10:00 AM ET ESPN News Services PITTSBURGH — Ke’Bryan Hayes forgot to touch ’em all. The Pittsburgh Pirates rookie third baseman missed first base while running out a home run Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers and was called out after a replay review. Hayes stung an opposite-field line drive in the first inning
Big picture Shall we talk about the cricket for a bit, then? Let’s park the timeline mining and the urge to be outraged by every less-than-savoury comment ever committed to the Twittersphere, and focus on the reason why such remarks from England’s senior sports stars are held to a higher standard than the rest of
4:09 PM ET Mastercard Inc and drinks company Ambev, major sponsors of South American football, backed away from the Copa America on Wednesday as players criticised organisers for moving the tournament to Brazil despite one of the world’s worst COVID-19 outbreaks. – Brazilian footballers criticise Copa America switch– Brazil boss Tite denies pressure to step
5:45 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Anthony Pettis was scheduled to fight for his Professional Fighters League season on Thursday night. Now the former UFC lightweight champion’s last-ditch effort to make the playoffs will have to wait two weeks. Pettis is among four fighters whose bouts have been rescheduled for June 25, the PFL announced Wednesday.
4:40 PM ET The head of the proposed Premier Golf League is hoping to have a conversation with PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and has reached out to him this week with hopes of explaining his concept. Andy Gardiner, the CEO of the Premier Golf League, told ESPN an interview Wednesday that he’s been seeking
3:58 PM ET Senators were largely divided along party lines Wednesday as they debated to what extent Congress should be involved in reforming college sports during a summer when options for college athletes to make money will be expanding. Starting in July, a series of state laws will make it illegal for schools and the
12:32 PM ET When asked Wednesday what his issues are with Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka came back with another question. “How would I characterize it? I don’t know where you want to start, like I guess — where do you want to start?” Koepka said during a news conference from the Palmetto Championship at Congree.
12:09 PM ET Herb Carnegie never played in the NHL. It wasn’t for lack of ability, as he was considered one of the most talented players in Canada’s semi-professional leagues from 1938-54. Rather, he and others believed it was because he was Black. “He had a lot of roadblocks that were connected to racism,” his
1:05 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Mikko Korhonen of Finland withdrew from the U.S. Open on Wednesday because of travel concerns getting to Torrey Pines. He was replaced in the field by Cole Hammer, the first alternate from the Columbus, Ohio, qualifier that featured the strongest field. Korhonen has never played in the
News “He does a lot of good things on the field and the boys respect him even as a young leader,” Islamabad United coach says Johan Botha, the Islamabad United head coach, reckons his team’s leader Shadab Khan is the “best captain” in the Pakistan Super League. Botha, speaking ahead of the league’s resumption on