12:47 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” This relatively calm moment, between the cacophony that accompanied the Houston Astros‘ arrival at spring training and the impending clamor of the results of Major League Baseball’s investigation into the Boston Red
Month: March 2020
7:44 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jaguars will use their franchise tag on defensive end Yannick Ngakoue, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday. The tag will allow them to try to trade him if that’s what they decide or are forced to do. Ngakoue tweeted Monday morning that his time in Jacksonville
12:37 PM GMT Rohit Balaji March 3: Lahore Qalanders vs Quetta Gladiators in Gadaffi Stadium Our XI: Azam Khan, Chris Lynn, Mohammad Hafeez, Jason Roy, Ben Cutting, David Wiese, Samit Patel, Shaheen Afridi, Dilbar Hussain, Mohammad Hasnain, Anwar Ali Captain: Chris Lynn A curtailed game in which you could berserk from ball one was probably
5:42 AM ET Unified heavyweight world titlist Anthony Joshua is set to face mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev on June 20 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, both fighters have confirmed. Joshua’s three major world title belts will be on the line at the north London stadium, which opened in 2019 and seats more than 60,000. “I
Media playback is not supported on this device Great Britain’s cyclists will not dominate the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as they have in previous Games after the “shock” of the Track Cycling World Championships, says Sir Chris Hoy. Elinor Barker won the team’s only gold in Berlin and they finished seventh in the medal table with
1:09 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Washington Wizards coach Scott Brooks couldn’t help but crack a smile while discussing Bradley Beal‘s All-Star snub late Sunday night. After watching Beal rack up another 34 points in a 124-110 win over the Golden State Warriors, Brooks praised Beal’s latest performance while reminding the rest of the basketball
12:49 AM GMT There were two big upsets in Round 5 of Super Rugby as the Rebels held off the Highlanders in Dunedin and the Blues handed the Stormers their first loss of 2020 with an impressive triumph in Cape Town. Elsewhere there were wins for the Waratahs, Hurricanes, Sharks and Jaguares. Read on as
3:04 AM GMT Sri Lanka 92 for 1 (Perera 39*, Akter 1-18) beat Bangladesh 91 for 8 (Sultana 39, Siriwardene 4-16) by 9 wickets Shashikala Siriwardene held her own retirement party on her final day in international cricket taking a tournament-best 4 for 16 to help Sri Lanka to a consolation nine-wicket win over Bangladesh
9:11 PM ET Associated Press CARLSBAD, Calif. — Team Bryan Brothers beat Team Sharapova 22-13 on Sunday in the World TeamTennis Celebrity All-Star Match at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa. The match featured Bob and Mike Bryan, Sam Querrey and Rio Olympics champion Monica Puig from the Vegas Rollers, Ryan Harrison and Coco Vandeweghe
8:09 PM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — Corey Kluber faced major league hitters for the first time in 10 months — in a new uniform, no less — and said he didn’t feel any different. “Maybe a little bit beforehand,” the Texas Rangers right-hander said Sunday after throwing three innings against the Los Angeles
7:22 PM ET Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Moments after getting his first career PGA Tour win, Sungjae Im took a moment to reflect on what it means. Not for himself — for his homeland. The 21-year-old South Korean started fast and finished stronger Sunday, winning the Honda Classic by one shot over
7:26 PM ET Associated Press FONTANA, Calif. — Before Alex Bowman started looking for tattoo shops somewhere between Los Angeles and Phoenix, he celebrated a win that suggested even more permanent success ahead for the hard-working driver and his resurgent team. Bowman raced to his second career NASCAR Cup Series victory Sunday, holding off Kyle
7:47 PM ET Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. — Bernhard Langer took another step closer to the PGA Tour Champions victory record by closing with an 8-under 65 to turn a four-shot deficit into at two-shot win in the Cologuard Classic. Langer was flawless until the the final hole at Tucson National. He made nine birdies
6:49 PM ET Former heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder has officially exercised his right to an immediate third fight with Tyson Fury. Top Rank chairman Bob Arum, Fury’s co-promoter, told ESPN on Sunday that the plan was for the fight to take place July 18 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the
6:28 PM ET Associated Press SANTIAGO, CHILE — Brazilian teenager Thiago Seyboth Wild won his first title Sunday by beating second-seeded Casper Ruud 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 Sunday in the final of the Chile Open. The 19-year-old clinched the title after Ruud’s backhand went wide. “He played amazing tennis all week,” Ruud said. “I can’t be
7:31 AM ET Israel Adesanya will defend his middleweight championship against Yoel Romero at UFC 248 on Saturday night. But before they take center stage in Las Vegas, both main-event participants are set to join Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on Monday. It’s the first title defense for Adesanya (18-0), while Romero has lost three of
Dec 5, 2019 Editor’s note: This story originally ran in December, ahead of Clemson’s win in the ACC championship game. CLEMSON, S.C. — Back in high school, Isaiah Simmons would glide out to the long jump runway to a chorus of audible gasps. He was tall, with a racing singlet stretched across his lean frame,
5:13 PM ET Alabama has moved quickly in replacing longtime head strength and conditioning coach Scott Cochran by reaching an agreement with Indiana‘s David Ballou, sources told ESPN. Cochran, who had been Alabama’s strength coach under Nick Saban since Saban arrived in Tuscaloosa in 2007, left last week to join Georgia’s staff in an on-the-field