1:40 PM ET MLB InsidersESPN Just hours before Clayton Kershaw was scheduled to take the mound in Game 2 of the NLCS against the Atlanta Braves, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced the left-hander won’t make his start because of back spasms and rookie Tony Gonsolin will take his place. What does the injury mean for
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12:45 PM ET Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza was the first UFC fighter to be pulled from a bout due to coronavirus back in May. Now, he will make his Octagon return. Souza, a perennial contender, will meet surging middleweight Marvin Vettori at UFC 256 on Dec. 12, sources told ESPN. No location has been officially set
9:00 AM ET The recently concluded European transfer window has the potential to be a watershed moment for U.S. players. It wasn’t so much how many players moved, but where they went. Weston McKennie left Schalke 04 to join Italian giants Juventus, and Sergino Dest completed a transfer from Ajax to Barcelona, amid significant interest
8:00 AM ET Welcome to our fourth Heisman Watch of the 2020 college football season. Throughout the season, ESPN.com writers will vote on their top Heisman candidates. To get the final rankings, we use the following methodology: 15 voters, five votes each. Points system: five points for first-place votes, four points for second-place votes, three
5:13 PM GMT On the day that England’s logjam at the top of their T20 batting order potentially got even more clogged following the successful promotion of Sam Curran as Chennai Super Kings’ latest opening batsman against the Sunrisers Hyderabad, there is at least one candidate for their World Cup plans who has no intention
5:43 AM BST Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan and Test great David Campese might have gone for New Zealand rugby’s jugular, but the Wallabies are keeping their feet firmly on the ground ahead of an All Blacks response in Bledisloe II. The memory of last year’s 36-0 shellacking at Eden Park, which followed a resounding
4:19 AM BST New Zealand Rugby is expecting a “near-capacity” crowd of some 47,000 to pack into Auckland’s Eden Park for the second Bledisloe Cup international against Australia on Sunday. Pictures of 31,000 fans without masks cheering on the three-times world champions in the first test in Wellington last weekend attracted plenty of attention on
Fernando Alonso said the performance of Renault’s Formula 1 car was a “nice surprise” after making his return to the cockpit at Barcelona on Tuesday. The two-time world champion drove a 100km test for Renault as part of his refamiliarisation process with F1 and the team before his return next year. He last drove an
Geraint Thomas says his season is over because of the broken hip he suffered in this month’s Giro d’Italia. But the 2018 Tour de France winner hopes to be back in the saddle in a fortnight to begin his rehabilitation. “I’ve seen a specialist and he’s said two weeks without the bike, no riding, and
The Mitchelton-Scott team and title contender Steven Kruijswijk have withdrawn from the Giro d’Italia after the latest round of Covid-19 testing. Jumbo-Visma’s Dutchman Kruijswijk and a Team Sunweb rider both tested positive as did four staff members of the Australian team, from 571 tests. “As a social responsibility we’ve made the decision to withdraw,” said
8:58 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Andres Ferrari Close ESPN Editor Andres Ferrari is ESPN.com’s boxing and MMA editor. The much-anticipated fight between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez Jr. to
9:26 AM ET Associated Press South African golfer Jbe Kruger has been withdrawn from the field in this week’s Scottish Championship on the European Tour after testing positive for the coronavirus. The tour says Kruger returned the positive test after a check on Monday as part of the pre-tournament screening process. He has not exhibited
8:49 AM ET Associated Press DENHAM, England — Spain will stage the Solheim Cup for the first time in 2023. The Finca Cortesin course in Andalucia was named by the Ladies European Tour on Tuesday as the host of the next European-based edition of the biggest team event in women’s golf. The Solheim Cup has
7:00 AM ET Professional sports have a peculiar way of glorifying underdogs who win championships while being blasé about teams with all-star rosters that win. The 1980 Team USA hockey “Miracle on Ice” is folklore. Cinderella teams are more compelling than No. 1 seeds in March Madness. Unless it’s part of a dynasty, hearing an
7:30 AM ET The dust has finally settled on the 2020 NHL draft. We know the Ducks, Kings and Rangers, in particular, did really well in their selections. But what next for this class? Grading each team’s haul aside, what do the new draft picks mean for each team’s system and future? After gathering my
Mark Cavendish has been named in the Bahrain-McLaren team for Wednesday’s one-day Scheldeprijs race, two days after suggesting he was set to retire. The 35-year-old has struggled for form in recent seasons, suffering from the Epstein-Barr virus. After finishing 74th in Sunday’s one-day Gent-Wevelgem, he gave a tearful interview stating that might have been his
Former F1 driver Jolyon Palmer, who left Renault during the 2017 season, is part of the BBC team and offers insight and analysis from the point of view of the competitors. Daniel Ricciardo’s third place in Sunday’s Eifel Grand Prix was a long time in the making for Renault. It has been over two years
2:27 PM ET Jeff Carlisle Close U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Austin Lindberg For the second week in a row, Toronto FC is on top of MLS Power Rankings, thanks to a pair of clean sheets and a pair of wins from second- and third-choice