Month: July 2022

8:41 PM ET ESPN News Services ARLINGTON, Texas — J.P. Crawford hit an RBI single in the 10th inning and the Seattle Mariners stretched their winning streak to 13 games, defeating the Texas Rangers 3-2 on Saturday. Carlos Santana homered as the Mariners (50-42) moved closer to the club-record 15-game winning streak set in their
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11:38 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The New York Yankees say police are investigating after what appeared to be a drone was spotted flying above right field at Yankee Stadium on Saturday night. NJ.com published video of a flashing green light hovering above the outfield bleacher seats, saying it was a drone that
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10:31 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mike Trout has been scratched from the Los Angeles Angels‘ lineup moments before the start of their final game before the All-Star break. The three-time AL MVP missed the Angels’ three previous games with upper back spasms, and the injury forced him out of the Saturday game
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10:52 PM ET LOS ANGELES — LeBron James scored 42 points in a successful return to the Drew League while teaming up with DeMar DeRozan for a 104-102 win in L.A.’s famed pro-am basketball league Saturday. Longtime Drew League commissioner Dino Smiley told ESPN he expected Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving to play in the
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10:08 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — New York Yankees prospect Jasson Dominguez and Minnesota’s Matt Wallner hit two-run homers in the third inning, leading the American League over the National 6-4 Saturday in the annual Futures Game of top prospects. Dominguez, at 19 the second-youngest prospect at the game behind Miami pitcher Eury
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9:33 PM ET Associated Press TRUCKEE, Calif. — Chez Reavie doubled his lead to six points Saturday in the Barracuda Championship, the PGA Tour’s lone modified Stableford scoring event. A day after a 19-point round, the 40-year-old Reavie scored nine points — making five birdies and a bogey — to reach 37 points on Tahoe
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8:34 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — After collecting his MLB-leading 12th win Saturday, Justin Verlander wasn’t ready to reflect on how far he’s come this season. But the 39-year-old did take a moment to note how his almost two-year absence from the game after Tommy John surgery has made him appreciate his success a
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5:27 PM BST South Africa claimed a decisive 30-14 third-Test victory over Wales on Saturday to secure the series and halt a run of northern hemisphere victories after success for Ireland and England. Fly-half Handre Polland scored 20 points, including the first try, as the world champions outscored the tourists three tries to one. Bongi
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7:56 PM ET The North Carolina home of NASCAR driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is up for sale, and the whopping 9,986-square-foot residence is listed for $15,995,000. The listing real estate agents, Heather Gibbs and Josh Tucker, would not confirm it was Stenhouse’s home. According to the Multiple Listing Service, a database used by Realtors, the
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7:54 PM ET Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. — Lleyton Hewitt paused for a moment and the word easily came to mind when he was asked how he wanted to be remembered. “Competitor,” Hewitt said in an interview with The Associated Press earlier in the day before his induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame
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10:57 PM BST Ireland’s Hugo Keenan runs the ball during the Test against New Zealand in Wellintgon, July 16, 2022 Brendan Moran/Sportsfile via Getty Images A courageous Ireland held off a fierce All Blacks fightback to claim an epic 32-22 win in Wellington on Saturday and seal a series victory 2-1. Warhorse captain Johnny Sexton was
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2:57 PM ET The UFC has booked a lightweight title fight between Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev to headline UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The UFC 280 pay-per-view event takes place on Oct. 22 at Etihad Arena. Officials announced the lightweight contest Saturday. Officially, the fight will be for the UFC’s vacant
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4:09 PM ET New Jersey Devils general manager Tom Fitzgerald, in a free agency news conference announcing several acquisitions on Friday, told reporters he was still in the market for a veteran defenseman. On Saturday, he cashed in on that quest, dealing a 2023 third-round draft choice along with Ty Smith to the Pittsburgh Penguins
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5:32 PM ET ELMONT, N.Y. — A highly anticipated featherweight main event between Yair Rodriguez and Brian Ortega ended unfortunately on Saturday, when Ortega was unable to continue after appearing to dislocate his right shoulder. The injury occurred at the 4:11 mark of the opening round. Ortega had just taken Rodriguez to the ground, and
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