5:00 PM ET Lyon celebrated a famous victory over Manchester City on Saturday. FRANCK FIFE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Lyon stunned a mistake-prone Manchester City 3-1 in Lisbon on Saturday to reach the club’s first Champions League semifinal since 2010. The unlikely victory sets up a last-four clash on Wednesday with Bayern Munich, who destroyed Barcelona 8-2
Month: August 2020
3:24 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Belinda Bencic became the latest top tennis player to pull out of the US Open, meaning three of the four female semifinalists in 2019 will not be at the Grand Slam tournament this year. Bencic wrote on social media on Saturday that she “made the difficult decision
4:51 PM ET ESPN staff Both Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes are ready to get the season started, as evidenced by what was said about Mahomes and by Rodgers (read more below) during Saturday’s 2020 NFL training camps. Hint: Both quarterbacks are rather competitive are ready to
1:06 PM ET The Washington Nationals have placed right-hander Stephen Strasburg on the 10-day injured list with carpal tunnel neuritis in his throwing hand, the team announced Saturday. Strasburg left Friday night’s game after throwing just 16 pitches. Nationals manager Dave Martinez said after the 15-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles that Strasburg was pulled
4:42 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Most of the Miami Marlins players sidelined by a coronavirus outbreak have been cleared by baseball’s joint committee for reinstatement, the team said Saturday, and they’re expected to begin rehabilitation workouts soon. It’s unlikely any of the players will be activated before the next homestand, which starts Aug.
2:12 PM ET ESPN News Services Detroit Tigers first baseman C.J. Cron has elected to undergo season-ending knee surgery, manager Ron Gardenhire announced Saturday. Cron exited the Tigers’ 5-1 win over the Chicago White Sox on Monday with a sprained left knee. He was struck by Danny Mendick‘s hard-hit grounder in the fourth inning and
3:25 PM ET CHICAGO — While declaring it “Opening Day” again for his team on Saturday, St. Louis Cardinals president John Mozeliak described what he thinks led to a coronavirus outbreak, which sidelined the Cardinals after just five games this season. “We had some pretty tight rooms when we were up in Minneapolis,” Mozeliak said
10:29 AM ET Saturday’s game between the Reds and Pirates has been postponed after a Cincinnati player tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, a source told ESPN’s Buster Olney. The teams were informed of the positive test after Friday’s game in CIncinnati. The Athletic first reported that a Reds player had tested positive. The Reds
4:53 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — The Atlanta Braves decided to place outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. on the 10-day injured list retroactively Saturday because of lingering wrist soreness, and they’re hoping he can return next weekend. The 2018 NL Rookie of the Year hasn’t played since Monday because of inflammation in his left wrist.
10:37 AM ET Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask is leaving the NHL bubble and opting out of the Stanley Cup playoffs, he announced via a statement from the team on Saturday. “I want to be with my teammates competing, but at this moment there are things more important than hockey in my life, and that’s