10:00 AM ET Editor’s note: Alex Rodriguez has a unique relationship with the four players voted into the 2019 Hall of Fame class. He was teammates with three of them (Mariano Rivera, Edgar Martinez and Mike Mussina) and played against Roy Halladay throughout their careers. In the days leading up to their enshrinement in Cooperstown,
10:35 AM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin will go to China as part of the NHL’s continued outreach in that country. Ovechkin will visit Beijing in early August as a league ambassador. He’s expected to take part in youth hockey clinics, interviews and business development meetings. The Russian star said
9:34 AM ET Thanks to a wild summer featuring a slew of superstars switching teams, the NBA is a very different place than it was just one year ago. Just ask the Las Vegas sportsbooks. Last season, the top of the futures board included an odds-on favorite in the Golden State Warriors, plus outside contenders
9:09 AM ET Who are the upcoming NBA free agents to watch? Nearly half the league hit free agency in 2019, and through mid-July almost every major player has signed. Plenty of stars changed teams, including Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Kawhi Leonard, Jimmy Butler and Kemba Walker. The 2020 class won’t have the same star
9:08 AM ET The UFC is working on finalizing a Donald Cerrone vs. Justin Gaethje main event for the Sept. 14 Fight Night card in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, multiple sources confirmed with ESPN. UFC president Dana White first revealed the plans to Yahoo Sports on Wednesday night. According to sources, the fight isn’t finalized,
12:00 AM BST James O’Connor made his Super Rugby debut when the Western Force were in just their third season. After two seasons in the Super 14, the Force had at last assembled a squad that could push for the playoffs. In the likes of Matt Giteau, Drew Mitchell, Nathan Sharpe, Matt Hodgson, Cameron Shepherd
1:27 AM ET First and foremost, Kai Kara-France is just happy to have a job. Not the 9-5 kind, the daily grind that others dread when the alarm signals a return to the office on a Monday morning. No, the 26-year-old Kiwi prefers to earn his keep in the gym. And with his immediate UFC
8:30 AM BST The Wallabies have covered all bases in their side to face South Africa in Saturday’s opening Rugby Championship at Ellis Park, including debutants, redemption stories and players rewarded for Super Rugby form. While the Springboks openly stated they had picked a B side with their eye on next week’s clash with the
7:22 AM ET As Melvin Gordon‘s contract impasse reaches a week, the Los Angeles Chargers running back says his teammates and running backs around the league support him. Gordon said he gave some teammates a heads-up that he would threaten to hold out if he didn’t get a new deal. “They’re all behind me. They
Jozy Altidore’s stunning opener set the tone for Toronto who added two more goals to defeat the New York Red Bulls 3-1 at BMO Field. The New York Red Bulls have rebuffed transfer offers from an unnamed Premier League side for U.S. international Aaron Long, and aren’t interested in selling the defender during the current