7:00 AM ET ESPN.com staff It’s only Wednesday in MLB’s League Division Series Week and we already have our first potential elimination game as the Astros close in on returning to the American League Championship Series to defend last year’s pennant. With the Yankees and Rays splitting their first two games and questions growing out
8:15 AM ET Two Tennessee Titans players have tested positive for COVID-19, a source told ESPN’s Dan Graziano on Wednesday. After two consecutive days with negative tests, coach Mike Vrabel had been hopeful that the Titans could return to their facility on Wednesday. Under NFL rules, that can no longer happen. This puts Sunday’s game
7:30 AM ET The final whistle would blow, Florida coach Dan Mullen would say a few words, and then players and coaches would begin to go their separate ways. Dinner was waiting. Rest. Maybe a little homework before bed. But the quarterback and tight end would stay behind. 2 Related The sun would be fading
8:19 AM ET Former British Cycling and Team Sky doctor Richard Freeman, who was charged with ordering 30 sachets of banned substance Testogel for an athlete in 2011, admitted to destroying a laptop with “a screwdriver or blunt instrument” before giving it to forensic experts conducting a doping investigation. Freeman, appearing at a General Medical
5:12 AM BST And we thought 2019 was a chaotic year for Australian rugby. From the Israel Folau saga to the Wallabies’ World Cup hellhole, Michael Cheika’s unceremonious exit and the continued fallout from that failed campaign, we could have been forgiven for thinking brighter days lay upon the horizon in 2020. And so they
4:00 AM ET Ian DarkeESPN.com writer Close Darke, who called games for the network during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, is ESPN lead soccer voice in the United States. He has covered the Barclays Premier League and the Champions League since 1982, and has one of the world’s most recognizable soccer voices.
Ben Stokes has a pensive moment © BCCI Ben Stokes says that his return to cricket comes with the “love and blessing” of his family, after linking up with his Rsjasthan Royals team-mates in the UAE to take part in the IPL. Stokes was granted indefinite leave during England’s Test series against Pakistan in August,
8:13 PM ET Center Quinton Byfield of the OHL’s Sudbury Wolves was taken No. 2 overall by the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night, making him the highest-drafted Black player in NHL history. “Being in the record books for anything is definitely super special, but that especially,” Byfield said. “My dad and mom didn’t play
2:36 AM ET Italian Luca Wackermann was forced to withdraw from the Giro d’Italia with multiple injuries following a big crash in Tuesday’s fourth stage caused by a low flying helicopter. The crash, which brought down Wackermann and Dutchman Etienne van Empel of the Vini Zabu-KTM team, happened at the end of the stage when
9:53 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. SAN DIEGO — Veteran lefty J.A. Happ admitted he was surprised with the strategy the New York Yankees employed in announcing that Deivi Garcia would be their American League Division Series Game 2 starter, and then allowing the rookie