1:06 AM ET There were some thoughts heading into the 2019 season that we had seen the best of Jose Altuve. The consensus view after a 2018 season in which he .316 with 13 home runs and still finished 13th in the MVP voting: Still an excellent player, but probably no longer an MVP candidate.
Month: April 2019
Apr 9, 2019 Big picture The clock is ticking on Rajasthan Royals. Five games in, they are above only Royal Challengers Bangalore – that should tell you where they are placed on the table now. Two weeks down the road, their stars will be back to their respective countries for World Cup camps. Therefore, the
The combination of Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez was too much for Atletico to handle, as Barcelona all but wrapped up the La Liga title race at the Camp Nou. Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa has been banned for eight games after he was sent off for insulting referee Jesus Gil Manzano’s mother in last
Isaak Hayik is the oldest player to play a professional football match breaking the previous record of 53 years and 182 days. While the name might not be instantly familiar, veteran footballer Isaak Hayik entered the Guinness Book of World Records last week and is unlikely to be dislodged anytime soon. The 73-year-old goalkeeper started
9:24 PM ET Michael Rothstein Close ESPN Staff Writer Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Two class action lawsuits have been filed this week by former
Craig Burley doesn’t see a way back for Manchester United, even though they limited Barcelona to just one goal at Old Trafford. MANCHESTER, England — Paul Pogba has told his Manchester United teammates they need to be “killers” at Camp Nou if they want to progress in the Champions League. United lost their quarterfinal first
10:13 PM ET Dirk Nowitzki gazed at the floor as he limped through the tunnel and toward the American Airlines Center home locker room, his sore knee throbbing and thoughts swirling in his head that he might have just played his final playoff game after his Dallas Mavericks were on the wrong end of a
8:48 PM ET LOS ANGELES — When pound-for-pound king Vasiliy Lomachenko’s next lightweight title defense was being planned he thought it would be a three-belt unification fight with Richard Commey, who had won a vacant belt on Feb. 2. But when Commey injured his right hand during a second-round knockout of Isa Chaniev in the
1:36 AM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant picked up his 16th technical foul during the first quarter of Wednesday’s regular-season finale against the Memphis Grizzlies, but he will not be suspended because the amount of technical fouls does not carry over into the postseason. The technical foul was called with
12:45 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — After Dwyane Wade went for 30 points in the final home game of his career Tuesday night, Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra tried to downplay expectations for what Wade would be able to do for an encore Wednesday night in the final game of his NBA career.