Month: September 2022

1:15 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez are set to meet Dec. 3 in a trilogy bout for the junior bantamweight championship, promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing announced Saturday night. No location for the fight was revealed. This is the third time the third fight between Estrada and Gonzalez
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1:50 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — The Rangers designated left-hander Dallas Keuchel for assignment before Sunday’s series finale against the Red Sox. The 34-year-old Keuchel was 0-2 with a 12.60 ERA in two starts for the Rangers, including taking the loss Friday when he allowed seven runs in 4 2/3 innings. He is 2-9
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1:44 PM ET Virginia Tech‘s trip to Old Dominion on Friday just keeps getting worse. After the Hokies lost 20-17 in Brent Pry’s debut as head coach, players returned to the visiting locker room to find items were stolen from their lockers during the game. Former Virginia Tech player Eric Kumah tweeted a reference to
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1:47 PM ET Associated Press COLOGNE, Germany — Lithuania protested its double-overtime loss to Germany at the EuroBasket tournament on Sunday because referees did not award it a free throw following a technical foul in regulation. It was not immediately clear how, or if, FIBA would respond to the protest. For now, it’s a German
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12:38 PM ET ESPN News Services The Boston Red Sox brought up one of their top prospects Sunday, promoting first baseman Triston Casas from Triple-A Worcester for the series finale against the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park. The 6-foot-4, 22-year-old has played 284 games in the minors, batting .269 with 46 homers and 181 RBIs.
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9:02 AM ET Multiple murals were defaced in the build-up to the Merseyside derby. Photo by Simon Stacpoole/Offside/Offside via Getty Images Liverpool and Everton have condemned the defacing of murals after offensive graffiti was painted on multiple buildings before Saturday’s Merseyside derby. Murals including those of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Jordan Henderson and Mohamed Salah were vandalised in
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2:06 AM BST All Blacks coach Ian Foster called his team’s crushing 53-3 bonus point victory over Argentina on Saturday “ruthless” as New Zealand bounced back from their first-ever loss on home soil against the South Americans last week. Foster picked the same line-up for the comprehensive win in Hamilton as had been defeated by
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12:40 AM ET GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson had shown flashes of his potential as a backup for the Gators last season. On Saturday, he showed exactly what he could do as their starter. Richardson had 274 total yards and three touchdowns as Florida upset No. 7 Utah 29-26 in front of a
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12:08 AM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama quarterback Bryce Young began his Heisman Trophy defense on Saturday with six touchdowns in a season-opening 55-0 win over Utah State. He joined Tua Tagovailoa as the only players in Alabama history with six or more touchdowns in a game. Tagovailoa had seven touchdowns in a 2019 game
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2:28 PM ET ESPN News Services Petra Kvitova erased a pair of match points and converted her fourth to edge Garbiñe Muguruza 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (10) on Saturday in a showdown between two-time major champions. Kvitova just kept coming back — after dropping the first set, after trailing 5-2 in the third and after being
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