Month: July 2019

2:59 PM ET CAIRO, July 5 (Reuters) – Ten-man Benin rode their luck to eliminate heavily fancied Morocco on penalties in an extraordinary upset in the opening match of the knockout stage of the Africa Cup of Nations on Friday. Benin advanced to quarter-finals, after four successive draws, as they outscored Morocco 4-1 in the
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10:05 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN This is the velocity of an offer sheet. Within a span of 24 hours, Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin went from lauded maverick to short-sighted dupe. Sebastian Aho, the 21-year-old Carolina Hurricanes center he signed to a five-year, $42.27 million contract offer sheet, went from traitorous opportunist to naïve
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9:52 PM ET ESPN News Services Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon watched the final 5½ innings of Thursday’s 11-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates from the clubhouse after getting tossed following an exchange with the Pittsburgh dugout. Maddon appeared to take exception with Pittsburgh’s Jordan Lyles pitching up and in to All-Star Javier Baez in
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