Jun 27, 2021 The Houston Astros have a major league best seven finalists to start in the 2021 All-Star Game. The top three finalists for each position based on fan voting in each league, plus designated hitter for the American League, were announced Sunday. Three teams — the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs and Toronto
11:31 AM ET Associated Press WIMBLEDON, England — Novak Djokovic overcame a wobbly start to win his opening match at Wimbledon. The two-time defending champion was 0-for-7 converting break points in the first set, which he lost to 19-year-old British wild card Jack Draper. Djokovic slipped several times on the grass but hit 25 aces
4:40 PM ET The UFC is adding an interim heavyweight title fight between Derrick Lewis and Ciryl Gane to its pay-per-view event Aug. 7, according to president Dana White. The UFC tried to book an undisputed title fight between defending champion Francis Ngannou and Lewis in June and then targeted it again for UFC 265
3:58 PM ET Associated Press CANTON, Ohio — John Facenda, a longtime narrator of NFL highlights whose voice became synonymous with the league, is the winner of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s 2021 Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award. Facenda, who died in 1984, was a television news anchor in Philadelphia when NFL Films creator Ed
3:15 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN ATLANTA — An MRI on the sprained right ankle of Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young revealed a bone bruise in his foot Monday afternoon, and he’ll be listed as questionable for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night. “That’s the head of our
2:43 PM ET Associated Press PAWTUCKET, R.I. — The victim of a fatal shooting in Pawtucket over the weekend was identified Monday as a former college football player. Keshaudas Spence, of Brockton, Massachusetts, was found in the passenger seat of a car suffering from a gunshot wound at about 4:45 a.m. Saturday, Pawtucket police said
3:24 PM BST South Africa will resume training activities on Monday afternoon after a COVID-19 scare in the squad as they build up to their first test in 20 months against Georgia on Friday, officials have confirmed. Initially three players tested positive for the virus over the weekend, but scrum-half Herschel Jantjies has since been
Report First home fixture of the Vitality Blast is washed out without a ball being bowled Hampshire versus Middlesex – match abandoned Hampshire Hawks’ hopes of a happy homecoming was ruined by rain after Monday’s Vitality Blast clash with Middlesex was washed out without a ball being bowled at the Ageas Bowl. A torrential downpour
11:48 AM ET Stephanie Rempe and a small group of staff members at LSU have spent several hours each day in June diving down a seemingly endless series of rabbit holes. Rempe, who serves as the executive deputy director of athletics/chief operating officer of the LSU athletic department, pieced together a task force more than
2:01 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — The Seattle Kraken will use the Charlotte Checkers as their American Hockey League affiliate for the first season of the newest NHL franchise. The Kraken reached an agreement with the Florida Panthers to share Charlotte as their affiliate for the 2021-22 season. Seattle has been awarded an AHL