1:30 PM ET Tony La Russa doesn’t think there’s a rift in the Chicago White Sox clubhouse, but some players have indicated publicly that they disagree with the Hall of Fame manager’s comments about rookie slugger Yermin Mercedes. La Russa called Mercedes “clueless” for homering on a 47 mph pitch with a 3-0 count from
4:44 PM ET LONDON — A club’s fanbase doesn’t usually side with their star striker when he asks to leave, but this is precisely the mess Tottenham have got themselves into now. Harry Kane had to wait just over 70 seconds into this 2-1 home defeat to Aston Villa to hear the 10,000 fans assembled
2:04 PM ET The NHL has retested some teams for COVID on Wednesday after what it believed were false positive results from one U.S.-based lab on Tuesday. The St. Louis Blues were one of at least two playoff teams impacted, both of whom were scheduled to play Wednesday night. “We have discovered discrepancies in Covid
1:03 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Toronto Raptors president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri said Wednesday that his decision on whether to re-sign with the franchise this offseason will be determined by conversations he is set to have with the team’s ownership in the coming weeks. “Everybody says, ‘Blank check, blank check,’ but I’m not as
4:26 PM ET Major League club New York City FC has signed promising Brazilian teenager Talles Magno from Vasco da Gama. NYCFC said Wednesday that the 18-year-old winger signed a contract through the 2026 season. Magno helped Brazil win the Under-17 World Cup in 2019 and has already played 61 professional matches for Rio De
2:41 PM ET The United Soccer League and USL Championship side Loudoun United announced that they are launching an investigation into allegations of fans racially abusing players from New York Red Bulls II. The alleged incidents took place in Tuesday’s match between the two sides. One incident in particular was highlighted on social media in
5:35 PM ET Sam Allardyce will step down as West Bromwich Albion manager at the end of the season, the club said after Wednesday’s 3-1 home defeat by West Ham United in the Premier League. Allardyce took charge in December after Slaven Bilic was sacked but was unable to save the Midlands club from an
10:45 AM ET Barcelona, Lyon, the Houston Dash and the Portland Thorns will take part in the 2021 Women’s International Champions Cup (WICC) to be held Aug. 18-21 at Providence Park in Portland, Oregon. All of the teams taking part won trophies in 2020. Barcelona claimed the 2020 Primera Division and were recently crowned the
2:58 PM ET Tottenham lost to Aston Villa in a match that saw Sergio Reguilon score an unbelievable own goal. DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Tottenham Hotspur‘s European hopes were dealt a huge blow as their final Premier League home game of the season ended in a dispiriting 2-1 defeat by Aston Villa on Wednesday. Striker
5:06 PM ET Liverpool moved into the Champions League qualifying spots after a 3-0 win at Burnley on Wednesday took them above Leicester City and into fourth place with one round of Premier League matches remaining. – Premier League VAR rulings: How they’ve affected every team– Top-four race: Liverpool, Chelsea or Leicester to miss out?