8:00 AM ET After seemingly wearing out his welcome in L.A., Yasiel Puig has bounced back to be a solid contributor. Jayne Kamin-Oncea/USA TODAY Sports Here’s a stupid and obvious thing to say at the start of an article: Two teams are more interesting than one. We could test the Dodgers against an anthropomorphized algorithm, and
Month: October 2018
8:25 AM ET MILWAUKEE — In spite of all that went wrong — the errors, the passed balls, that home run by Brandon Woodruff, of all people — the Los Angeles Dodgers wound up with the tying run only 90 feet away on Friday night. Two years ago, the Brewers and Dodgers almost swapped Ryan
8:57 AM ET With one World Series ring in his possession and a second in his sights, Houston Astros pitcher Justin Verlander said he hasn’t given any thought to walking away from baseball after 14 seasons. “Just keep swimming,” Verlander, 35, told reporters on Thursday. “That’s me. Just keep pitching. Just head down, prepare myself
7:45 AM ET The league championship series started with a bang as the Milwaukee Brewers ran their winning streak to 12 games and handed Clayton Kershaw the shortest postseason start of his career to seize a quick lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Can Milwaukee expand on it in Game 2? And now the Boston
Nigeria’s Gernot Rohr is bracing for a reaction from Libya in the return leg of their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Tuesday after the Mediterranean Knights suffered a crushing 4-0 defeat against the Super Eagles. A hat-trick from Odion Ighalo, and Samuel Kalu’s first international goal handed Nigeria a big victory and put
The FC panel examine what’s at the heart of Mohamed Salah’s scoring struggles for Liverpool, during a stretch where he’s scored just once in his last seven games. Pundits are saying Mohamed Salah is struggling to start the season but the stats compared to last year paint a different picture. Mohamed Salah is returning to
7:32 AM ET LONDON — The singsong chants of “RAI-DERS! RAI-DERS! RAI-DERS!” had been echoing off this ancient city’s walls for more than an hour. They grew louder with more passion whenever someone walking on the street was spotted wearing silver and black and answered with the same guttural call. Boos, good-natured but still, lusty
Paul Mariner rates the sensibility of the latest transfer links, including potential comings and goings at Chelsea and Manchester United. The guys react to Eden Hazard’s comments about playing for Real Madrid and wonder if Chelsea should begin to make preparations for his departure. Eden Hazard’s performances at Chelsea are making him a target for
Odion Ighalo scored a hat-trick as Nigeria took a big step towards the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations with a thumping 4-0 success over Libya on Saturday as the continent’s big guns flexed their muscles with significant victories. Former Watford forward Ighalo netted an early penalty to settle the nerves of the home side before
11:13 AM ET Associated Press SHANGHAI — Borna Coric upset defending champion Roger Federer and will face Novak Djokovic in the Shanghai Masters final on Sunday. Coric earned passage to the final by taking down the top-seeded Federer 6-4, 6-4 in the semifinals on Saturday. “It was one of the best matches of my life,”