7:04 PM ET It apparently wasn’t the flu or some bad sushi that sent Chris Sale to the hospital during the AL Championship Series against the Astros. No, the reason was far different than most would have expected: an infection due to a belly-button ring. Red Sox manager Alex Cora said that Chris Sale, who
Month: October 2018
6:39 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Memphis Grizzlies power forward JaMychal Green will likely be lost for four to six weeks after surgery to repair a fractured jaw, league sources told ESPN. Green isn’t expected to be cleared for contact activities for a month, league sources said. Green was elbowed in the Grizzlies’ opener on Friday
6:35 PM ET ESPN News Services SEATTLE — Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott again defended the conference’s handling of its officiating procedures on Saturday after a report cited text messages from Washington State coach Mike Leach questioning the conference’s decisions during the Cougars’ loss to USC last month. Speaking at halftime of Washington’s game against Colorado,
7:08 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Jay Haas shot a 7-under 65 — missing his age by a stroke — to take a two-shot lead Saturday in the PGA Tour Champions’ playoff-opening Dominion Energy Charity Classic. Trying to become the oldest winner in tour history, the 64-year-old Haas birdied the par-5 16th and
6:55 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — John Hunter Nemechek‘s father first brought him to victory lane at Kansas Speedway almost 15 years ago, when “Front Row” Joe Nemechek swept the weekend Xfinity and Cup series races. His son drove himself there on Saturday. Kyle Larson failed to win two appeals of a
5:24 PM ET Although it appears unlikely, right fielder Mookie Betts could shift to second base when the World Series moves to a National League ballpark next week. Speaking to reporters Saturday, Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora didn’t rule out the possibility when the Red Sox travel to either Milwaukee or Los Angeles for
5:17 PM ET Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict was fined $112,000 for multiple plays that constituted unnecessary roughness in Cincinnati’s Week 6 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Player Fines* Vontaze Burfict $415K Dashon Goldson $253K Ndamukong Suh $248K Marshawn Lynch $248K Josh Norman $188K Odell Beckham Jr. $169K * Since 2012 season The plays that drew
4:55 PM ET New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski did not travel with his team for Sunday’s game at the Chicago Bears and is “highly unlikely” to play, a source tells ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The Patriots have not ruled him out, however, saying it depends on how Gronkowski feels. Gronkowski was limited in practice
5:50 PM ET New Orleans Saints offensive lineman Jermon Bushrod‘s newborn daughter has died, he wrote in a Twitter post Saturday. Jordyn Lynn Bushrod was one week old, Bushrod said, when she died this past Thursday. “My heart has been broken,” he wrote on Twitter. “We will get through this with faith, family and friends.”
4:55 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — As much as Saturday will be a brand-new experience for LeBron James, playing his first official home game with the Los Angeles Lakers, he’ll have a friend in the building making things seem mighty familiar. Rap star Kendrick Lamar visited the Lakers on Friday as part of their