9:27 PM ET The Florida Atlantic vs. Southern Miss game, scheduled for Saturday in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, has been postponed. FAU said the reason for the postponement was COVID-19 related. “The health and safety of our student-athletes will always be our highest priority as we deal with this pandemic,” FAU athletic director Brian White said. “We’ll
Month: October 2020
8:12 PM ET Only two individuals stand in the way of a historic French Open clash between top seed Novak Djokovic and No. 2 Rafael Nadal, who is on a quest to equal Roger Federer‘s all-time Grand Slam singles title record for men at 20. While neither Stefanos Tsitsipas nor Diego Schwartzman has played a
4:26 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The price of qualifying offers for Major League Baseball free agents rose by $1.1 million to a record $18.9 million. Determined by the average of the top 125 major league contracts this year, the figure announced Thursday is based on full salaries, not the prorated pay that
4:09 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Slumping catcher Gary Sanchez was benched by the Yankees for the third time in four games, before New York staved off elimination from the postseason in Game 4 of the AL Division Series against Tampa Bay. Kyle Higashioka was behind the plate to catch left-hander Jordan Montgomery
5:46 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN DIEGO — Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Oliver Drake was replaced on the AL Division Series roster by right-hander Trevor Richards just hours before the New York Yankees‘ 5-1 win in Game 4 Thursday night at Petco Park. The Yankees evened the best-of-five series at 2-2 to set up
7:23 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Get used to them, America — the Houston Astros aren’t going anywhere just yet. Tainted by one of the biggest cheating scandals in baseball history, beset by injuries when the season restarted and burdened by their own underperformance throughout the summer, the Astros, at their best at the perfect
8:24 PM ET There was a point in September when the Atlanta Braves barely had a starting rotation. They certainly have one now, and by channeling the performance of great Braves staffs from the past, those pitchers have propelled Atlanta back to the National League Championship Series for the first time in 19 years. The
7:46 PM ET Two days after acquiring Josh Anderson from the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Montreal Canadiens signed the power forward to a seven-year contract worth $38.5 million. The deal keeps Anderson in Montreal through the 2026-27 season. Montreal acquired Anderson in exchange for restricted free agent Max Domi. Anderson hasn’t played since December and
7:00 AM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN Shortly after graduating from Stanford in 2016, Georgia native Mariah Stackhouse finished 21st at the LPGA Qualifying Tournament. In her 2017 rookie season, the four-time All-American for the Cardinal became the seventh African American player to qualify for the LPGA Tour. In the 70 years of the LPGA, there have
6:16 PM ET Jadon Sancho and Tammy Abraham are set to be available for England‘s Nations League clash with Belgium on Sunday pending negative coronavirus tests but Ben Chilwell is likely to be ruled out, according to manager Gareth Southgate. – Stream Nations League matches on ESPN+ (U.S. only) The trio missed Thursday night’s 3-0