11:25 AM ET Vivianne Miedema now has 60 international goals from 77 games. Getty Vivianne Miedema scored twice to become Netherlands’ all-time leading goalscorer as the European champions beat Cameroon 3-1 on Saturday to reach the last 16 at the Women’s World Cup. Cameroon, playing Netherlands for the first time in a competitive match, adopted a
Month: June 2019
2:44 AM ET Chael Sonnen announced his retirement from mixed martial arts on Friday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Bellator light heavyweight and former UFC middleweight title challenger made his decision in the cage after his second-round TKO loss to Lyoto Machida at Bellator 222. After the result was shared,
2:09 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim NEW YORK — When Rory MacDonald was Rory MacDonald, a jiu-jitsu specialist like Neiman Gracie would not have stood a chance with him in a standup cage fight. But there they were, on their feet for the entirety of the first round of Friday’s welterweight championship main event of Bellator
9:25 PM ET Teenager Jonathan David scored twice as Canada thrashed Martinique 4-0 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday to win the opening match of the Gold Cup. Canada threatened from the outset and it felt like only a matter of time before Les Rouges would break through, which they did in the
12:59 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Dodger Stadium doesn’t provide the best of memories for Chicago Cubs starter Yu Darvish, and he’ll try to exorcise more than one demon when he takes the mound there on Saturday night against his old team. In 2017, Darvish helped the Dodgers get to the World Series before famously
To watch 2019 Copa America, sign up for ESPN+. The World Cup is the culmination of a process. Teams have fought to be there. They are battle hardened and ready, clear about what they are trying to do. The Copa America is the opposite. It is the start of a new process, kicking off a
With reports Barcelona are set to trigger Antoine Griezmann’s release clause, the FC guys assess how the France star will fit into the current side. ESPN FC’s Craig Burley believes Barcelona won’t be so hasty to get rid of Coutinho and will give him one more season to turn it around. Barcelona striker Luis Suarez
12:44 AM ET NEW YORK — Bellator’s bantamweight championship officially belongs to Japan. Kyoji Horiguchi (28-2) claimed Bellator’s 135-pound title in a unanimous decision win over Darrion Caldwell (12-3) in a cross-promotion bout during Bellator 222 on Friday night at Madison Square Garden. It was Horiguchi’s second win over Caldwell in seven months, as part
12:43 AM ET NEW YORK — For more than 20 years, Chael Sonnen prided himself as a mixed martial artist who would “always make the walk.” On Friday, he did so for the final time. Sonnen, 42, retired in the Bellator MMA cage on Friday following a second-round TKO loss to former UFC champion Lyoto
Jun 12, 2019 Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” It’s usually a big moment in the game if Andrew Miller is pitching, and April 21, 2018, was no exception. Miller was protecting a one-run Indians lead in the eighth inning, with