8:39 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Clint Bowyer will retire at the end of the NASCAR season and join the Fox Sports booth as an analyst. Bowyer, in his 15th full season, heads into Sunday’s race at Charlotte Motor Speedway facing elimination from the playoffs. He’s ranked 11th in the 12-driver field that
9:45 PM ET Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils acquired defenseman Ryan Murray from the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday for a fifth-round pick in the 2021 draft. The 27-year-old Murray, the No. 2 overall pick in 2012, had two goals and seven assists in 27 games last season with the Blue
8:57 PM ET Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. — The Colorado Buffaloes have received approval from health officials to begin football practice. New head coach Karl Dorrell and his team kick off fall camp Friday morning. The Pac-12 voted last month to resume the season after postponing it due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the
9:27 PM ET The Florida Atlantic vs. Southern Miss game, scheduled for Saturday in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, has been postponed. FAU said the reason for the postponement was COVID-19 related. “The health and safety of our student-athletes will always be our highest priority as we deal with this pandemic,” FAU athletic director Brian White said. “We’ll
8:12 PM ET Only two individuals stand in the way of a historic French Open clash between top seed Novak Djokovic and No. 2 Rafael Nadal, who is on a quest to equal Roger Federer‘s all-time Grand Slam singles title record for men at 20. While neither Stefanos Tsitsipas nor Diego Schwartzman has played a
4:26 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The price of qualifying offers for Major League Baseball free agents rose by $1.1 million to a record $18.9 million. Determined by the average of the top 125 major league contracts this year, the figure announced Thursday is based on full salaries, not the prorated pay that
4:09 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Slumping catcher Gary Sanchez was benched by the Yankees for the third time in four games, before New York staved off elimination from the postseason in Game 4 of the AL Division Series against Tampa Bay. Kyle Higashioka was behind the plate to catch left-hander Jordan Montgomery
5:46 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN DIEGO — Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Oliver Drake was replaced on the AL Division Series roster by right-hander Trevor Richards just hours before the New York Yankees‘ 5-1 win in Game 4 Thursday night at Petco Park. The Yankees evened the best-of-five series at 2-2 to set up
7:23 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Get used to them, America — the Houston Astros aren’t going anywhere just yet. Tainted by one of the biggest cheating scandals in baseball history, beset by injuries when the season restarted and burdened by their own underperformance throughout the summer, the Astros, at their best at the perfect
8:24 PM ET There was a point in September when the Atlanta Braves barely had a starting rotation. They certainly have one now, and by channeling the performance of great Braves staffs from the past, those pitchers have propelled Atlanta back to the National League Championship Series for the first time in 19 years. The