2:08 AM ET The most interesting conference in college football is the Big 12, and it’s not really close. To be sure, we’re not saying the Big 12 is the best league. The Big 12 is like a “Mission Impossible” movie. It’s good, maybe great. But that’s beside the point. What matters is it’s really
Month: October 2018
9:54 PM ET Associated Press NAPA, Calif. — Brandt Snedeker birdied the final three holes Saturday to take a three-stroke lead into the final round of the PGA Tour’s season-opening Safeway Open. Snedeker finished with a 3-under 69 to get to 16-under 200 on the North Course at Silverado Resort and Spa. He won the
9:46 PM BST PRETORIA — Five takeaways from the epic Rugby Championship match between the Springboks and the All Blacks at Loftus Versfeld. The All Blacks-Springboks rivalry of old is back … A packed Loftus Versfeld is a testimony of how far the Springboks have come this year under Rassie Erasmus. They really should have
9:39 PM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — Los Angeles Lakers fans will have to wait a little bit longer to see LeBron James and Lonzo Ball take the court together in the preseason for the first time. James and Ball will both be held out for rest in Saturday’s preseason game against the Los Angeles Clippers,
9:27 PM ET STANFORD, Calif. — Stanford star running back Bryce Love won’t play Saturday night against Utah because of a left ankle injury, coach David Shaw announced. Love, who also missed a Week 3 game against UC Davis with an unspecified ailment, injured the ankle in the fourth quarter of a Sept. 29 loss
8:56 PM BST Coach Steve Hansen says New Zealand’s ability to keep up their intensity to the end was a key factor in his side’s stunning 32-30 comeback victory over South Africa in their Rugby Championship clash at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. The world champions trailed by 12 points with four minutes remaining in a
8:49 PM BST PRETORIA — Springboks captain Siya Kolisi says soft-moments in the last 10 minutes cost them back-to-back victories in the Rugby Championship against the All Blacks at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. The Springboks were cruising to a second successive victory over the All Blackjs following their shock 36-34 victory in Wellington last month.
8:00 AM ET One game is just that, one game. But in a five-game series, it means a lot for the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox, because notching Game 1 wins mean that last year’s defending champs and this year’s MLB wins leaders have to achieve only a split in four games to advance
8:33 PM ET Stefano FusaroESPN HOUSTON — Astros right-hander Gerrit Cole became the second player in MLB history to record at least 12 strikeouts without a walk in a postseason game Saturday in leading Houston to a 2-0 lead in its American League Division Series against the Cleveland Indians. A day after Justin Verlander shut
8:00 AM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. Josh Donaldson and Edwin Encarnacion might seem like an unlikely duo to have become friends. One of them is flamboyant and boisterous, the other one is discreet and introverted. One hails from Alabama (via nearby Pensacola) and was a