7:00 AM ET PEORIA, Ariz. — It was hours before Game 4 of the 2018 World Series. Los Angeles Dodgers star Manny Machado was in the weight room at Dodger Stadium, prepping for one of the biggest moments of his life. But in an instant, all that was put on hold. Kobe Bryant, Machado’s idol,
Month: February 2020
Mercedes say their new Formula 1 car is “a big step forward” compared with its world championship-winning predecessor. Technical director James Allison said they would start the season next month with improvements to the aerodynamics and engine. The team had “a good winter” and produced a series of innovations to try to fend off challenges
2:12 PM ET Memphis Grizzlies forward Jaren Jackson Jr. has a sprained left knee and will be reevaluated in two weeks, the team said Sunday. Jackson left Friday’s 117-105 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers late in the second quarter after an awkward fall when he was contesting a shot. He didn’t return for the
1:25 PM ET ESPN News Services Ryan Newman is being treated for a head injury but suffered no internal injuries during Monday’s violent crash at the end of the Daytona 500. Newman said in a statement released by Roush Fenway Racing on Sunday that he intends to return to racing this season. “Ryan’s objectives have
1:04 PM ET As chance would have it, the Houston Astros‘ first exhibition game was a home game of sorts, with Houston playing host to the team that shares its West Palm Beach complex, the Washington Nationals. Because it’s still February and a lot of the veterans are relatively early in their preparation for the
6:23 PM GMT While South Africans celebrate their double success in T20 cricket on a super Sunday in which both the men’s and women’s teams won crucial matches, Australia are not making any attempt to hide their disappointment that victory could have been theirs. Their men’s team lost a T20 for the first time since
12:29 PM ET Defending champion and second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Canadian teenager Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday to win the Marseille Open for the second time in a row. The victory made Tsitsipas the first man to win back-to-back trophies at the tournament since Sweden’s Thomas Enqvist in 1997-98. 1 Related Auger-Aliassime lost
12:48 PM ET Indiana tight end Peyton Hendershot was arrested Saturday following an altercation with his ex-girlfriend, Bloomington (Indiana) Police told the Bloomington Herald-Times. Police said in a release that Hendershot entered the woman’s apartment without permission, took her cellphone and grabbed her by the neck and shoved her against the wall when she tried
12:58 PM ET Associated Press DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Jeanne Evert Dubin, a former world-ranked professional tennis player and a younger sister of 18-time Grand Slam champion Chris Evert, has died. She was 62. Evert Dubin died Thursday after a 2½-year struggle with ovarian cancer, according to an online obituary posted by Lorne & Sons
Chris Froome enjoyed a safe passage through stage one of the UAE Tour on his return to competitive cycling. The four-time Tour de France winner was back racing for the first time since breaking his leg at the Criterium du Dauphine in June last year. “It feels good to be a bike racer again,” said
3:12 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Man’s most primitive endeavor came wrapped in the lavish and the absurd on Saturday night in Vegas. It was the biggest heavyweight fight in decades — a night the boxing folks hope is a prelude and not a throwback — and Tyson Fury owned every last inch of it.
9:19 AM ET NFL player leadership is still majorly divided over the thought of a 17-game season. Player reps fell into three categories when discussing the proposed new Collective Bargaining Agreement, sources told ESPN — those who never want 17 games, those who will accept it with tweaks to the deal, and those who accept
6:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Quick-hit thoughts and notes from around the NFL and the New England Patriots: 1. Watson hopes for agreement with owners in which players are true “partners”: As a vice president on the 11-member NFL Players Association executive committee, retiring Patriots tight end Ben Watson has been at the heart
9:49 AM GMT The Women’s Six Nations match between Italy and Scotland has been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Italian Authorities cancelled all sporting events in the Veneto and Lombardi Regions after the confirmed number of cases of Covid-19 rose to 79 in Italy. The match was due to take place on Sunday
9:24 AM GMT Karachi Kings captain Imad Wasim won the toss and went against type for the early part of the PSL, choosing to bat first at the National Stadium in Karachi. The winner of today’s match will break the five-team gridlock to move two points clear of the rest of the field onto the
3:35 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Tyson Fury left no doubt about who the heavyweight king of boxing is, as he thoroughly dismantled Deontay Wilder on Saturday in a highly anticipated rematch of their 2018 split draw. Fury decisively won the bout via TKO in the seventh round after Wilder’s corner threw in the towel.
1:19 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN MILWAUKEE — With Lil Wayne’s “Kobe Bryant” song blasting throughout Fiserv Forum, reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo went through an intense pregame workout, two hours ahead of the tipoff against the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday. Once the sweaty, 6-foot-11 Milwaukee Bucks superstar wrapped up on the court, he hit the
10:46 PM ET Dan Hooker got a signature win in New Zealand this weekend, his first headlining slot in his home country. It was a hard-fought, back-and-forth split-decision win over Paul Felder in the main event of UFC Auckland on Sunday. With three consecutive wins, Hooker is in prime position to get another big fight
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