10:51 PM ET One of the great historical debates in baseball is whether Babe Ruth really did call his shot in the 1932 World Series. There is no doubt about Carlos Correa: The Houston Astros star definitely called his in Game 5 of the AL Championship Series. Correa hammered a home run to center field
12:59 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” ARLINGTON, Texas — One night after a record-setting run-scoring performance, the Los Angeles Dodgers couldn’t muster more than one hit against a rookie with seven career starts and are now on the
6:29 PM ET Danny Lewis The coronavirus pandemic made the transfer market unlike any before it, but there was still plenty of action on Deadline Day. With the window closed across the major leagues in Europe, you can check out the latest major completed transfers across the globe. Juve to reignite interest in Aouar There
8:23 PM ET UFC flyweight Cynthia Calvillo has been forced to withdraw from a scheduled bout against Lauren Murphy at UFC 254 next week in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, and has been replaced by UFC newcomer Liliya Shakirova. Calvillo (9-1-1) was forced to pull out of the bout after testing positive for COVID-19 on Thursday,
9:09 PM ET Associated Press NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Tyrrell Hatton felt grumpy from not getting much sleep, and then he felt he was in a dream when he was 5 under through the opening five holes of the CJ Cup at Shadow Creek. The reality of Thursday was that even coming off an
11:22 PM ET Saturday’s Conference USA game between Charlotte and Florida International has been postponed, the fifth college football game postponed this weekend because of COVID-19 concerns. Positive tests at FIU led to the postponement, which was announced Thursday night. Charlotte had already canceled a game against North Carolina due to its own COVID-19 issues,
11:39 PM BST ESPN staff All Blacks coach Ian Foster has made five changes to his starting side for the second Bledisloe Cup Test in Auckland, two of which see Rieko Ioane and Codie Taylor demoted to the bench. Star playmaker Beauden Barrett returns at fullback, having been a late scratching through injury last week,
10:29 PM ET Steve KimESPN The lightweight title unification fight between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez Jr. is tantalizingly close, and there are just a few small hurdles left to clear before we reach Saturday night. Both fighters need to pass a final COVID test and, of course, they need to make weight. After years
3:00 AM GMT Defending champions New South Wales enter the Sheffield Shield fray from Monday, with the pleasant change that they will not be doing so as a lonely beacon for spin bowling. This time around, on nicely modulated surfaces prepared by the former South Australia and Western Australia paceman Trent Kelly, Queensland, Western Australia
8:17 PM ET For the third time since May, the NBA and National Basketball Players Association are extending a negotiating window that preserves each side’s rights to terminate the collective bargaining agreement due to the pandemic, sources told ESPN on Thursday. The NBA and NBPA agreed on a new Oct. 30 deadline to complete ongoing