4:55 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens‘ defense suddenly got thinner after the team placed four players, including Pro Bowl outside linebacker Justin Houston, on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Friday. In addition to Houston, Baltimore put outside linebacker Jaylon Ferguson, nose tackle Brandon Williams and defensive tackle Justin Madubuike on the reserve/COVID-19
2:00 PM ET Associated Press SHEYBOYGAN, Wis. — It didn’t take long for Whistling Straits to produce a signature shot in the Ryder Cup. Unfortunately for Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas, it didn’t help them in a 3-up loss to Jon Rahm and Sergio Garcia. Two holes down with two to play, Thomas hit his
12:18 PM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti has backed Karim Benzema to be a Ballon d’Or contender this year after an extraordinary start to the LaLiga season which has seen the forward contribute eight goals and seven assists in just six games. Benzema’s fine form continued in Real Madrid’s 6-1
1:51 PM ET ESPN News Services Embattled Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman has received a two-match ban on Friday for complaining at the end of a 0-0 draw at Cadiz in LaLiga action the day before. The result extended Barcelona’s winless streak to three matches and increased the pressure on Koeman. Koeman was sent off deep
5:30 PM ET Aramide Oladipo Jurgen Klopp has said he is concerned about Liverpool‘s fixture schedule after the international break next month. Liverpool face a trip to Watford on Oct. 16 but could be without a number of players who might need to quarantine on returning from international duty. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on
5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Pep Guardiola says Manchester City are missing a goalscoring “weapon” after missing out on Harry Kane. While Manchester United signed Cristiano Ronaldo and Chelsea landed Romelu Lukaku during the summer transfer window, Kane remained at Tottenham Hotspur rather than moving to the Etihad Stadium. – ESPN+ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS,
5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he has spoken to his players about their tendency to start games slowly and joked that he has written to the Premier League to ask to kick-off matches a goal down. Solskjaer rapped his team for their slow start in the 1-0 defeat
2:45 PM ET LAS VEGAS — UFC star Jon Jones was arrested Friday morning by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, just hours after a past UFC fight of his was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. Jones is being charged with misdemeanor battery domestic violence and injuring or tampering with a vehicle, Officer
3:33 PM ET CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs are committing to the MLB free-agent market this winter after trading away about half their roster this season. “We plan to be really active in free agency,” team president Jed Hoyer said Friday afternoon. “We plan to spend money intelligently. We’re scouting that market heavily. We’re going
3:32 PM ET SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Bryson DeChambeau‘s remarkable length off the tee is already providing an advantage for the United States at the 43rd Ryder Cup. DeChambeau, who led the PGA Tour in driving distance last season, took a very aggressive line on the 581-yard, par-5 fifth hole in Friday afternoon’s four-ball match. He