10:33 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” HOUSTON — First basemen across the American League couldn’t believe what they were hearing this summer as the Houston Astros cruised toward the MLB playoffs. Jose Altuve, one of the great hitters
Month: October 2019
7:50 AM ET HOUSTON — Imagine it from Kevin Cash’s perspective. You spend the entirety of the Tampa Bay Rays‘ quick turnaround from Wednesday’s wild-card win at the Oakland Athletics preparing for a 36-year-old ace who somehow seems to keep getting better. The Rays have beaten Justin Verlander before, but not on this stage —
3:35 PM ET Nigeria’s Super Eagles crashed out of the 2019 WAFU Cup of Nations after a disastrous penalty shoot-out saw them lose 3-2 to Cape Verde after regulation time ended 1-1 at the Stade Lat Dior in Thies, Senegal, on Saturday. The Super Eagles controlled the possession stakes in the first half but for
7:21 AM ET Associated Press BEIJING — Top seeds Dominic Thiem and Ashleigh Barty are through to the finals of the China Open in Beijing. Austrian Thiem will face Germany’s second-seeded Alexander Zverev or Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas in Sunday’s final, while Australian Barty meets two-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka of Japan, who downed defending
7:16 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Novak Djokovic has been in dominant form at the Japan Open. That bodes well for the top-ranked Serb’s chances of winning the gold medal at next year’s Olympics. Playing on the same court that will host the tennis tournament at the Tokyo Olympics, Djokovic beat third-seeded David Goffin
James Milner kept his cool to score a late penalty. Liverpool ensured that Brendan Rodgers’ return to Anfield would not be a happy one, with a late 2-1 win. It was a match designed to test the Reds’ title credentials, with Sadio Mane‘s strike cancelled out by James Maddison, but James Milner converted a penalty
6:00 PM ET Can the Los Angeles Dodgers win their first World Series since 1988? Will the Houston Astros or the New York Yankees come out of the American League. Or will a team like the Minnesota Twins or the Atlanta Braves surprise in October? The complete schedule, with game times and broadcast networks, is
1:57 AM ET Charlie Edwards on Friday vacated his flyweight world title, saying that it was too difficult to continue making the 112-pound division weight limit. Edwards (15-1, 6 KOs), 26, of England, won the belt by upset unanimous decision from Cristofer Rosales in December 2018 and made two successful defenses, a unanimous decision against
3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Australia Women 9 for 281 (Lanning 73, Mooney 66, Haynes 56) beat Sri Lanka Women 124 by 157 runs An all-round team effort from Australia earned them a 157-run victory in the first ODI against Sri Lanka at Allan Border Field. Three of the top five posted half-centuries, with Meg
11:44 PM ET Associated Press CINCINNATI — Ahmad Gardner returned an interception for a go-ahead touchdown and Cincinnati clamped down on freshman quarterback Dillon Gabriel and No. 18 UCF‘s high-scoring offense Friday night for a 27-24 victory that ended the Knights’ streak of 19 conference wins. After getting blown out in their previous two matchups
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