4:50 PM ET ESPN News Services CINCINNATI — Reds first baseman Joey Votto will have season-ending surgery Friday on his left rotator cuff, repairing a long-term injury. Votto, who turns 39 next month, said he got hurt when he got tangled up with a baserunner in 2015. He played through the injury, but it has
4:51 PM ET NEW YORK — The slumping New York Yankees made a flurry of roster moves Wednesday to bring some life to their roster and compensate for injuries. Before Wednesday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays, the Yankees called up outfielder Estevan Florial and infielder Oswaldo Cabrera, who will be making his major league
6:44 PM ET ESPN News Services ATLANTA — The New York Mets called up top prospect Brett Baty on Wednesday to fill in at third base for ailing Eduardo Escobar, putting the 22-year-old in the middle of a spirited race for the NL East title. He made an immediate impact. Baty, hitting eighth and playing
8:50 PM ET CHICAGO — The Major League Baseball Umpires Association released a tersely worded statement Wednesday regarding the criticism they’re receiving surrounding the home-plate collision rule. The rule has been a topic around the game after multiple video reviews have resulted in overturned out calls at home plate recently, including in Tuesday’s game between
8:03 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The departures of USC and UCLA from the Pac-12 Conference could mean an estimated loss of around $13 million per year in media rights for each of the remaining schools, according to an interim report issued by University of California Office of the President. The report was
However, Mitchell Starc has already said he will use the period to rest during a hectic Test schedule that will see Australia play nine matches from late November to mid-March – two against West Indies, three against South Africa and four against India – having also been part of the T20 World Cup. Test captain
7:37 PM ET European soccer revenues grew by 10% in the 2020-21 season despite most an almost total lack of fans in stadiums, according to a report published on Thursday. The season was like no other with the COVID-19 pandemic curtailing virtually all matchday income, but Deloitte’s Annual Review of Football Finance showed the industry
3:42 PM ET Marc Cucurella may have found himself on the Stamford Bridge turf after a painful tug of his hair by Tottenham Hotspur‘s Cristian Romero over the weekend, but the Chelsea defender said on Wednesday that he has no plans to get a haircut. Cucurella had his long locks pulled by Romero shortly before
3:08 PM ET British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe would be interested in buying Manchester United if the club was for sale, sources confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday A spokesperson for Ratcliffe earlier told The Times of his desire to buy into the Premier League giants. “If the club is for sale, Jim is definitely a potential
6:44 PM ET ESPN News Services EDMONTON, Alberta — Emil Andrae broke a tie midway through the third period and Sweden beat Latvia 2-1 on Wednesday to reach the world junior hockey semifinals. Isak Rosen opened the scoring for Sweden on a power play in the first period. Gustavs Ozolins tied it late in second