7:10 PM ET MLB InsidersESPN Two NL East teams advancing to face each other in the MLB playoffs is no surprise. The fact that the Atlanta Braves are in the NLDS again is anything but shocking. But that they are facing the Miami Marlins — and not the Phillies, Nationals or Mets — well, nobody
Month: October 2020
2:27 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The White Sox finally got back to October — and they liked it. They are hoping for a longer stay as soon as next year. Chicago’s breakout season was stopped by a three-game loss at Oakland in the American League wild-card round. But it looks as if the
7:17 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — “Sweet” Lou Johnson, who hit a key home run for the victorious Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 7 of the 1965 World Series and scored the only run in Sandy Koufax’s perfect game the same year, has died. He was 86. Johnson died Thursday night at his
3:24 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The name of the former baseball commissioner who never had a Black player in the majors during his long reign is being pulled off all future MVP plaques after more than 75 years. Kenesaw Mountain Landis won’t be depicted on the annual awards presented by the Baseball
12:36 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Tigers general manager Al Avila said Friday that Detroit is not ruling out the possibility of hiring AJ Hinch or Alex Cora for its manager vacancy. Hinch and Cora were suspended through the 2020 postseason for their roles in the Houston Astros‘ sign-stealing scandal. The Astros fired Hinch
5:33 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. The New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays are playing nice… for now. The Yankees-Rays rivalry has moved to October with an AL East showdown in the American League Division Series that starts Monday at Petco Park in
5:43 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Reliever Craig Stammen started for the San Diego Padres in the decisive Game 3 of the National League Wild Card Series against the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night. The Padres were forced to go with a bullpen game because starters Mike Clevinger and Dinelson Lamet were
6:21 PM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — Garrett Cooper homered against Yu Darvish in a two-run seventh, hard-throwing rookie Sixto Sanchez dominated for five innings and the Miami Marlins won their first playoff series in 17 years, beating the Chicago Cubs 2-0 Friday to complete a two-game wild-card series sweep. Miami will face Atlanta
5:59 PM ET The title fight between junior lightweights Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Leo Santa Cruz, one of the biggest events of 2020, has been moved to Oct. 31 at San Antonio’s Alamodome, the two fighters announced on Friday. The bout, which will be broadcast on Showtime PPV, is tentatively scheduled to be the first
6:00 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen In April, I looked at the next generation of football stars; the top talents, aged 21 or under, who have shown the promise and ability to become the next household names. Tor-Kristian Karlsen is a Norwegian football scout and executive and is the former chief executive and sporting director at