Hobart Hurricanes have pulled off a WBBL coup by poaching England fast bowler Issy Wong for the upcoming season. Wong, 20, burst onto the WBBL scene last season playing for Sydney Thunder where she took nine wickets in 13 games at an economy rate of 7.28. She also produced one of the most stunning hitting
8:00 PM ET CHICAGO – As Chicago Bears first-year general manager Ryan Poles evaluated his players during their preseason opener on Saturday, the most pressing assessment centered around a player standing on the sidelines in a T-shirt and shorts. What to do with Roquan Smith? The 25-year-old linebacker is considered by some to be the
6:24 PM ET Associated Press MASON, Ohio — Andy Murray pulled out a 7-6 (3), 5-7, 7-5 win over Stan Wawrinka on Monday in the first round of the Western & Southern Open in a matchup of three-time Grand Slam champions trying to put injuries behind them. Murray and Wawrinka both have a US Open
6:09 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Carlos Alcaraz will lead Spain against Novak Djokovic‘s Serbia next month in the Davis Cup group stage after Rafael Nadal wasn’t named to the Spanish team on Monday. Nadal is set to return to competition at this week’s hard-court tournament in Cincinnati after an abdominal injury caused the
5:02 PM ET The California State Athletic Commission wants Tyson Nam to move up in weight after the UFC fighter violated the board’s fight-night weight regulations Saturday at UFC San Diego. Nam weighed 126 pounds Friday at the weigh-ins, successfully making the nontitle flyweight limit. But on fight night, the CSAC weighed Nam again and
1:49 PM ET Myles Brennan, who started at quarterback for LSU in early 2020 but missed most of the past two seasons with injuries, will no longer play college football, the school announced Monday. Brennan had been competing with former Arizona State transfer Jayden Daniels and sophomore Garrett Nussmeier for the starting job. “We are
2:08 PM ET Ryan Rosenblatt What feels more inevitable: LAFC winning the Supporters’ Shield or Sebastian Driussi winning MVP? The questions now are whether the Black and Gold will set the points record and in how many games will Driussi bring Austin back from the brink? Oh, and the other question: Who is going to
1:47 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Texas Rangers fired manager Chris Woodward on Monday amid a season of dissatisfactory progress despite the investment of more than half a billion guaranteed dollars in the free agent market over
1:56 PM ET Shane Burgos is leaving the UFC and signing with PFL, the popular featherweight fighter announced Monday on “The MMA Hour.” Burgos fought out his UFC contract with his win over Charles Jourdain on July 16, becoming a free agent. He said he will likely compete in PFL before the end of the
9:44 AM ET NFL officials threw 15 flags for illegal contact during the first week of the preseason, an elevated number that reflected the league’s request that officials pay close attention to those fouls. The league does not compile public preseason penalty data, but the total is based on an ESPN examination of the week’s