6:49 PM ET The Washington Nationals hit four consecutive home runs in the eighth inning Sunday, becoming the first franchise in major league history to accomplish the feat multiple times. With the score tied 1-1 and one out in the eighth inning Sunday, the Nationals’ Howie Kendrick, Trea Turner, Adam Eaton and Anthony Rendon hit
Month: June 2019
7:00 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — It was one of the New York Jets‘ OTA days this spring — they run together — when new defensive coordinator Gregg Williams walked past new coach Adam Gase on the practice field and casually told him, “Throwing in an odd today.” Gase’s eyes got big, and he
5:56 PM ET That race should have been one for the ages — Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton, the two greatest drivers of the modern era, battling flat-out for a victory at one of the best race circuit’s on the F1 calendar. Until lap 48, it was. Then Vettel made a mistake and ran across
5:51 PM ET Associated Press GALLOWAY, N.J. — Lexi Thompson made a 20-foot putt for an eagle on the 18th hole Sunday to complete a late comeback and win the ShopRite LPGA Classic. Trailing Jeongeun Lee6 by two strokes after the 15th, Thompson finished birdie-par-eagle to finish up a round of 4-under-par 67 and a
5:15 PM ET Rafael Nadal won his 12th French Open in Paris on Sunday. At an even dozen, he has now won enough titles there to make ranking them an interesting exercise. Here is our countdown of Nadal’s Roland Garros championships — from 12 to 1, in reverse order of importance — including Sunday’s victory
5:31 PM ET Former Michigan guard Charles Matthews suffered a torn ACL, his agent Adam Pensack told ESPN. Matthews, 22, suffered the injury at a workout with the Boston Celtics and is expected to miss most or all of the 2019-20 season. After a strong showing at the NBA combine in Chicago, Matthews was garnering
4:54 PM ET Associated Press NASCAR’s Cup race at Michigan has been postponed because of rain. NASCAR will now attempt to hold the race Monday at 5 p.m. at Michigan International Speedway. The race never began Sunday, and the postponement was announced after a delay of about 2½ hours from the scheduled start time. There
4:25 PM ET ESPN staff Sebastian Vettel was furious with the stewards’ decision which handed the Canadian Grand Prix to Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton. In an incident likely to be debated for a while, Vettel ran wide at Turn 4 on the 48th lap. In rejoining the track, Vettel moved into the path of Hamilton,
3:48 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN TORONTO — It’s been an eventful 24 hours for Raptors guard Fred VanVleet. In the wake of getting his head cut open and his tooth chipped following an inadvertent elbow from Golden State Warriors guard Shaun Livingston in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, VanVleet made multiple doctor visits to
4:15 PM ET [embedded content] CHICAGO — There were plenty of storylines going into Saturday’s UFC 238, and there might be even more of them to discuss coming out of the event. After looking terrible in the opening round of his bantamweight title fight against Marlon Moraes, flyweight champion Henry Cejudo delivered one of the