2:50 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 — For a National League Championship Series that seems to relish bringing the improbable to life, even this was outlandish. It was the ninth inning of Game 2, and Atlanta
Month: October 2020
7:15 AM ET The NHL free-agent frenzy was unprecedented this offseason — and not just because it took place when the regular season is usually scheduled to start. The new collective bargaining agreement kept the salary cap flat at $81.5 million. Otherwise, it would have plummeted, just as team revenues have during the COVID-19 pandemic.
6:00 AM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — In 1978, a 26-year-old aspiring football coach walked into a rather nondescript tan building on the city’s north side to start a job with the Denver Broncos. Bill Belichick has called his one season in Denver a “tremendous experience” filled with lessons he still uses today, with eight Super
5:53 AM BST South Africa have been handed a 48-hour deadline to resolve internal issues and confirm their participation in the Rugby Championship, governing body SANZAAR said on Wednesday. The southern hemisphere championship, which also includes Australia, New Zealand and Argentina, will be held entirely in Australia this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rugby
4:47 AM ET Alex Kirkland Spain coach Luis Enrique has defended David De Gea after the Manchester United goalkeeper put in another disappointing display for his country in a 1-0 loss to Ukraine in the UEFA Nations League. Viktor Tsygankov‘s 76th minute winner on Tuesday night saw De Gea caught out of position as Spain
3:58 AM ET Manchester United and Liverpool will discover the full extent of Premier League opposition to their support for Project Big Picture on Wednesday. Senior executives from the 20 top flight clubs will meet for the first time since revelations emerged of plans to restructure the English game. – Stream LIVE games and replays
3:31 AM ET Associated Press COLOGNE, Germany — Andy Murray suffered another first round elimination on Tuesday, this time at the Cologne Indoors at the hands of out-of-form veteran Fernando Verdasco. Verdasco exploited Murray’s fragile serve to win 6-4, 6-4 in a match which finished after midnight German time. Verdasco broke Murray’s serve four times
10:04 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt had surgery to remove a bone spur from his right heel. Belt underwent the procedure Thursday with foot and ankle specialist Dr. Robert Anderson in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Giants said Tuesday that Belt traveled home last weekend and is
7:52 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN DIEGO — Houston Astros pitcher Zack Greinke said he has enjoyed playing games without fans during the pandemic-shortened season and in the playoffs. “I don’t really notice fans when the game’s going on, but warming up and practice before games, I mean, for me it’s nice not having
9:50 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner apologized to the team’s fans for its postseason failure, much like his father did 39 years earlier. The Yankees were eliminated with a 2-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday, losing 3-2 in the American League Division Series. They