3:34 PM ET ESPN News Services After an awkward exchange following Game 7 of the World Series in which he said he was “not employed by the team,” free agent Gerrit Cole, a front-runner for the AL Cy Young Award, said his “thank you” to the Houston Astros and their fans via social media on
Month: October 2019
3:30 PM ET What better way to honor Halloween than acknowledge the NHL’s walking, perhaps hobbling, wounded and gruesomely wonder how each individual injury might affect our own fantasy roster? Okay, if not fully holiday-apropos, at least this info is useful. Here’s a comprehensive look at the fantasy fallout from those hurt horridly and not-so-horridly
7:30 AM ET Many kids grow up dreaming of playing in their favorite professional league, imagining one day jogging out of the tunnel for the Green Bay Packers, climbing the steps of the dugout in New York Yankees pinstripes or skating onto the ice for the Boston Bruins. Some might dream of another future, though:
2:55 PM ET Heavyweights Alexander Povetkin has fought for a heavyweight world title and Michael Hunter would like to. The former Olympians will square off in an elimination bout with the winner putting himself in position to get that eventual opportunity. Povetkin and Hunter will meet in the co-feature of the rematch between unified heavyweight
2:49 PM ET Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner is listed as week-to-week after spraining his right ankle Wednesday, the team announced. The injury occurred in the first quarter of Indiana’s 118-108 road win against the Brooklyn Nets. The team’s 2015 first-round draft pick is averaging 14.8 points and 6.8 rebounds in four games this season.
3:50 PM BST TOKYO — After two Rugby World Cup cycles of New Zealand dominance, rugby is ready for a fresh name to adorn the Webb Ellis Cup. Saturday’s World Cup final in Yokohama will throw up a clash of hemispheres, styles and backstories as England face South Africa in the ninth final of rugby’s
Oct 14, 2019 Lewis Hamilton is on the verge of winning the championship and looks likely to clinch at the U.S. Grand Prix on Nov. 3. Hamilton won in Mexico to open up a 72-point lead over Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas with 78 points to play for from the final three races. While there was
8:17 AM ET WBC junior lightweight world titleholder Miguel Berchelt will face former junior featherweight titlist Jason Sosa in the main event of a Top Rank Boxing card Saturday night at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. The fight will air live on ESPN at 10:30 p.m. ET, with undercard bouts on ESPN+
1:39 PM ET AUSTIN, Texas — Doing the right thing isn’t easy. Soon-to-be six-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton found that out the hard way a couple of weeks ago when he posted a message on Instagram vocalising his concerns about climate change. “Extinction of our race is becoming more and more likely as we
Nashra Sandhu gets a hug from captain Sana Mir © ICC Pakistan have made three changes to their squad that beat Bangladesh 3-0 in the T20I series earlier this week for the ODIs. Fifteen-year old legspinner Syeda Aroob Shah has earned her maiden Pakistan call-up, figuring in the 15-member squad for the two-match series against