10:04 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt had surgery to remove a bone spur from his right heel. Belt underwent the procedure Thursday with foot and ankle specialist Dr. Robert Anderson in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Giants said Tuesday that Belt traveled home last weekend and is
7:52 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN DIEGO — Houston Astros pitcher Zack Greinke said he has enjoyed playing games without fans during the pandemic-shortened season and in the playoffs. “I don’t really notice fans when the game’s going on, but warming up and practice before games, I mean, for me it’s nice not having
9:50 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner apologized to the team’s fans for its postseason failure, much like his father did 39 years earlier. The Yankees were eliminated with a 2-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday, losing 3-2 in the American League Division Series. They
11:52 PM ET Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Kevin Kiermaier exited in the sixth inning of Game 2 of the American League Championship Series against Houston after being hit by a pitch and suffering a left hand contusion Tuesday night. The team announced that X-rays were negative and he is day-to-day. “My hand feels like it
12:20 AM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Eight days ago, before the first of what the Los Angeles Dodgers hope are three postseason rounds at Globe Life Field, Justin Turner and Mookie Betts gathered the team in right field to talk about the challenge that awaited them. Turner and Betts had planned the meeting in advance.
11:46 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Jose Altuve was the American League MVP in 2017 when his Houston Astros sometimes knew exactly what pitches were coming. Now, he doesn’t even know where his own throws are going. Altuve committed his fourth throwing error this postseason and third of the AL Championship Series on
5:22 PM ET Associated Press Leading clubs allegedly threatened to quit the Premier League in a bid to push through a transformation of English football being engineered by Liverpool and Manchester United that would hand them more power and wealth. Football Association chairman Greg Clarke disclosed the warning by elite clubs as the reason he
1:22 AM ET It is not the same. It is never the same when Paul Pogba is not there. Everyone in the France camp will tell you. After 16 months away from the French national team because of his long injury, because of the coronavirus pandemic, and because he contracted CODID-19 himself in September, the
4:00 AM ET Sergio Ramos is a freak. It’s impossible to deny that fact. Now, Sergio, if you’re reading this, I mean it in the most complimentary way. Not a hint of denigration or disrespect. But facts are facts. We live in an age when players are gasping for respite, a breather for their tired
5:27 AM GMT The ICC has been given notice that South Africa’s minister of sport, Nathi Mthethwa, intends to intervene in Cricket South Africa (CSA), after failing to see progress in the organisation’s attempts to stabilise its governance. Mthethwa can act according to the country’s National Sport and Recreation Act, which gives him the power