3:09 PM ET Associated Press CAGUAS, Puerto Rico — Hundreds of arms stretched into the sky in the hometown of Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora on Saturday, as fans took pictures and video of the first man from Puerto Rico to lead a team to a World Series championship. Cora held up the trophy
6:40 PM ET Before there was Baseball-Reference.com, there was “The Bill James Handbook,” the annual statistical compilation of the baseball season. The “Handbook” still exists, and it’s still wonderful — 600 pages of stats and essays and delightful nuggets of information. As always, the bulk of the book is the player register — career numbers
3:00 AM ET Big Picture Pakistan have been pushed this T20I series, in a manner they weren’t against Australia, but no matter the challenge thrown at them, they seem to find a way in this format. The detractors are finding it harder to explain away Pakistan’s spell of dominance as a purple patch, a streak
6:45 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Whatever the outcome next Saturday, Tony Bellew is hoping for a slugfest when he takes on undisputed cruiserweight king Oleksandr Usyk in order to
5:25 PM ET Associated Press PRAGUE — World No. 8 Karolina Pliskova has been ruled out of the Czech Republic team in the Fed Cup final against the defending champion United States next weekend due to calf muscle and wrist injuries. The Czech team says Pliskova was injured last week during the WTA Finals in
3:39 PM ET What is it like when the 2018 World Series champion Red Sox share their victory with fans in the homeland of their manager, Alex Cora? Straight from the island, these photos and posts help tell the story. Now boarding! ✈️#CorasHome 🇵🇷 pic.twitter.com/oBnxAcO2U2 — Boston Red Sox (@RedSox) November 3, 2018 📍 Puerto
11:46 AM ET China’s Li Haotong fired five birdies on the front nine to grab a three-stroke advantage over holder Justin Rose and Alexander Levy on day three at the Turkish Airlines Open Saturday. Starting the third round three shots off the pace, Li turned in 29 before sinking a spectacular eagle at the 10th
5:10 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer 7-6 (6), 5-7, 7-6 (3) in an epic Paris Masters semifinal lasting three hours, after Federer saved two match points on Saturday. Djokovic’s fourth straight win over Federer and 25th in 47 contests sends him into the final against unseeded Russian Karen Khachanov,
10:04 AM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — An Uzbek businessman who has been accused of ties to organized crime was elected president of the amateur boxing federation on Saturday, putting the sport on a collision course with the International Olympic Committee. The IOC criticized Gafur Rakhimov’s bid to become head of AIBA, and it has
9:28 AM ET Qiang Wang made the most of her second chance to advance to the final of the WTA Elite Trophy where she will face Australia’s Ashleigh Barty. Wang has had the best season of her career on route to the Elite Trophy, winning her first two WTA titles of her career and winning