7:26 AM ET A former Team Sky and British Cycling doctor has admitted to telling “a lot of lies” and ordering a banned testosterone substance in an independent tribunal Tuesday. Dr. Richard Freeman, who retired from British cycling two years ago, is under investigation regarding the contents of a medical package delivered to Sir Bradley
6:17 AM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Roger Federer has pulled out of the inaugural ATP Cup. Organizers wrote on Twitter that Federer withdrew “due to family reasons and therefore Switzerland has been withdrawn as a country that qualified at the first entry deadline.” Federer withdrew “due to family reasons and therefore Switzerland has been
10:39 AM GMT Derbyshire have signed former South Africa U19 seamer Michael Cohen. Cohen, who qualifies for EU citizenship and is therefore not considered an overseas player, has played 15 first-class games – mostly for Western Province – and claimed 50 wickets at an average of 26.12. He bowls left-arm, is 21 years old and
4:10 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” HOUSTON — Finally, a baseball game worthy of these two teams. Five times over the past week, the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals, two teams fat with transcendent talent, had played one
3:18 AM ET LOS ANGELES — LeBron James‘ Tuesday began with him feeding first responders battling the Getty Fire in Los Angeles with tacos and it ended with him dancing along to a boisterous “Taco Tuesday!” chant at Staples Center. With under two minutes left and the Lakers cruising toward a 120-91 victory over the
1:24 AM BST TOKYO — England have received a fine for encroaching on the haka during last Saturday’s Rugby World Cup semifinal against New Zealand. The World Rugby regulations state England breached tournament rules “relating to cultural challenges, which states that no players from the team receiving the challenge may advance beyond the halfway line”,
6:15 PM ET In the new, trade-happy NFL, there’s plenty of deals to discuss around the trade deadline, which is 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Oct. 29. As the deadline approaches, I’ll grade each swap: Monday, Oct. 21 Oakland Raiders get: 2020 third-round pick (via Seattle)Houston Texans get: CB Gareon Conley Raiders grade: B-Texans grade:
1:19 AM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. You could call it karmic justice. You could call it luck. Heck, you could say the baseball
10:26 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” HOUSTON — Forget the bat flip. The newest innovation in baseball celebrations is the bat carry. After hitting a first-inning, go-ahead home run in Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday
9:43 PM ET The highly anticipated middleweight title fight between Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa is in jeopardy. Costa underwent surgery on his left biceps in early October, his manager, Wallid Ismail, told ESPN. UFC president Dana White first revealed the surgery news on the YouTube show “The Schmo and The Pro.” According to Ismail,