6:18 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — Chase Briscoe won the first of two big NASCAR races on the new roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Briscoe grabbed his first career Xfinity Series victory Saturday on the hybrid track of speedway and road course. NASCAR will adjust a tire barrier after Bubba Wallace and Erik
5:20 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — After just a couple of practices together, LeBron James says Lonzo Ball looks like someone who did not miss most of the summer due to a knee injury. “I didn’t know he was gonna be full go so fast,” James said after the Los Angeles Lakers practice on
4:44 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Giancarlo Stanton has been plunked plenty of times. But by his own home run ball? Gleyber Torres’ two-run shot vs. the Red Sox on Saturday was the Yankees’ 265th home run of the season, setting the MLB single-season record. The New York Yankees star homered over the Green
4:31 PM ET Don Chargin, the beloved promoter, matchmaker and International Boxing Hall of Famer, died Friday at Sierra Vista Hospital in San Luis Obispo, California, after a brief battle with lung and brain cancer. He was 90. Until just a few months ago, Chargin was a fixture at ringside for Golden Boy Promotions events.
5:51 PM ET CHICAGO — For a big league baseball team, there is no more helpless feeling than carrying ‘1’ under the elimination number column of the standings. That one little perpendicular mark screams at you that you’ve ceded all control over your fate. That’s what Miles Mikolas and the St. Louis Cardinals were up
4:34 PM ET Associated Press HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — How’s this for a slap shot to the ego: Sidney Crosby is not getting a road named for him in his home province. It seems one of hockey’s greatest players does not meet the criteria for commemorative naming because he has not yet retired. The Pittsburgh
4:00 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Sam Darnold went from being a college student and Heisman Trophy hopeful in Los Angeles to a perceived franchise savior in New York. It has been a whirlwind, coast-to-coast year for the New York Jets quarterback, who is adapting to life in the Big Apple after spending his
3:31 PM ET PARIS — We’re much better these days at using analytics to understand sports. It’s easier to look at data and explain why something keeps happening. It’s also been a welcome antidote to a lot of very dumb takes. Some stuff, however, remains a mystery. Some things are hard, if not impossible, to
3:36 PM BST KweséESPN Staff Western Province sit alone atop the Currie Cup log after they beat the Sharks 50-28 in a at Newlands on Saturday afternoon. The Cape side scored 7 tries to the hosts’ four as they took another step towards a home semifinal with one regular-season match to play in the competition.
7:42 PM ET New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia has been suspended five games and fined an undisclosed amount for his actions in Thursday’s contest against the Tampa Bay Rays. Major League Baseball announced the penalties Saturday, two days after Sabathia was ejected for plunking Rays catcher Jesus Sucre in apparent retaliation. Sabathia has decided