1:01 PM BST Gregor Townsend’s eyes turned to a likely quarterfinal decider against Japan on Sunday with the selection of his Scotland team to play Russia in their Pool A clash in Shizuoka Wednesday. Scotland need to beat both Russia and the tournament hosts with a four-try bonus point to ensure they qualify out of
1:40 PM ET The Pittsburgh Penguins will be without star center Evgeni Malkin “longer term” with a lower body injury, coach Mike Sullivan announced on Monday. The coach said that Malkin’s season is not in jeopardy. The 33-year-old Malkin left the second period of Pittsburgh’s 7-2 win over Columbus on Saturday after taking an awkward
1:29 PM ET ATLANTA — Hours before the New Orleans Pelicans played in their first preseason game, coach Alvin Gentry did his best to paint Zion Williamson‘s game as just a learning opportunity for another young player. “There’s very few guys — at 19 years old — who can come in and impact this league,”
1:18 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will head to London this week to suit up against the Carolina Panthers without two starters on their offensive line. Coach Bruce Arians announced Monday that right tackle Demar Dotson won’t play due to hamstring and calf injuries and right guard Alex Cappa will be
11:00 AM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — If it wasn’t clear before this, it should be now: Aaron Rodgers likes this team. Happy quarterback. Happy returns. He could list the reasons, and he made a nice start after the Green Bay Packers’ three-and-a-half-hour marathon 34-21 win over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. “I think the first
3:00 AM ET Toss Sri Lanka elected to bat v Pakistan Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first in the second T20 against Pakistan, in Lahore. There is the threat of dew later in the evening, but it had not proved to be a major obstacle for their bowlers two nights ago,
12:02 PM ET XFL teams will select 71 players apiece next week in the league’s inaugural draft, according to a structure the league announced Monday. The two-day event will take place Oct. 15-16. It will open with the league assigning one quarterback to each of its eight teams, followed by a snake-style draft that commissioner
11:23 AM ET Left-hander Dallas Keuchel wasn’t effective pitching on three days of rest for just the third time in his career. Keuchel allowed three runs in 3 1/3 innings for the Atlanta Braves in their 5-4 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 4 of the National League Division Series on Monday afternoon.
11:23 AM ET The Atlanta Braves will start left-hander Dallas Keuchel on short rest Monday afternoon in a potential series-clinching Game 4 against the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLDS. Keuchel last pitched Thursday in Game 1, meaning he will work on just three days’ rest Monday in St. Louis. The former Cy Young Award
8:00 AM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — It didn’t seem to matter that quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and wideout DeVonta Smith had record-setting performances. Nor did it matter that Alabama improved to 5-0 and set itself up for a return to No. 1 in the rankings. The mood after the Crimson Tide beat Ole Miss two weeks