5:00 PM ET MLB InsidersESPN The 2020 MLB playoffs are less than two weeks away, even though it seems like only yesterday that the regular season kicked off. The compressed 60-game schedule is rapidly coming to a close, and the MLB standings are tight heading to the finish with wild-card positioning, postseason seeding and the
Month: September 2020
7:41 PM ET Former NBA guard Leandro Barbosa has retired from playing professional basketball and will join Steve Kerr’s staff with the Golden State Warriors as a player-mentor coach. Barbosa, who played 14 years in the league, and most recently was playing professionally in Brazil before the COVID-19 pandemic cut his team’s season short, won
6:00 PM ET Doc Rivers went over the wreckage from the LA Clippers‘ Game 6 collapse and saw a few tell-tale signs. In blowing two big leads in their past two losses to allow the Denver Nuggets to stunningly force a Game 7, the Clippers stopped playing with the pace and purpose that helped them
12:01 PM ET In a three-hour lunch meeting Friday in Milwaukee, Bucks co-owner and governor Marc Lasry made it clear to reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo that the franchise is willing to spend into the luxury tax to deliver him a championship supporting cast, sources told ESPN. The Bucks’ payroll will be close to the proposed
7:25 PM ET Dustin Johnson, on the heels of his first FedEx Cup victory last week, was named the PGA Tour’s Player of the Year on Monday. Johnson was voted the recipient of the tour’s Jack Nicklaus Award, while Scottie Scheffler received the Arnold Palmer Award as the PGA Tour’s Rookie of the Year. The
2:21 PM ET Toronto FC acquired defender Tony Gallacher on loan Monday from reigning Premier League champions Liverpool. The 21-year-old Scottish left-back has already completed quarantine, the club announced. Terms were not disclosed. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Stream MLS games on ESPN+ in the U.S. “Tony is a young, promising
4:01 PM ET Toni Leistner, top, jumped into the stands after his side’s shocking loss on Monday. Photo by Thomas Eisenhuth/Getty Images Hamburg’s Toni Leistner entered the stands to pick a fight with Dynamo Dresden supporters after his side’s 4-1 German Cup loss on Monday. Fans were in attendance for the first time in German football
7:05 PM ET Christian Pulisic is an injury doubt for Chelsea‘s Premier League clash against Liverpool on Sunday, head coach Frank Lampard has revealed. The 21-year-old missed Monday’s 3-1 win over Brighton due to a small setback in his recovery from the hamstring injury he sustained in the Blues’ FA Cup Final defeat to Arsenal
4:50 PM ET BERLIN, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Borussia Dortmund captain Marco Reus scored on his comeback after a seven-month injury break and teenager Jude Bellingham was also on target on his debut as they crushed 10-man third-tier side Duisburg 5-0 in the German Cup first round on Monday. Dortmund all but secured a second-round
2:17 PM ET ESPN News Services The Oakland Athletics have signed former All-Star infielder Jake Lamb, the team announced Monday. Lamb was designated for assignment last week by the Arizona Diamondbacks after struggling for the majority of three straight seasons. The 29-year-old Lamb looked like a future star at third base just a few years