7:15 AM ET In its entire 100-year history, the NFL has never opened a season on the kind of scoring tear we’ve seen in 2020. Teams are averaging 24.7 offensive points per game during the first three weeks, 16% better than 2019 over the same period, and 22% higher than their average during the previous
12:35 PM IST New Zealand 5 for 125 (Satterthwaite 30, Wareham 2-19) beat Australia 7 for 123 (Gardner 29, Kerr 2-18, Tahuhu 2-28) by five wickets Amelia Kerr turned in a masterly display with the ball before delivering precisely the late innings hitting required to lift New Zealand to victory. This helped end a run
12:02 AM ET ESPN News Services SPARTA, Ky. — Kentucky Speedway has lost its spot on NASCAR’s 2021 schedule, the racetrack said Tuesday night ahead of the sanctioning body’s announcement of venues and dates for next season. In addition, the mayor of Joliet, Illinois, told The Athletic that Chicagoland Speedway is also off NASCAR’s 2021
12:30 AM ET Associated Press Defenseman Ryan McDonagh was preparing to answer one last question regarding the Tampa Bay Lightning‘s Stanley Cup championship when teammates Nikita Kucherov and Alex Killorn crashed the room, putting an abrupt and celebratory end to the news conference. “Who’s next? Next question,” Kucherov said, looking into the camera. With McDonagh
8:27 PM ET Steve KimESPN Ewa Brodnicka will defend her WBO female junior lightweight title against Mikaela Mayer on Oct. 31 at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. Mayer (13-0, 5 KOs) has been outspoken in her wish for this title shot, and she made her case with a clear victory over Helen
12:27 AM BST South Africa has voted to pull its four major franchises from Super Rugby and explore expanding their presence in the European PRO14 competition in a major shift for the game in the country. In a widely expected move, a Special General Meeting of the South African Rugby Union (SA Rugby) decided in
7:42 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Video reviews overturned 42.4% of calls checked during Major League Baseball’s shortened regular season, down slightly from 44% in 2019. The Boston Red Sox were the most successful team, gaining overturned calls on 10 of 13 challenges for 76.9%. The Chicago White Sox were second, successful on
9:48 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The Milwaukee Brewers, still scrambling after the sudden loss of ace Corbin Burnes, will start left-hander Brent Suter in Game 1 of the team’s National League wild-card series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night. Brewers manager Craig Counsell wouldn’t specify parameters for Suter — “The parameters are
10:42 PM ET ESPN News Services Several Las Vegas Raiders players attended a charity event held by teammate Darren Waller that violated Nevada rules for the coronavirus pandemic and might have broken NFL regulations. The Darren Waller Foundation held a fundraising event at the DragonRidge Country Club in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson on
8:05 PM ET The New York Rangers are buying out the final year of star goaltender Henrik Lundqvist‘s contract to end his 15-year career with the team, a source told ESPN, confirming a report by the New York Post. Lundqvist, 38, will become an unrestricted free agent, joining a crowded market of veteran goaltenders when