1:01 PM ET Associated Press OVERIJSE, Belgium — Julian Alaphilippe made up for an embarrassing blunder last weekend by winning the Brabantse Pijl race on Wednesday, his first victory since becoming world champion. Alaphilippe, who last month became France’s first road race world champion since 1997, was left red-faced on Sunday when he let up
Oct 5, 2020 Los Angeles Chargers running back Austin Ekeler is expected to be sidelined four to six weeks after a second opinion on his injured hamstring confirmed the initial diagnosis, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Ekeler will not require any sort of procedure on the hamstring, just rehab, the source said. Ekeler also
1:00 AM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Hockey Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur is facing a recurrence of lung cancer, the hospital treating him announced Wednesday. Lafleur was informed of the diagnosis during an appointment with his medical team earlier this week at the Centre hospitalier de l’Universite de Montreal. “It’s a big blow, but
10:55 AM ET METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints are not planning to evacuate for Hurricane Delta as of Wednesday night, a source told ESPN. With the storm projected to hit further west in Louisiana on Friday night, the Saints don’t anticipate the need to relocate for practice this week or for Monday night’s
10:01 PM ET HOUSTON — Houston Texans executive vice president of football operations Jack Easterby will handle general manager duties for the rest of the season, team owner Cal McNair said Wednesday. “We will start a search for the head coach and a GM on a permanent basis,” McNair said on the Texans’ radio show.
5:12 AM BST And we thought 2019 was a chaotic year for Australian rugby. From the Israel Folau saga to the Wallabies’ World Cup hellhole, Michael Cheika’s unceremonious exit and the continued fallout from that failed campaign, we could have been forgiven for thinking brighter days lay upon the horizon in 2020. And so they
8:00 PM ET Are the Atlanta Braves the biggest threat to the Los Angeles Dodgers, or is it the other way around? A case could be made for either declaration. There isn’t a lot we can say definitively about this baseball season, with its short run and wonky, siloed schedule format. The Dodgers have been
7:15 PM ET MLB InsidersESPN It was another four-game day in the MLB playoffs with every division series in action again on Wednesday. The Atlanta Braves got things started with a victory over the Miami Marlins. Then the Oakland Athletics averted a sweep by the Houston Astros. Later, the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New
2:55 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Terry Francona’s mind briefly wandered to a life without baseball while he battled through a major health scare. Retirement stared him in the face. “Some days when I was extremely frustrated, the thought crossed my mind,” the Indians manager said. “When it was hard to see the light
7:55 PM ET Padres ace Mike Clevinger is off the team’s NLDS roster because of an injury, a move that means he is ineligible to take part in the NLCS should San Diego advance. Major League Baseball approved the roster move Wednesday. According to its release, Dr. Gary Green, the league’s medical director, confirmed that