7:46 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN A meeting set between Minnesota Timberwolves four-time All-Star Jimmy Butler and president of basketball operations/coach Tom Thibodeau is expected to set the tone for Butler’s final season under contract — and his impending free agency in July, league sources told ESPN. Just days before the start of training camp in
7:32 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Juan Soto shrugged off his latest accomplishment after showing what he can do on the bases. “I stole three bags, and I helped my team to win,” he said. “That’s pretty good.” Soto became the youngest player to steal three bases in a game, had an RBI single
8:19 PM ET ESPN Stats & Information National League Rookie of the Year front-runners Ronald Acuña Jr. of the Atlanta Braves and Juan Soto of the Washington Nationals are living up to the hype in the first two games of the head-to-head series between their teams. • In Game 1, Acuña recorded his first career
7:53 PM ET Associated Press GRAND BLANC, Mich. — Scott McCarron shot a 9-under 63 in hot conditions Saturday at Warwick Hills for a share of The Ally Challenge lead with Tom Lehman and Jeff Maggert. Coming off a successful title defense two weeks ago in Calgary, Alberta, played an early three-hole stretch in 4
Sep 11, 2018 With the much-anticipated Sept. 15 Gennady Golovkin-Canelo Alvarez rematch almost upon us, one of the best ways to put the bout into historical perspective is by reviewing the middleweight division’s history since the beginning of the 21st century. While this span of time has produced no Sugar Ray Robinson, Carlos Monzon or
5:48 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan is taking a leave of absence to be with his family following the death of his father, George. The Penguins said George Sullivan, 81, died on Saturday in Scituate, Massachusetts. Assistant coach Jacques Martin will run the day-to-day operations of the coaching staff
11:09 AM ET “Baal sabke kaale hai” (All of you have black hair), quipped Sarfraz Ahmed as he sat alongside Rohit Sharma, Angelo Mathews, Mashrafe Mortaza, Asghar Afghan and Anshy Rath at the captains’ press conference to unveil the Asia Cup in Dubai on Friday. It elicited laughter among the audience. Sarfraz was just getting
5:07 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports LAS VEGAS — Ryan Newman won’t return to Richard Childress Racing after the 2018 season, ending a five-year run driving the No. 31 car. Newman, who has driven the RCR No. 31 car
5:32 PM ET Russian heavyweight and submission specialist Aleksei Oleinik had joked leading up to Saturday’s main event against Mark Hunt that his opponent had no neck to apply one of his signature chokes to. Ultimately, he proved himself incorrect. Oleinik (57-11-1) located Hunt’s neck with a rear-naked choke in the first round at UFC
4:56 PM BST After two average performances against Argentina and Australia, the Springboks took their game to another level to beat the New Zealand at the Wespac Stadium. KweséESPN looks at how the Springboks rated individually following their shock Rugby Championship win over the All Blacks in Wellington. Willie le Roux 8/10 The Springboks’ fullback