The conclusion of the Gold Cup brought about mixed emotions for the U.S. men’s national team. There was disappointment at the 1-0 final defeat to arch-rivals Mexico, especially given the fact that the tournament hosts squandered several wide-open scoring chances. By the end of the game, El Tri‘s talent advantage carried the day but in
Month: July 2019
When Tottenham Hotspur’s new recruit Tanguy Ndombele made his professional debut for Angers three years ago, in a French League Cup game against Clermont, there were just 1,508 people in attendance. Only 4,436 spectators saw a tall, elegant striker called Olivier Giroud make his first-team bow for Grenoble in March 2006, while scarcely five thousand
3:05 AM ET The New York Mets‘ Pete Alonso won a battle of rookies to outslug the Toronto Blue Jays‘ Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and win the Home Run Derby at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Monday night. Guerrero broke the Derby’s single-round record in each of the first two rounds, but after surviving an exhausting
3:36 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” CLEVELAND — On the night he hit more than seven miles’ worth of home runs, a night that showed the world that he’s far more than the name he inherited from his
Former Arsenal striker Paul Mariner goes through Harry Maguire’s defensive attributes and concludes that he is not worth the kind of money that Leicester City are demanding for him. Ian Darke says it’s imperative Arsenal bolster their squad starting with Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha if they want to return to UCL football. ESPN FC’s Stewart
9:36 AM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Jonathan Pearce had a spiritual experience four years ago that has fueled his MMA career. It happened not in a church, not even in a gym during an especially transcendent workout. It occurred in an ambulance. Pearce had been training at his gym in Elizabethton, Tennessee, and saw a man
3:00 AM ET Big picture Brathwaite c Boult b Neesham 101. It’s been 16 days since that happened, and it’ll be 17 days when tomorrow’s semi-final begins. For New Zealand, it will be 17 winless days. And yet, here they are, two wins away from getting their hands on the World Cup. The carping about
1:56 AM ET CLEVELAND — Pete Alonso had a pretty good night. A fun evening in the middle of what he called a fantasy season so far. After all, the rookie first baseman for the New York Mets hit three walk-off homers to win the 2019 Home Run Derby. In the first round, matched up
1:55 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Zion Williamson took in the New Orleans Pelicans‘ Monday night game from the sideline, having been shut down after playing for just nine minutes on Friday night. The team said he knocked knees with another player in Friday’s game and suffered a bruised left knee. “It was more precautionary,”
1:00 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Jaylen Samuels isn’t sure when or how he’ll share the same backfield with James Conner on game days. Samuels just knows “little two-back sets” are going to happen at some point, and he can’t wait to see it. &• Gurley biggest question of Rams offseason&• Steelers’ plans for RBs Conner,