9:53 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. The New York Yankees tried to pull off a bait and switch on the Tampa Bay Rays by announcing rookie Deivi García as their American League Division Series Game 2 starter and allowing him to pitch only one inning
Month: October 2020
9:39 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The Houston Astros‘ resurgent run through the early part of this postseason was hit with a sobering bit of news Tuesday, following a 5-2 win in Game 2 of the American League Division Series: Right-hander Zack Greinke, the team’s most accomplished pitcher by a wide margin, is hurt. Greinke
8:13 PM ET If the Miami Marlins are the Cinderellas of this baseball postseason, they maybe should have considered how the fairytale would have turned out had the heroine taken off her glass slippers and hurled them at her stepsisters. Atlanta Braves catcher Travis d’Arnaud and starting pitcher Max Fried might not have been reading
10:20 PM ET SAN DIEGO — This is the Giancarlo Stanton who New York Yankees fans have been waiting to see for the past three seasons. Stanton has hit two home runs in Tuesday’s Game 2 of the Yankees’ division series against the Tampa Bay Rays and the second one was a legendary three-run blast
6:49 PM ET Associated Press The Washington Capitals lost one defenseman possibly for the season, so they brought back another one. Washington re-signed Brenden Dillon to a $15.6 million, four-year contract on Tuesday. The announcement came minutes after the team said Michal Kempny would miss six to eight months following surgery to repair a torn
8:13 PM ET Center Quinton Byfield of the OHL’s Sudbury Wolves was taken No. 2 overall by the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night, making him the highest-drafted Black player in NHL history. “Being in the record books for anything is definitely super special, but that especially,” Byfield said. “My dad and mom didn’t play
6:00 PM ET ESPN staff Follow the entire 2020 NHL draft through all seven rounds. We have all 217 picks as they happen, starting with Tuesday night’s first selection overall by the New York Rangers and ending with Wednesday afternoon’s final pick of the draft. Additionally, Chris Peters, Greg Wyshynski and Emily Kaplan provide detailed
9:27 PM ET With three first-round selections on their to-do list, the Ottawa Senators were already a team to watch heading into Tuesday’s NHL draft. They leapt even further into spotlight, right off the bat, by introducing “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek to announce their first choice. The draft, similar to the NFL, is being held
2:27 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff England pair Heather Knight and Tammy Beaumont have joined the Sydney Thunder for the WBBL while West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor returns to the Adelaide Strikers. The confirmation of the three overseas signings completes the squads for the Thunder and Strikers ahead of the tournament which will be played entirely
9:03 PM ET With the Pac-12 season roughly a month away, USC offensive lineman Alijah Vera-Tucker has opted back in to the 2020 season. Vera-Tucker previously announced he would not play this year and would focus on preparing for the NFL draft, however that decision came in early September when the Pac-12 was postponed until