11:07 PM ET Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. — There was no doubt which of his two Darlington Raceway victories this year Kevin Harvick enjoyed more. “The first thing I want to say is, ‘Welcome back fans! This is a hell of a lot more fun with you guys up there,” he told the crowd Saturday
Month: September 2020
9:34 PM ET Associated Press Now this was an out-of-the-box ejection. Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo was tossed for yelling at umpires from a luxury suite in Atlanta on Sunday, with longtime crew chief Joe West saying, “Enough is enough.” “I wouldn’t take that from a player. I wouldn’t take that from a manager,”
3:48 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. All Puerto Rican MLB players will be allowed to wear Roberto Clemente’s No. 21 during the commemoration of the 19th annual Roberto Clemente Day on Wednesday, Sept. 9, sources told ESPN. All Major League Baseball players will also be
11:20 PM ET CHICAGO — Cubs outfielder Jason Heyward left Sunday’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals due to light-headedness and shortness of breath, according to manager David Ross. The team sent him to the hospital for further tests. “He said he felt a little light-headed after his first at-bat,” Ross said following the Cubs’
7:06 PM ET Lou Brock, the St. Louis Cardinals’ speedster who was a first-ballot member of Baseball’s Hall of Fame, has died at 81, the team told ESPN. Brock retired in 1979 as the single-season and all-time leader in stolen bases; marks since surpassed by Rickey Henderson. He was elected into the Hall of Fame
11:09 PM ET Steve KimESPN Yordenis Ugas captured a version of the WBA welterweight title by defeating Abel Ramos over 12 clinical rounds at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday night. While it seemed like Ugas (26-4, 12 KOs) dominated most of the fight behind his long left jab, this fight was actually
10:26 PM ET PITTSBURGH — On the eve of the first regular-season game week, the Pittsburgh Steelers secured their defensive anchor for at least five more years with a historic contract. The Steelers and All-Pro defensive lineman Cam Heyward have finalized a four-year, $75.1 million extension, a league source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler late Sunday
10:08 PM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — Matt Dumba figured out early in his NHL career that being a minority player in a predominantly white sport carried with it some extra responsibility, so he began doing community outreach in Minnesota. Dumba’s desire to take that to another level came this year, after the killing
10:45 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Los Angeles Lakers lost two members of their rotation to injuries in Sunday’s Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals as JaVale McGee (left ankle pain) and Dion Waiters (pulled left groin) exited early and did not return. The Lakers won the game 117-109 to tie
5:50 PM ET Denver Nuggets star center Nikola Jokic is questionable for Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinals series against the LA Clippers with a sprained right wrist. Jokic had 26 points and 18 rebounds in the Nuggets’ Game 2 win that evened the series at 1-1. He’s averaging 25 points, 8.7 rebounds and