11:35 AM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Boston will hold a parade Wednesday to honor the Red Sox for their World Series win, with the players riding in duck boats. Mayor Marty Walsh made the announcement Monday. Hours earlier, jubilant fans spilled into the streets after watching their team wrap up its fourth World Series
Charleroi forward Victor Osimhen has been recalled to the 23-man Nigeria squad for next month’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa and a friendly against Uganda three days later. Osimhen returns for the first time since June 2017, when he was involved in a friendly against Togo, and his recall follows a
South Africa have a mounting central midfield crisis ahead of their crucial Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Nigeria in Johannesburg next month. Bafana Bafana can book their place at the finals in Cameroon with a victory, while a draw would also be enough in the unlikely event that Libya are held by the Seychelles
11:41 AM ET Everyone was talking about Elina Svitolina as the WTA Finals were about to get underway, but not the way they are now that she won the title with a gritty three-set win on Sunday over Sloane Stephens. Back then, the “haters” — Svitolina’s word — complained that she had backed into the
8:00 AM ET NBA GAMBLERS HUNTING for angles have long eyed fatigue as an edge to be exploited. A brutal back-to-back set that finishes in Denver? A five-in-seven stretch capped by consecutive games and eastward flights across time zones? NBA squads on the wrong end of such games know they’ll likely be taking an L
10:31 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Sunday breakfast on the best day of Alex Cora’s professional life was about what you’d expect: swanky Los Angeles hotel ballroom, eager servants, exotic proteins. The room was filled with Cora’s ballplayers and their families: children, wives, parents, the random cousin, a favored niece or nephew. There was anticipation
9:15 AM ET Connor McDonagh 2016 Formula One champion Nico Rosberg believes former Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton can surpass Michael Schumacher’s records for the number of wins and number of titles after becoming a five-time champion at the Mexican Grand Prix. Hamilton’s fourth-place finish at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez was enough to secure his fifth
In tight, home and away knockout clashes, the fireworks are often reserved for the second match — and that is certainly the way it looks in the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores. Last week’s first leg matches were tense, scrappy affairs. This week the two clashes — both between giant clubs from Brazil and Argentina
8:07 PM ET LOS ANGELES — If the Green Bay Packers‘ season ends up in ruins — and it looks like it could be headed that way — it might be traced to what happened in the final minutes on Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams. Or what happened at their own 1-yard line late
11:14 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball LOS ANGELES — Jared Goff remained true to character. He did not panic. Instead, the Los Angeles Rams quarterback overcame the largest deficit he’d faced this season