2:30 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson was about halfway through his Q&A session with the students at Boys’ Latin Charter School in West Philly on Wednesday, and to that point he had fielded only football-related questions. Knowing there were bigger issues at hand, he took it upon himself to change
Month: May 2019
1:14 AM ET Ankur Dhawan in Mumbai Sunrisers Hyderabad must have breathed a sigh of relief when the exits of some of their overseas stars coincided with Manish Pandey finding form. He returned to the side against Chennai Super Kings, and has since strung together scores of 83*, 61 and 36. This is seemingly the
12:36 AM ET WASHINGTON — If you are what your record says you are, then the St. Louis Cardinals are the best team in baseball. With a convincing 5-1 win over the Washington Nationals and ace Max Scherzer on Wednesday night, St. Louis improved to 20-10. The victory, combined with the Rays’ doubleheader loss to
12:06 AM ET SEATTLE — Cubs left-hander Jon Lester is so revered in Chicago these days even social media can’t touch him. In the era of hot takes, there’s only one concerning Lester that is up for debate: Is he the best free-agent signing in the city’s history? “You write a list of the free
9:20 AM ET Tony Ferguson recently changed management groups, leaving Paradigm Sports Management — a team that represents former UFC champion and fellow lightweight Conor McGregor — for Ballengee Group. Some have questioned whether being part of the same organization might have hurt the chances of this matchup being made in the past. Now that
10:20 PM ET Catcher Stephen Vogt completed his long road back to the major leagues Wednesday after the San Francisco Giants selected his contract from Triple-A Sacramento. The 34-year-old is available off the bench Wednesday night as the Giants host the Los Angeles Dodgers. Working to bounce back from shoulder surgery that cut his 2018
10:16 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Pac-12 has no plans to change its football scheduling policies and philosophies, including playing nine conference games, to enhance the league’s chances to place a team in the four-team playoff. Commissioner Larry Scott said Wednesday conference coaches and administrators discussed during meetings this week whether there
9:10 PM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani is now, precisely, seven months removed from Tommy John surgery. He has taken 31 at-bats in simulated-game environments. His timing, he said, is on point. His body “feels great.” And yet Ohtani remains on the injured list and in recovery. The Los Angeles Angels, predictably cautious with
11:15 PM ET ESPN News Services MIAMI — Cleveland Indians right-hander Corey Kluber has a nondisplaced fracture of his right ulna after he was hit on the arm by a line drive off the bat of Miami Marlins outfielder Brian Anderson on Wednesday, the team said. The Indians initially said Kluber had a right forearm
8:55 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder A.J. Pollock will need surgery because of an infection in his surgically repaired right elbow. Manager Dave Roberts says Pollock will undergo the operation on Thursday. Roberts had no timeline on how long Pollock will be sidelined but acknowledged “it’s going to