1:45 AM ET In the age of analytics in baseball, a lot of longtime fans still appreciate the old-school ways. As baseball’s oldest manager, Houston‘s Dusty Baker has plenty of old school in him. It turns out his ace pitcher is pretty happy about that. Baker bucked metrics-fueled trends in pitcher usage during the sixth
Month: October 2020
7:03 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — The Los Angeles Dodgers were hoping to ride whatever momentum they built in Tuesday’s ninth inning into Game 3, and they wound up doing so in unprecedented fashion. The Dodgers, losers of the first two games of this best-of-seven National League Championship Series, scored 11 runs in Wednesday’s first
1:20 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” ARLINGTON, Texas — Before conducting the autopsy of the blowout that was Game 3 of the National League Championship Series on Wednesday night, a reminder: There is no physical prize for winning
6:59 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer The coronavirus pandemic made the transfer market unlike any before it, but there was still plenty of action on Deadline Day. With the window closed across the major leagues in Europe, you can check out the latest major completed transfers across the globe. Juve saving up for Mbappe bid
5:55 PM ET Former United States international Freddy Adu has signed with Swedish third-division side Osterlen FF, according to multiple reports. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) The 31-year-old, who last played for the USL’s Las Vegas Lights in 2018, appeared to confirm the deal on social media. “Missed this sport so
12:32 AM ET Caden Clark scored the tying goal in the 77th minute and the visiting New York Red Bulls rallied for a 1-1 draw against league-leading Toronto FC Wednesday night at Rentschler Field in Hartford, Connecticut. The 17-year-old became the youngest player in MLS history to score in his first two games after entering
12:04 PM BST Liam Napier Flick through the rugby almanac and history will reveal swift responses to All Black defeats. Last week’s opening Bledisloe Cup opener in Wellington finished with almost nine minutes of frantic squandered chances and a dramatic draw, of course. To the All Blacks, the feeling was defeat. The Ian Foster-Sam Cane
4:17 AM GMT Cricket Australia is confident the WBBL structure can react to a changing Covid-19 landscape as the start of the tournament which will be played entirely in a Sydney hub draws closer. The competition will begin on October 25 and run until the end of November, played at a variety of venues around
8:04 PM ET Like most people, Australian tennis phenom Nick Kyrgios thinks his mum’s home cooking is some of the best there is – and he’s had plenty of time to come to that conclusion given he’s been living back at the family home since late February, when the COVID-19 crisis really took hold. “People
7:30 PM ET UFC superstar Conor McGregor announced Wednesday that he will return to the Octagon and face Dustin Poirier as the main event of UFC 257 on Jan. 23, and he’s hoping the fight will be held at AT&T Stadium, the home of the Dallas Cowboys. Will the UFC, which hasn’t hosted an event