News The left-armer should form a strong pace attack with Kane Richardson and James Pattinson Reece Topley, the England left-armer, has signed with Melbourne Renegades as their first overseas player for the BBL. Topley, who has played 13 ODIs and six T20Is, is currently a reserve at the T20 World Cup and could be elevated
Nov 2, 2021 The summer transfer window was unlike any other; see all the major deals and check out how we graded the biggest signings. And just because the window is shut until January, that doesn’t mean the rumours won’t keep coming. Here is the latest gossip and speculation. TOP STORY: Kane to stay at
11:34 PM ET ATLANTA — The narrative shape of the 2021 Atlanta Braves, the newly crowned champions of baseball, was not an arc, as fantastical tales tend to be. It was more like a wave chart, with ebbs and flows leading to one final tidal wave that began gathering momentum in early August and crashed
1:40 AM ET HOUSTON — If you were among the millions watching Game 6 of the World Series at home, the last you saw of Atlanta Braves slugger Jorge Soler‘s home run ball was when it disappeared over the Minute Maid Park railroad tracks into the night. That was what Manuel Ramos saw, too, while
12:54 AM ET ESPN News Services Former big league manager Bobby Valentine fell short in his bid to become mayor of Stamford, Connecticut. The 71-year-old Valentine conceded the election to Democratic state Rep. Caroline Simmons late Tuesday night in what ended up being a close race decided by absentee ballots. “It’s time for me to
11:34 PM ET The Atlanta Braves are World Series champions, but the Los Angeles Dodgers are the favorites to win next year’s title entering an offseason with a bevy of impactful stars on the free-agent market. The Dodgers are the favorites, at 11-2 at Caesars Sportsbook, followed by the Houston Astros (7-1) and the Braves
2:15 AM ET HOUSTON — As Astros star Carlos Correa stepped into the box in the ninth inning of Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday night, he understood the magnitude of the moment for him. The game and subsequently the Series were well in hand for the Atlanta Braves, who captured the championship
12:47 AM ET Atlanta Braves general manager Alex Anthopoulos did not attend the team’s World Series-clinching Game 6 victory in Houston on Tuesday night after testing positive for COVID-19, he told ESPN’s Buster Olney. Anthopoulos, who tested positive on Saturday, told Olney he did not reveal the news until after Tuesday’s win because he didn’t
11:52 PM ET HOUSTON — The season’s journey of World Series MVP Jorge Soler did not begin with the Atlanta Braves. But it did end with the newly crowned champs, merging the stories of a player and a team that followed a very similar trajectory. Soler emerged as the clear-cut MVP of the Braves’ six-game
11:37 PM ET HOUSTON — Jorge Soler coiled, and then he unleashed the mightiest swing he could muster. His batted ball would clear the left-field train tracks in Houston’s Minute Maid Park, soaring 446 feet to give his team the early three-run lead that Max Fried would not relinquish. He dropped his bat upon contact,