8:00 PM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — White Sox manager Tony La Russa missed Tuesday night’s game against the Kansas City Royals with an unspecified medical issue. The team said the 77-year-old manager would skip the game on the recommendation of his doctors and would undergo further testing Wednesday. La Russa’s absence was announced
11:37 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. ANAHEIM, Calif. — New York Yankees starter Jameson Taillon was pulled from the game against the Los Angeles Angels after only two innings Tuesday night, after being hit by a 91 mph liner off the bat of Magneuris Sierra.
10:39 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Fernando Tatis Jr. had to postpone a scheduled shoulder surgery because he has strep throat, the latest wrinkle in what’s been a turbulent season for the San Diego Padres shortstop. Tatis was slated to have the labrum in his left shoulder repaired on Tuesday, but that procedure
7:48 PM ET ESPN News Services MIAMI — Tampa Bay Rays All-Star left-hander Shane McClanahan was a late scratch in his scheduled start against the Miami Marlins Tuesday because of left shoulder impingement, the team said. The 25-year-old McClanahan (11-5, 2.20 ERA) has made 24 starts and emerged as one of the top pitchers in
11:24 PM ET UFC middleweight Sean Strickland has been forced out of a scheduled bout against Jared Cannonier in October due to a finger injury. Strickland (25-4) revealed the injury on his social media on Tuesday. The Las Vegas-based middleweight said he was about to undergo a “minor” procedure on his finger that he said
4:54 PM ET German Cup holders RB Leipzig began their defence of the trophy with a commanding 8-0 victory over fourth division side Teutonia Ottensen after Timo Werner grabbed a first half hat trick on Tuesday. The match was moved to Leipzig’s stadium after the pitch at Dessau’s Paul Greifzu stadium was left unplayable after
11:15 PM ET Associated Press A Las Vegas police report compiled a decade after a woman first made a 2009 rape complaint against international soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo almost became public Tuesday by mistake, before a Nevada judge backtracked and kept it sealed. Clark County District Court Judge Jasmin Lilly-Spells decided to at least temporarily
6:44 PM ET Associated Press A former North Carolina State soccer player sued the school in federal court Tuesday, saying he was sexually abused for years by the Wolfpack’s former director of sports medicine under the guise of treatment. The lawsuit filed by Benjamin Locke accuses Robert Murphy Jr. of improperly touching his genitals during
7:09 PM ET The Buffalo Sabres ensured a key piece of their rebuilding effort will stick around Tuesday, signing forward Tage Thompson to a seven-year contract extension worth $50 million. The contract, which begins with the 2023-24 season, rewards Thompson, 24, five months after a career season ended. He led the Sabres with 38 goals
5:32 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Venus Williams has been eliminated in the first round of her return to the US Open. Williams lost 6-1, 7-6 (5) to Alison Van Uytvanck of Belgium on Tuesday afternoon in Arthur Ashe Stadium, where younger sister Serena won a night earlier. Venus, who turned 42