12:17 AM ET ESPN News Services CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Gordon Hayward finally returned to game action Friday night. Hayward scored 10 points in his first game in nearly a year for the Boston Celtics, who fell to the Charlotte Hornets 104-97 on the opening night of the NBA preseason schedule. “Definitely good to get
1:51 AM ET Jerwin Ancajas retained his junior bantamweight belt for the sixth time but had to settle for a draw in a very competitive fight with Alejandro Santiago on the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN+ card Friday night at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. Fighting in the co-feature of the nontitle bout between super
11:43 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — The National League West-leading Colorado Rockies locked up a playoff berth for the second straight season, beating the Washington Nationals 5-2 on Friday night for their eighth win in a row behind a resilient start from Kyle Freeland. David Dahl homered for the fifth consecutive game and Ian
10:12 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Hale Irwin shot a 5-under 67 at Pebble Beach on Friday in the Pure Insurance Championship, leaving the 73-year-old Hall of Famer a stroke behind leader David Frost in the PGA Tour Champions event. Irwin played his final nine holes in 6-under 26. He birdied the
1:49 AM ET BOSTON — Yankee Stadium will host at least one more baseball game this year. Thanks to an 11-6 rout of the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Friday night, the New York Yankees solidified home-field advantage in Wednesday’s American League wild-card game against the Oakland Athletics. Whichever team wins that game
10:07 PM ET The Bronx Bombers have lived up to their nickname this season. The New York Yankees hit four home runs for the second straight game on Friday night to reach 264 on the year and pull even with the 1997 Seattle Mariners for the most long balls in a season in major league
10:03 PM ET Chicago Bulls forward Lauri Markkanen will miss the next six to eight weeks after injuring his elbow in practice on Thursday. The Bulls announced the news on Friday after an MRI showed a high grade lateral elbow sprain. Markkanen, from Finland, was the seventh overall pick in last year’s draft and enjoyed
9:58 PM ET BOULDER, Colo. — Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said Friday night that the league doesn’t publicly share official opinions on decisions that referees make during games and that comments he made about a controversial play in last week’s Washington State–USC game were misinterpreted. The Associated Press reported Saturday that Scott said the league
10:00 PM ET Not long after Cameron Yelich threw out Friday’s ceremonial first pitch to his brother, Christian, the Milwaukee Brewers‘ MVP candidate gave Cameron a moment to remember by launching a two-run homer in the first inning against the Detroit Tigers. All signs point to Christian Yelich for NL MVP, but is it Betts
9:01 PM ET David Wright made his first appearance in the major leagues for the New York Mets since 2016 as a pinch hitter on Friday night. Wright, who is retiring at the end of the season, jumped on the first pitch from Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Urena and grounded out to third base in