12:38 AM ET Sheffield United will maintain its opposition to calls for the reintroduction of five substitutions in the middle of the 2020-21 Premier League season as it would affect the competition’s integrity, club CEO Stephen Bettis has said. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and his Manchester City counterpart, Pep Guardiola, have been vocal in their
Month: November 2020
5:30 AM ET This is the story of how Valencia‘s historic 4-1 thrashing of Real Madrid on Sunday owes something to a grandmother, a grandad, Dani Parejo, Peter Lim, Getafe‘s Djene Dakonam, an angel, a demon and, of course, one of Los Che’s most famous ball boys. This is the jam-packed, Keystone Kops, eye-of-the hurricane
10:55 AM ET As their most recent squad announcement for this month’s matches against Wales and Panama showed, the United States men’s national team has some exciting individual talents coming through. With an average age of 21 years, 10 months, the likes of Christian Pulisic and Giovanni Reyna will take the headlines, but a team
11:59 PM ET The NBA and players’ union have reached an agreement in principle to begin the 2020-21 season, the two sides announced Monday night. The deal calls for free agency to begin Friday, Nov. 20, at 6 p.m. ET, two days after next week’s NBA draft. As was agreed to last week, the regular
11:30 PM ET The New England Patriots‘ 2020 season, on life support while facing a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter against the winless New York Jets, has been revived. For another week, at least. The Patriots stopped a four-game losing streak by coming back to beat the Jets 30-27 on Monday, improving to 3-5
7:30 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — Right-hander Dereck Rodriguez has signed a minor league contract with the Colorado Rockies that includes an invitation to spring training. Rodriguez, 28, is the son of Hall of Fame catcher Ivan Rodriguez. Dereck Rodriguez appeared in 51 games over three seasons with the San Francisco Giants. He compiled
3:41 PM ET Former Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow filed a lawsuit against his former employer on Monday for breach of contract, seeking more than $22 million after alleging his firing was through a “negotiated resolution” between owner Jim Crane and MLB commissioner Rob Manfred that allowed the Astros to keep their 2017 World
6:29 PM ET Reliever Devin Williams of the Brewers has been named NL Rookie of the Year. Other finalists for the award were Phillies 3B Alec Bohm and Padres 2B Jake Cronenworth. They finished tied for second. Williams allowed just one run in 27 innings in the shortened season and struck out 53% of the
6:57 PM ET ESPN News Services Seattle Mariners center fielder Kyle Lewis is the unanimous winner of the American League Rookie of the Year award. The 25-year-old Lewis was one of baseball’s breakout stars during the pandemic-shortened season, batting .262 with 11 homers and 28 RBIs in 58 games. He led big league rookies with
8:57 PM ET Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa was charged with driving under the influence after he allegedly ran his car into a curb in February, leaving it smoking on the side of a Phoenix-area road, according to court records obtained by ESPN. It is the second known drunken driving arrest for La