Month: June 2019

Alejandro Moreno sifts through the latest transfer rumours in this week’s Transfer Rater, including a potential short stay for Miguel Almiron at Newcastle. Brisbane Roar will have a distinctly British feel under new coach Robbie Fowler with a trio of United Kingdom-based players joining the A-League club on Tuesday. The Liverpool legend has raided England’s
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1:24 AM ET Jurien Gaari scored a stoppage time equaliser as Curacao held Jamaica 1-1 at the Gold Cup in Los Angeles on Tuesday and booked a surprise quarterfinal for the tiny Caribbean nation. Curacao had a nervous wait after the early match in Group C, but their progression was confirmed when El Salvador crashed
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9:54 PM ET The Houston Dynamo continue their three-game, coast-to-coast road trip on Wednesday night when they travel to San Jose, Calif., to face the Earthquakes. The eight-day, 5,077-mile trip started with a 4-0 loss at Portland last Saturday. The final stop will be in Foxboro, Mass., on Saturday when the Dynamo face the New
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12:46 AM ET CHICAGO — It might be a first in baseball: The benches clearing because of an argument involving pitch framing. It came after Chicago Cubs catcher Willson Contreras homered in the second inning off of Atlanta Braves starter Julio Teheran in the Cubs’ 8-3 win on Monday night. Contreras was upset that home
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11:46 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a welterweight bout between Colby Covington and Robbie Lawler to headline UFC Fight Night on Aug. 3 in Newark, New Jersey, according to UFC president Dana White. White informed ESPN of the 170-pound matchup on Monday. Additional sources confirmed both sides have agreed to the bout. UFC Fight
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11:21 PM ET Tampa Bay Rays starter Tyler Glasnow will be shut down for three weeks after a setback in his attempt to return from a forearm strain, the team said Monday. Glasnow felt some discomfort throwing from 90 feet in Oakland on Sunday, and an MRI revealed inflammation. He will be re-evaulated in three
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11:58 PM ET Giannis Antetokounmpo joined Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the second Milwaukee Bucks player to win the Most Valuable Player award. The award was announced on Monday at a ceremony in Los Angeles. At just 24 years old, Antetokounmpo became the third-youngest player to win the MVP over the past 40 seasons, behind Derrick Rose
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ESPN FC’s Shaka Hislop sees Derby County boss Frank Lampard taking the helm at his former club Chelsea as only a short term fix for the London club. ESPN FC’s Craig Burley lists the reasons why Frank Lampard would have a difficult time as Chelsea manager should he be appointed to replace the outgoing Maurizio
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