Month: January 2019

7:44 AM ET Former St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Chris Duncan has taken a permanent leave of absence from his radio job to battle brain cancer. Duncan, who is the son of former Cardinals pitching coach Dave Duncan, hit 22 homers as a rookie during St. Louis’ 2006 title run. He played three more years in
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7:00 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN As the Calgary Flames have surged into first place in the Western Conference, their top-line left winger Johnny Gaudreau has been at the epicenter. Gaudreau recently capped off a week in which he recorded five goals and 11 points in only four games. That includes an overtime win over his
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7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Earlier this week, we presented a look at hockey in Alabama through the filter of three teams: The Southern Professional Hockey League’s Huntsville Havoc, founded in 2004, and the Birmingham Bulls, who returned for a third time in 2017; and the NHL’s Nashville Predators, who draw a good portion of
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6:15 AM ET European Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington has backed Rory McIlroy‘s commitment to the team following the Northern Irishman’s recent comments about the European Tour. McIlroy told reporters at the season-opening Sentry Tournament of Champions last week that he saw the European Tour as a “stepping stone” to its U.S. equivalent, the PGA
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3:11 AM ET Hours after he called Oklahoma City Thunder guard Dennis Schroder “gay,” Minnesota Timberwolves forward Andrew Wiggins sought to clarify his remark, saying early Wednesday morning that he wouldn’t use “any term to disrespect” the LGBT community. Wiggins made the remark about Schroder to reporters following the Wolves’ 119-117 win Tuesday over the
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Jan 7, 2019 ESPNcricinfo staff Cricket West Indies (CWI) has been asked to “rescind” the appointment of Richard Pybus as national coach, with the Leewards Islands Cricket Board (LICB) saying he was “handpicked” by Dave Cameron, the CWI president, through an “unacceptable” process. “It is unfortunate, unacceptable and unethical for the CWI President to single-handedly
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