9:00 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” America’s second attempt at exporting its national pastime to England was called off this week. Regardless of when Major League Baseball begins play again, the 2020 season will not include a London
Jan 19, 2020 ESPN News Services ARCADIA, Calif. — A third horse died in three days at Santa Anita when it collided with another horse during training hours on Sunday. 2 Related Tikkun Olam, a 4-year-old gelding trained by Eric Kruljac, was euthanized because of undisclosed injuries. The other horse apparently wasn’t injured. Santa Anita
Jan 19, 2020 ESPN News Services ARCADIA, Calif. — Two horses have died in two days of racing at Santa Anita, where four deaths have occurred since last month. Uncontainable and Harliss were both euthanized after breaking their right front ankles. Uncontainable was injured in a turf race Saturday. The 5-year-old gelding trained by Peter
Jan 15, 2020 Associated Press LOS ANGELES — A report on the death of Mongolian Groom in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita says veterinarians missed opportunities to remove the gelding from the $6 million race because of time constraints or deficiencies in the process used to evaluate horses. In the 20-page report issued
Jan 13, 2020 ESPN staff That the best player in the history of college football didn’t win the Heisman Trophy says less about the player than it does about college football. Jim Brown of Syracuse finished fifth in the vote to select the most outstanding player of 1956. A significant portion of the electorate balked
Dec 27, 2019 On the night of Sept. 30, 1974, Daniel Eugene Ruettiger made eye contact with Elvis Presley. It happened just outside Gate 8 of Notre Dame’s Athletic and Convocation Center, not as the King was leaving the building but as he arrived. Presley’s limousine rolled up, parked outside and just sat there. For
8:00 AM ET Editor’s Note: Since today is National Puppy Day, here’s Mark Schlabach’s story about the time his dog ran onto the field during a Georgia-Kentucky football game. It was originally published in November. Make sure to enjoy Monday’s Puppy Day marathon on ESPN2 from 6 pm.-12 a.m. ET. Last week, a black cat
Shaka Hislop reacts to reports that Barcelona are interested in Marcus Rashford over Roberto Firmino. Alejandro Moreno breaks down Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo’s impact on El Clasico. Lionel Messi was presented with the European Golden Shoe on Wednesday for a record-breaking sixth time after holding off a challenge from Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe. Messi,
Frank Leboeuf is not concerned about Neymar’s latest injury having a negative impact on PSG’s season. The Toe Poke Daily is here every day to bring you all the weirdest stories, quirkiest viral content and top trolling that the internet has to offer, all in one place. Jump to: Trent Alexander-Arnold plays his way into
Shaka Hislop reacts to reports that Barcelona are interested in Marcus Rashford over Roberto Firmino. Alejandro Moreno breaks down Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo’s impact on El Clasico. Barcelona have been forced to change their travel plans for this weekend’s game against Eibar due to the ongoing protests in the city following a Spanish court
Lazio will face a partial stadium ban against Celtic on Nov. 7. Lazio have been ordered to close four sections of their stadium for their next Europa League home game due to racist behaviour by the Italian club’s fans during a group stage match against Rennes earlier this month. European football’s governing body UEFA said
Roberto Alvarado (11) celebrates with teammates after opening the scoring for Mexico against Panama on Tuesday. Mexico is now two for two in the group stage of the CONCACAF Nations League. Following last week’s 5-1 thrashing of Bermuda, El Tri returned home to collect another three points during Tuesday night’s 3-1 win over Panama. The
Have you ever heard the sound of sixty thousand hearts breaking simultaneously? It sounds like, well… nothing. Just a vast, sudden, emptiness where there once was a wall of noise. It’s eerie. On Monday, Jamal Bhuyan, captain of the Bangladesh national football team, all swagger and smirking confidence, had promised he’d break Indian hearts. On
On Tuesday, in a crucial World Cup qualifier, India salvaged a 1-1 draw against Bangladesh with a last-gasp goal from a corner. From the high of Doha, Indian football seems to have returned to its normal resting state: oh-no-not-this-again. Forty-five minutes of insipid football from the Indians was followed by a forty-five of chaotic endeavour.
Defending A-League champions Sydney FC kicked off with a 3-2 win over Adelaide United. A-League side Western Sydney Wanderers have signed German attacker Nicolai Muller from Eintracht Frankfurt to bolster their stocks. Muller, 32, joins on an injury replacement contract for Polish midfielder Radoslaw Majewski, who is sidelined with a long-term knee injury. The winger
Oct 15, 2019 Roberto Alvarado scored one of Mexico’s three goals against Panama at Estadio Azteca. Hector Vivas/Getty Images Roberto Alvarado and Jose Juan Macias scored on either side of halftime as Mexico cruised to a 3-1 win over Panama in a CONCACAF Nations League match on Tuesday in Mexico City. The win at Estadio Azteca
Defending A-League champions Sydney FC kicked off with a 3-2 win over Adelaide United. Former Premier League executive chairman Richard Scudamore has been appointed special advisor to the A-League clubs and head of league Greg O’Rourke. The appointment comes as the A-League, W-League, Y-League and E-League transition to independence from the FFA. Scudamore played a
Jun 8, 2019 ELMONT, N.Y. — A wacky Triple Crown season ended with another surprise on Saturday. Sir Winston, who went off at relatively steep odds of 10-1, held off favorite Tacitus to win the 151st Belmont Stakes. It marked a second consecutive Triple Crown victory for trainer Mark Casse, who also works with Preakness