10:21 PM ET Gonzalo Higuain continued his torrid play with two goals as Inter Miami CF clinched an MLS Eastern Conference playoff spot with a stellar 4-1 victory over Orlando City SC on Wednesday night in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Leonardo Campana and Ariel Lassiter also scored goals as Inter Miami (14-13-6, 48 points) won its
11:05 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Manager Mike Matheny and pitching coach Cal Eldred were fired by the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night, shortly after the struggling franchise finished the season 65-97 with a listless 9-2 loss to the Cleveland Guardians. The Royals had exercised their option on Matheny’s contract for
11:29 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Jerry Vainisi, the Chicago Bears‘ general manager when they won their lone Super Bowl championship, has died, the team announced on Wednesday. He was 80. The team said he died Tuesday in suburban Oak Park, Illinois. A Chicago native who attended Georgetown University and Chicago-Kent College of Law,
7:00 PM ET The 2022 MLB playoffs are finally here with the debut of a new postseason format. Major League Baseball premiers its 12-team format which boasts an additional wild-card spot in both the American League and National League. The fun kicks off with a jam-packed Friday that features eight teams competing in four wild-card
7:33 PM ET Associated Press COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Boston’s Joe Castiglione, the Mets’ Gary Cohen and former major leaguers Dave Campbell, Steve Stone, Duane Kuiper and Ernie Johnson Sr. are among the 10 finalists for the Hall of Fame’s 2023 Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting. Other finalists announced Wednesday include Jacques
4:08 PM ET NEW YORK — The odds of New York Mets outfielder Starling Marte making the roster for the wild-card series are getting slimmer and slimmer. Speaking before Wednesday’s 9-2 win over the Washington Nationals in the regular-season finale, Mets manager Buck Showalter admitted the outfielder’s availability seems like a long shot when the
3:15 PM ET ESPN News Services OAKLAND, Calif. — The Los Angeles Angels have hired Phil Nevin as manager for the 2023 season, removing his interim title and giving him a one-year contract Wednesday before the final game of the regular season. The Angels will miss the playoffs for an eighth straight year. Nevin was
7:47 PM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — Luis Arraez won the AL batting title, hitting a third-inning double after walking twice to finish the season at .316, and the Minnesota Twins rolled to a 10-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday. Arraez was all but assured of topping the Yankees’ Aaron Judge
5:28 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Jeff McNeil, held out of the New York Mets‘ 9-2 regular-season finale win Wednesday against Washington, officially won the National League batting title after the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ Freddie Freeman came up short in his bid to overtake McNeil on the last day of the season.
3:36 PM ET ESPN News Services The owner of a sports memorabilia auction house said he offered $2 million to the fan who caught New York Yankees star Aaron Judge‘s American League-record 62nd home run. JP Cohen, president of Memory Lane Inc. in Tustin, California, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he has texted