1:03 AM ET WASHINGTON — The St. Louis Cardinals threw 23,884 pitches in the regular season. They threw 756 more in eliminating the Braves in the division series. It took just 33 pitches in the third inning of Game 3 of the National League Championship Series for their season to unravel, however, sending the Cardinals
Month: October 2019
11:51 AM ET New York Jets guard Kelechi Osemele, one of the team’s key off-season acquisitions, is having season-ending shoulder surgery, a source confirmed Tuesday. Osemele, 30, whom they acquired in a March trade with the Oakland Raiders, was injured in a full-pads practice during the run-up to their Week 5 game against the Philadelphia
11:22 AM ET ESPN staff The All India Tennis Association (AITA) has directed its players, officials and staff bound for the Davis Cup tie next month to apply for Pakistan visas following a meeting of the body in New Delhi on Tuesday. The AITA, however, is waiting for the ITF to revert with its final
11:42 AM ET ESPN staff The All India Tennis Association (AITA) has directed its players, officials and staff bound for the Davis Cup tie next month to apply for Pakistan visas following a meeting of the body in New Delhi on Tuesday. The AITA, however, is waiting for the ITF to revert with its final
11:03 AM ET Former featherweight world titleholders Oscar Valdez and Carl Frampton will make their ring returns on the same Nov. 30 card against separate opponents and in a new weight class, Top Rank announced Tuesday. Valdez, who gave up his featherweight belt earlier this year in order to move up in weight, will make
2:30 AM ET WASHINGTON — Gerardo Parra wrapped both arms around Stephen Strasburg and wouldn’t let go. Their embrace has morphed into something of a tradition. It began late in the season and spilled into the playoffs, partly because this Washington Nationals team has grown so close and partly because Strasburg detests these hugs. For
10:48 AM ET Tiger Woods announced Tuesday that he is writing his first-ever memoir, to be called “BACK,” which was described in a news release as the “first and only account directly from Woods, with the full cooperation of his friends, family and inner circle.” Woods, who at 43 won the Masters earlier this year
6:00 AM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The interceptions kept on coming for New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones, like body blows in a heavyweight fight. Each one last Thursday night seemed to hurt incrementally more than the last. The first was mitigated by New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady returning the favor on the
3:49 PM ET Richard Mann The UFC light heavyweight division needs an influx of new contenders. Friday night’s main event in Boston could go a long way to reaching that goal. Dominick Reyes joined the UFC in 2017 and has passed every test. His next exam will come against former middleweight champion Chris Weidman, who
9:21 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN Artur Beterbiev faces Oleksandr Gvozdyk on Friday night in a highly-anticipated WBC/IBF light heavyweight unification fight. Beterbiev (14-0, 14 KOs) has become a superstar on his own, but the guidance and friendship of MMA legend George St-Pierre has led him to greater heights. Mark Kriegel sat down with Beterbiev and