Month: October 2021

11:16 AM ET Patrice Evra said he had never talked about it to family or friends. Photo by AMA/Corbis via Getty Images Manchester United and France icon Patrice Evra has revealed that he was sexually abused by a teacher when he was 13 years old. The 40-year-old wrote about his experiences in his new autobiography. He
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3:29 AM ET Associated Press CHIBA, Japan — Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama held on to a one-stroke lead at the PGA Tour’s Zozo Championship on Saturday after a 2-under 68 that included a bogey on his last hole to make things interesting heading into the final round. Matsuyama trailed by a stroke after the first
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3:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” HOUSTON — Here’s the thing: The Houston Astros really are just that damn good. They were that damn good in 2017 when they were cheating, and they are still that damn good
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3:14 AM ET LOS ANGELES — The Lakers‘ rocky start to the season continued with teammates Anthony Davis and Dwight Howard getting involved in a heated exchange in the first half of Friday’s 115-105 loss to the Phoenix Suns. Amid a 27-11 run by Phoenix to take a 13-point halftime lead, Howard and Davis had
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12:21 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — After the Brooklyn Nets needed to score 16 of the final 17 points and a triple-double from Kevin Durant to win their first game of the season, coach Steve Nash said he loved the competitiveness he saw but also set early expectations for his title contender. “It’s not going to
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12:04 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — In the wake of Ben Simmons meeting with and addressing his teammates for the first time since his holdout, 76ers forward Tobias Harris gave an impassioned defense of Simmons after Philadelphia’s 114-109 loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night. “I think it’s obviously a good start,” Harris
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News Hurricanes were 5 for 107 when rain ended the match Hobart Hurricanes 5 for 107 (du Preez 39, Wellington 2-16) no result against Adelaide Strikers Rain has ruined the opening match of the WBBL double-header in Launceston with Hobart Hurricanes clash with Adelaide Strikers called off after 16 overs. Strikers started superbly with Darcie
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10:53 PM ET Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Max Scherzer will not make his scheduled start in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series, sources told ESPN, confirming news first reported by the Los Angeles Times. Scherzer’s replacement for Saturday night at Truist Park is not yet known, but there is no logical choice to
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7:50 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Steven Alker shot a 9-under 63 on Friday to take the first-round lead in the Dominion Energy Charity Classic, the first of three PGA Tour Champions playoff events. Alker had a bogey-free round on The Country Club of Virginia’s James River Course, making nine birdies in a
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8:59 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — UCLA coach Mick Cronin is a winner even before the college basketball season starts next month. A 3-year-old filly co-owned by Cronin won the $63,000 feature at Santa Anita by three-quarters of a length on Friday. Sent off at 6-1 odds, So Very Smart paid $14.40, $6.40
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3:40 PM ET The Carolina Hurricanes trolled the Montreal Canadiens with a satirical website after defeating them on Thursday night, only to have that site hacked and turned into an anti-Carolina web page by Friday morning. After the Hurricanes beat the Canadiens in Montreal, the team sent out a website link to its 506,000 followers
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7:12 PM ET Ash Barty won’t defend her season-ending crown after formally ending her stellar 2021 season on Saturday. Australia’s world No.1 hasn’t played since the US Open in September and says her full focus now is on preparing for the Australian summer and another tilt at her home grand slam in Melbourne. The 25-year-old
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7:20 PM ET NBA journeyman and prolific dunker Gerald Green has announced his retirement after 12 seasons. The former Houston Rockets wing will join the team’s coaching staff as a player development coach, the team announced Friday. Green, a native of Houston, played two seasons for the Rockets before sitting out all of last season
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