast until at least
5:56 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Exercise rider Odanis “Cuba” Acuna died in a training accident at Churchill Downs when his horse broke down with catastrophic injuries, the track announced Saturday. The 42-year-old rider for trainer Kenny McPeek was breezing unraced 2-year-old New York Harbor when the horse fell about a sixteenth of
5:02 PM ET A bogey on the last hole saw Sergio Garcia card a 71 to hold a two-shot lead after the third round of the European Tour’s Nedbank Golf Challenge following a day of high scores at the Gary Player Country Club. Garcia managed three birdies and two bogeys, including the one on the
5:02 PM ET Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Alex de Minaur to claim the Next Gen ATP Finals title in Milan Saturday. The young Greek star, and number one seed, completed a perfect run through the tournament with a 2-4, 4-1, 4-3(3), 4-3(3) victory over the 19-year-old de Minaur. Earlier, Andrey Rublev and Jaume Munar battled it