2:44 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” NEW YORK — The complete implosion of the New York Yankees, a 103-win team that spent Game 4 of the American League Championship Series looking like a 103-loss team, ended Friday at
Month: October 2019
1:37 AM ET DENVER — Kansas City Chiefs guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is a medical school graduate but didn’t need any particular knowledge to immediately realize the severity of Patrick Mahomes‘ right knee injury. “Everybody could have known something was wrong,” Duvernay-Tardif said. Mahomes dislocated his right kneecap in the second quarter of Thursday night’s game
9:26 PM ET Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes suffered a right patellar (kneecap) dislocation in the second quarter of Thursday night’s road win over the Denver Broncos, a source told ESPN’s Stephania Bell, confirming multiple reports. Mahomes will undergo an MRI to determine whether there is any ligament damage, a source told ESPN’s Adam
2:22 AM ET Associated Press JEJU ISLAND, South Korea — Justin Thomas shot a 9-under 63 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead at CJ Cup at Nine Bridges, putting himself in position to win his second PGA Tour event in South Korea in three years. Thomas, who won the inaugural CJ Cup in 2017,
Oct 17, 2019 In November 2008, Indian cricket witnessed one of its more poignant sights when Sourav Ganguly was asked by MS Dhoni, the captain, to lead out the Indian team in the closing moments of Ganguly’s farewell Test. The back story to that decision added to the sentiment of the moment – earlier that
1:48 AM ET DENVER — Just minutes after a crushing 30-6 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, Denver Broncos coach Vic Fangio looked at what his team’s offense had done in the previous 60 football minutes and narrowed it down to one rather significant item. Everything. “It was all levels of our passing game [that]
Oct 17, 2019 Vishal Dikshit A “force to reckon with” no matter where they play in the world, with an “unbelievable” bowling attack and an “ultimate captain” who leads from the front, is what West Indies great Brian Lara thinks of the current India team. The Indians, under Virat Kohli, has been ranked No. 1
12:11 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN MILWAUKEE — Two things stood out to Giannis Antetokounmpo as he glanced at the stat sheet while addressing media members Thursday night following the completion of the Milwaukee Bucks‘ first undefeated preseason since 1997: 3-pointers and turnovers. Despite the Bucks committing 21 turnovers and going 11-for-40 (27.5%) from 3 in
11:30 PM ET DENVER — The Denver Broncos‘ offensive game plan, and perhaps their season, dissolved into a “what now?” mess of offensive line play on Thursday night, as quarterback Joe Flacco was unable to escape the Kansas City Chiefs during a 30-6 loss. The Chiefs had six sacks in the first half and finished
8:00 AM ET WASHINGTON — The between-pitch routine that is now known simply as “The Soto Shuffle” began when Juan Soto was young — exceedingly young — in the minor leagues. It developed into a tic, but began as a mindset, a tenet, about taking ownership of at-bats and, more so, approaching life with unwavering