1:46 PM ET ESPN News Services LAS VEGAS — Seattle Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto was taken to a hospital “out of an abundance of caution,” according to the team, after he fell ill during the winter meetings in Las Vegas. The Mariners said Thursday that team officials took him to a local hospital on
1:12 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sharmeen Khan, who is widely credited for having women’s cricket in Pakistan officially recognised, has died aged 46. News outlets in Pakistan reported that she died of pneumonia. Sharmeen played two Tests – Pakistan’s women’s team has only ever played three – and 26 ODIs between 1997 and 2002, opening
Dec 13, 2018 At this point, it’s the only question worth asking: Who will win Saturday night’s super middleweight world title bout between Rocky Fielding and Canelo Alvarez at Madison Square Garden in New York City? Our experts make their picks. Dan RafaelESPN.com Canelo by KOCanelo is coming off a very tough fight with GGG
12:19 PM ET South African Oliver Bekker shot seven birdies for an opening round of 66 on Thursday, taking a one shot lead at the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek Country Club. Bekker, who turned 34 this week and is ranked No. 305 in the world, hit four successive birdies on the newly refurbished
12:43 PM ET The fallout from Patrick Reed‘s controversial comments after the Ryder Cup continued this week as Golf Digest reported that fellow PGA Tour player Kevin Kisner said the Masters champion has no friends among his former college teammates at Georgia and Augusta State. “They all hate him — any guys that were on
11:36 AM ET If there was one complication in Michael Chandler‘s latest round of negotiations with Bellator MMA, it was that the promotion agreed to everything he wanted. Chandler (18-4) fought out his previous contract earlier this year and could have tested free agency. He chose to sign an exclusive extension with Bellator instead, and
11:12 AM ET Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz underwent a scan on his back Wednesday that was inconclusive and was scheduled to undergo an MRI on Thursday to help diagnosis an issue that has plagued him for several weeks, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Wentz is unlikely to play Sunday night against the Los
11:01 AM ET Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy will start Thursday’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, making his return from a fractured left foot suffered last month. Without Vasilevskiy, who hasn’t played since Nov. 10, Louis Domingue has gone 11-2-0 and has won six straight games for the Atlantic Division-leading Lightning. Edward Pasquale
10:26 AM ET New York Knicks guard Allonzo Trier — a rookie revelation on a two-way contract — has agreed to a two-year, $7 million contract with a team option for the second year, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The Knicks were rapidly closing on 45 days of allowable NBA service under Trier’s two-way deal,
9:41 AM ET Appalachian State is hiring NC State offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Eli Drinkwitz as its new head coach, pending approval of a contract by the school’s board of trustees on Thursday morning, sources told ESPN. Drinkwitz, 35, replaces former Mountaineers coach Scott Satterfield, who left to become Louisville’s new coach. Drinkwitz’s hiring