1:14 PM ET ESPN News Services MLB hitters hope that turning the calendar will also turn the page on an anemic April for offenses around the league. Major league batters are hitting just .232 overall through April, down from .252 two years ago and under the record low of .237 set over the infamous 1968
Month: May 2021
12:53 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The foreseeable future could now be defined as 2021 and beyond after Packers president Mark Murphy said the team is committed to quarterback Aaron Rodgers for more than just next season. None of that may matter if Rodgers follows through on what he has told some in and
11:56 AM ET The Chicago White Sox have activated right-hander Lance Lynn from the 10-day injured list, the team announced Saturday. Lynn missed nearly two weeks after being placed on the IL with a strained right trapezius April 18. The 33-year-old is 1-1 with an 0.92 ERA this season, his first with the White Sox
12:14 PM ET Coastal Carolina transfer DeVante’ Jones, the Sun Belt Player of the Year and one of the best available point guards in the portal, committed to Michigan on Saturday. Jones chose the Wolverines over a final list that also included Texas Tech, Texas and Memphis. “I had a great relationship with coach [Juwan]
12:18 PM BST England celebrated a bizarre 17-15 win over France in a women’s test match on Saturday after they were declared winners following a floodlight failure midway through the second half. The visitors were declared winners after a 20-minute delay, during which both sets of players wandered around the pitch, because more than 60
Valtteri Bottas beat Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to pole position in a bizarre qualifying session at the Portuguese Grand Prix. Bottas beat Hamilton by 0.007 seconds, but Red Bull’s Max Verstappen had a faster lap ruled out for exceeding track limits. And Hamilton set a much faster lap in the second part of qualifying, 0.4secs
9:00 AM ET Eric GomezMexico writer Dominick Reyes wasn’t used to losing. He began 2020 with a 12-0 MMA record and the light heavyweight belt in his sights. But a series of setbacks left him doubting his future in the UFC and his love for the sport. In February of last year, Reyes dropped a
Geraint Thomas remained second overall at the Tour de Romandie despite a dramatic crash within the last 50m of Saturday’s penultimate day. In an uphill sprint against Michael Woods, Thomas fell before getting back on his bike to finish the stage. The Welshman was bidding for a first stage victory since winning on Alpe d’Huez
8:15 AM ET China’s Lin Xiyu carded a superb five-under-par 67 on Saturday to take a one-shot lead over Australia’s Hannah Green and South Korea’s Inbee Park heading into the final day of the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore. Lin got off to a poor start with a bogey on the first hole and
7:54 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. With the end of the season approaching, the NHL has offered us a treat: Saturday’s schedule includes 15 games — everyone but the Winnipeg Jets will be in action — including a number
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News Brooks becomes county cricket’s first Covid sub in match against Middlesex Jack Brooks, the Somerset seamer, has become county cricket’s first Covid-19 replacement after Lewis Gregory was ruled out of the final two days of their Championship fixture against Middlesex. Gregory, who himself contracted Covid while playing for Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super
1:14 AM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball MALIBU, Calif. — The Los Angeles Rams wasted no time finding another weapon for new quarterback Matthew Stafford in the NFL draft. The Rams picked Louisville receiver
10:06 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings are preparing for life after Kirk Cousins. With the 66th pick in the third round, Minnesota selected Texas A&M quarterback Kellen Mond, the seventh QB off the board in the 2021 NFL draft. Mond, 21, is the all-time career leader in total offense, passing yards, passing touchdowns,
10:10 PM ET HOUSTON — The Houston Texans have taken a shot at finding their future quarterback by drafting Stanford’s Davis Mills in the third round. With quarterback Deshaun Watson’s future with the Texans uncertain after an offseason where he first demanded a trade and currently faces 22 civil lawsuits alleging inappropriate conduct and sexual
1:42 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Before this year’s NFL draft, Amari Rodgers called the Green Bay Packers his “dream scenario,” in part because of the opportunity to catch passes from reigning NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers. The former Clemson star still hopes that’s the case even though things have deteriorated between the quarterback and
1:27 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — In the moments after the San Francisco 49ers selected quarterback Trey Lance with the third pick of the NFL draft on Thursday night, one of the first things incumbent starter Jimmy Garoppolo did was reach out to the rookie who is expected to eventually replace him. “One thing
12:01 AM ET ESPN News Services Shane Bieber is focusing on the Ws, not the Ks. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner struck out 11, setting two major league records in the process and pitching the Cleveland Indians past the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on Friday night. Bieber (3-2) fanned at least eight in