12:52 PM IST Australian cricket’s grassroots participation numbers are both growing and shrinking at the same time. If that sounds nonsensical at first, on further inspection it is a reflection of the fact that, year by year, Cricket Australia is trying to be more honest with itself about the amount of people actually playing the
Month: August 2020
1:26 AM ET ESPN News Services The San Diego Padres acquired first baseman Yonder Alonso in a trade with the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday. The Padres will send cash to the Braves to complete the deal. Alonso, the brother-in-law of Padres third baseman Manny Machado, returns to San Diego, where he played from 2012 to
1:06 AM ET ESPN News Services Daniel Bard‘s save drought is finally over after the righty reliever fanned Arizona Diamondbacks pinch hitter Stephen Vogt to cap the Colorado Rockies‘ 8-7 comeback win and earn his first save since 2011 while with the Boston Red Sox. It was his sixth career save overall. Once considered the
12:45 AM ET ESPN News Services Cleveland Indians starter Adam Plutko made it clear after Tuesday’s 7-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs that teammates Mike Clevinger and Zach Plesac have some making up to do to win back trust. The Indians played for the first time since it was revealed that Clevinger and Plesac violated
1:23 AM ET MUMBAI — The 2021 Australian Open could be moved to later in the year due to COVID-19 but tournament director Craig Tiley told Reuters that organisers are confident of hosting the Grand Slam tennis event in its usual January slot with full prize money and fans in the stands. Melbourne is in
3:57 PM ET Uriah Hall‘s string of bad luck has continued. The surging UFC middleweight is once again without a high-profile opponent. Yoel Romero has withdrawn from the scheduled co-main event bout with Hall at UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Munhoz on Aug. 22, sources confirmed to ESPN. Romero has an undisclosed injury, sources said.
11:06 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball Los Angeles Chargers coach Anthony Lynn revealed on Tuesday’s season debut of “Hard Knocks: Los Angeles” that he had the coronavirus. During a Zoom meeting with Chargers
9:01 PM ET ESPN News Services The Boston Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes will wait another day before starting their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series, as their game was pushed to 11 a.m. ET on Wednesday, the NHL announced. The two teams had been scheduled to start at 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday night in Toronto,
10:22 PM ET After six hours, five overtimes and a combined 151 shots on goal, the Tampa Bay Lightning won an epic Game 1 against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night. Brayden Point scored 150 minutes, 27 seconds into the contest to give Tampa Bay a 3-2 win. “It was very special,” Lightning forward
9:59 PM ET The first game of the first round of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs began at 3 p.m. ET on Tuesday, between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Columbus Blue Jackets. It didn’t end until the fifth overtime, which was 6 hours, 24 minutes later in real time. Along the way, playoff records for