Liam Livingstone has been recalled to England’s T20I squad for their five-match series against India next month, but Alex Hales remains out of favour for the foreseeable, in spite of his stellar returns for Sydney Thunder in the recent Big Bash. With the next T20 World Cup due to be staged in India in October
Month: February 2021
3:47 AM ET ESPN News Services MELBOURNE, Australia — Stefanos Tsitsipas edged past local wildcard Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-4 at the Australian Open on Thursday to reach the third round. The day after Nick Kyrgios sent John Cain Arena into delirium with a thrilling comeback, 267th-ranked Greek-Australian Kokkinakis appeared set for the
12:37 PM ET Serie A’s top scorer, with 16 goals, is Cristiano Ronaldo, who turned 36 last week. Just behind him, you’ll find a trio of players on 14: Romelu Lukaku, 27 years old, is the baby of the three, Ciro Immobile is 30 and Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a venerable 39 years old. Ordinarily, this
12:09 AM ET The evident way to view the three-way trade between the Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals and New York Mets that sends outfielder Andrew Benintendi to Kansas City is that the Red Sox don’t believe Benintendi will return to the heights he reached in 2018, while the Royals are willing to spend
11:58 PM ET DALLAS — As soon as Danilo Gallinari‘s difficult buzzer-beater attempt clanked off the rim, Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young ripped out his mouthpiece and stomped toward referee Josh Tiven to protest a critical no-call on the final possession of a 118-117 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. Young had been knocked to the
9:30 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Hendrick Motorsports once again dominated Daytona 500 qualifying with a sweep of the front row for its 14th pole and sixth in the past seven years. Alex Bowman posted a lap at 191.261 mph Wednesday night at Daytona International Speedway to earn the top starting spot
9:55 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Bubba Wallace and Michael Jordan are feeling bullish about their debut in 23XI Racing headed into the Daytona 500. Wallace sent Jordan to the top of scoring pylon in the first Daytona 500 practice session for their new team and the first overall for NASCAR in
8:53 PM ET Khasan Magomedsharipov, the younger brother of UFC featherweight contender Zabit Magomedsharipov, has signed an exclusive contract with Bellator MMA. Khasan’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz, confirmed the signing to ESPN on Wednesday, following an initial report by MMAJunkie.com. Bellator has not yet announced the signing, or indicated when Khasan will make his promotional debut.
2:10 PM ET UFC 258 has lost a key main-card fight. A scheduled bantamweight contender bout Saturday between Pedro Munhoz and Jimmie Rivera has been canceled due to a coronavirus-related issue, the UFC announced Wednesday. Sources said the promotion is attempting to rebook the matchup as soon as later this month. In its place, Andre
9:31 PM ET The Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals and New York Mets have agreed to a three-way trade that will send outfielder Andrew Benintendi from Fenway to K.C., sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Wednesday night. Royals outfield prospect Khalil Lee will go to the Mets, while Royals outfielder Franchy Cordero will go
8:11 PM ET The Philadelphia Flyers‘ game against the New York Rangers on Sunday is postponed with three Flyers players — Justin Braun, Travis Sanheim and captain Claude Giroux — on the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol list. This is the second-straight postponed game for the Flyers, though the league says that Philadelphia will be able to
8:27 PM ET Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — Jed Lowrie is returning to the Oakland Athletics for a third stint, with the infielder reaching agreement on a minor league contract Wednesday that includes an invitation to big league spring training. Lowrie has played five seasons total for Oakland, in 2013-14 as starting shortstop on playoff
7:53 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns will return to the court for the first time since mid-January to play against the LA Clippers on Wednesday. Towns has been cleared to return from post health and safety protocol reconditioning. Towns, who hasn’t played since Jan. 13, announced on Twitter on Jan. 15 that he
7:15 PM ET LIVERPOOL, England — Football doesn’t always have to be beautiful to deliver 10-out-of-10 entertainment. It can also be crazy, error strewn, infuriating and enlivened by flashes of brilliance to be as memorable as the most majestic team performance. Anyone who doubts that should just re-run the 120 minutes of Everton‘s 5-4 FA
6:35 PM ET Vegas Golden Knights forward Tomas Nosek became the first NHL player this season to be pulled during a game because of a positive COVID-19 test, the league said on Wednesday. Nosek did not return to play in the third period of the Knights’ 5-4 win at home over the Anaheim Ducks on
5:52 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — After re-upping with the Minnesota Twins for what will be his 17th major league season, Nelson Cruz clearly was not ready to entertain the idea of a farewell tour. His bat sure hasn’t shown any quit, either. “To be able to go where we want to go, I
2:23 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos have released cornerback A.J. Bouye. The move is the first of several that will have to be made at cornerback as the Broncos rebuild their depth chart at the position after a season that saw four cornerbacks, including Bryce Callahan, finish the year on injured reserve.
6:19 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Billy Conigliaro, the first-ever Red Sox draft pick who started out in the Boston outfield with star-crossed brother Tony and later spent years taking care of him after a heart attack, died Wednesday. He was 73. Conigliaro’s family told the team he died at home in Beverly, Massachusetts.
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