7:00 AM ET I get it: Hitting 20 home runs isn’t what it used to be. Thirty home runs in 2019 might barely elicit a yawn at season’s end, and even 40 home runs might register only a simple, “Well, that’s a nice season.” But, come on, 50 home runs is still 50 home runs,
Month: September 2019
10:10 PM ET Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Australia’s Hannah Green overcame a three-shot deficit with a final round 5-under 67 Sunday to win the Portland Classic and deny teenager Yealimi Noh’s bid to become the third Monday qualifier to win on the LPGA Tour. Green erased the deficit with two birdies over the final
9:28 PM ET Associated Press CALGARY, Alberta — Wes Short Jr. made a short birdie putt on the final hole to win the Shaw Charity Classic on Sunday. His final-round 4-under 66 gave him a 13-under 267 total, one shot ahead of defending champion Scott McCarron. Short got a fortunate break when his second shot
9:00 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Cincinnati Reds third baseman Eugenio Suarez left the second game of a doubleheader against the St. Louis Cardinals after being hit by a pitch Sunday night. Daniel Ponce de Leon plunked Suarez on the left hand with his first pitch of the at-bat in the fifth inning.
8:24 PM ET PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Steelers take care of their top priority of the summer, signing cornerback Joe Haden to a two-year, $22-million extension with a $16.8-million signing bonus Sunday night, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Haden had one year and $10 million left on his current deal, so this locks up
8:14 PM ET Restricted free agent Ivan Barbashev agreed to terms with the St. Louis Blues on a two-year contract worth an annual average value of $1.475 million, the team announced Sunday. Barbashev, 23, played in 80 games for the Blues in their Stanley Cup season of 2018-19, recording 14 goals and 12 assists for
4:44 PM ET Carlos Carrasco made his return to a major league mound on Sunday after being diagnosed with leukemia earlier this year. The Cleveland Indians veteran right-hander pitched an inning in relief against the Tampa Bay Rays, allowing two hits and a run. The 32-year-old Carrasco hadn’t pitched in the majors since late May
4:46 PM ET Simon Cambers American doubles star Mike Bryan was fined $10,000 on Sunday for making a shooting gesture with his racket, aimed at a linesperson, during a match at Flushing Meadows on Saturday night. Bryan turned his racket upside down and held it as if he was holding a gun, in the direction
5:09 PM ET Richard Mann UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov returns to action on Saturday for the first time since defeating former champion Conor McGregor last October. In the main event of UFC 242 he will meet interim champion Dustin Poirier, who is coming off his own signature victory over reigning featherweight champion Max Holloway.
3:00 AM ET Innings West Indies 117 (Hetmyer 34, Bumrah 6-27, Shami 2-34) trail India 416 by 299 runs India took just over an hour to end West Indies’ innings on the third day, with Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja splitting the last three wickets between them. West Indies were bowled out for