10:55 AM ET METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints are not planning to evacuate for Hurricane Delta as of Wednesday night, a source told ESPN. With the storm projected to hit further west in Louisiana on Friday night, the Saints don’t anticipate the need to relocate for practice this week or for Monday night’s
Month: October 2020
10:01 PM ET HOUSTON — Houston Texans executive vice president of football operations Jack Easterby will handle general manager duties for the rest of the season, team owner Cal McNair said Wednesday. “We will start a search for the head coach and a GM on a permanent basis,” McNair said on the Texans’ radio show.
5:12 AM BST And we thought 2019 was a chaotic year for Australian rugby. From the Israel Folau saga to the Wallabies’ World Cup hellhole, Michael Cheika’s unceremonious exit and the continued fallout from that failed campaign, we could have been forgiven for thinking brighter days lay upon the horizon in 2020. And so they
8:00 PM ET Are the Atlanta Braves the biggest threat to the Los Angeles Dodgers, or is it the other way around? A case could be made for either declaration. There isn’t a lot we can say definitively about this baseball season, with its short run and wonky, siloed schedule format. The Dodgers have been
7:15 PM ET MLB InsidersESPN It was another four-game day in the MLB playoffs with every division series in action again on Wednesday. The Atlanta Braves got things started with a victory over the Miami Marlins. Then the Oakland Athletics averted a sweep by the Houston Astros. Later, the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New
2:55 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Terry Francona’s mind briefly wandered to a life without baseball while he battled through a major health scare. Retirement stared him in the face. “Some days when I was extremely frustrated, the thought crossed my mind,” the Indians manager said. “When it was hard to see the light
7:55 PM ET Padres ace Mike Clevinger is off the team’s NLDS roster because of an injury, a move that means he is ineligible to take part in the NLCS should San Diego advance. Major League Baseball approved the roster move Wednesday. According to its release, Dr. Gary Green, the league’s medical director, confirmed that
The Dodgers’ NLDS roster is out. Los Angeles will carry 14 pitchers and 14 position players. The additional hurler will be righty reliever Dylan Floro. Meanwhile, L.A. added infielder Gavin Lux to its position player mix. Infielder Edwin Rios and catcher Keibert Ruiz, both of whom were on the Wild Card roster, were left off
6:33 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — Promising young forward Dominik Kahun is eligible to become an unrestricted free agent after the Buffalo Sabres chose not to issue a qualifying offer to retain his rights by an NHL deadline Wednesday. Kahun’s agent Jiri Hamal, however, told The Associated Press his client hasn’t ruled out
9:45 PM ET The Hockey Diversity Alliance announced Wednesday it will “operate separate and independent of the NHL” after months of negotiations with the league. “The Hockey Diversity Alliance is grateful for the support from the public we received. Unfortunately, the support we hoped to receive from the NHL was not delivered and instead the