9:02 AM ET The Houston Astros return to Yankee Stadium on Tuesday for the first time since Major League Baseball’s investigation of their sign-stealing scandal from the 2017 season, and manager Dusty Baker is not expecting a warm welcome. “It is going to be wild,” Baker told USA Today Sports. The Yankees and their fans
Month: May 2021
7:10 AM ET We are witnessing the final games of the 2021 NHL Awards season. As usual, they’re a time for both popular reinforcement of foregone conclusions and last-minute attempts at seeding doubt about assumed favorites. An example of the former: Connor McDavid is going to win the Hart Trophy in a landslide. We’ll discuss
9:02 AM ET University of Michigan sophomore forward Franz Wagner — the ninth-rated draft prospect in ESPN’s Top 100 — told ESPN he is entering the 2021 NBA draft. Wagner, who plans to hire an agent, was the highest-rated player on ESPN’s board still unannounced for the July draft. The 6-foot-9 Wagner led the Wolverines
3:44 AM ET FIFA has banned Haiti’s Under-20 women’s team supervisor Nella Joseph for 10 years on Monday, as part of an investigation into multiple allegations of sexual abuse of female players in the Caribbean nation. Joseph was found guilty by FIFA’s independent Ethics Committee of failing to protect the physical and mental integrity of
6:38 AM ET Roma have announced that manager Paulo Fonseca will leave the club at the end of the season. The news comes two days ahead of Roma’s Europa League semifinal second-leg against Manchester United, a game in which they trail 6-2 on aggregate. – Serie A on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S.
4:50 AM ET Manchester United have joined Tottenham and West Ham in the race to sign West Brom goalkeeper Sam Johnstone, sources have told ESPN, with manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer preparing for the likely departure of former No. 1 David de Gea this summer. Johnstone, 28, spent nine years at Old Trafford having progressed through
8:47 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens La Liga has opened an investigation into whether Barcelona‘s players breached coronavirus regulations by attending a lunch at Lionel Messi‘s house, a league source told ESPN. Reports in the Catalan media also say local authorities are looking into whether the event could have infringed restrictions in place in
6:05 AM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — Still trying to figure out how the Las Vegas Raiders could reeeaaach, yet again, for their first-round draft pick — this time Alabama offensive tackle Alex Leatherwood? After taking Clelin Ferrell at No. 4 overall in 2019. After making Henry Ruggs III the first receiver selected in an historically-deep
7:00 AM ET The latest person in the hockey world to enter the realm of NFTs? Hockey Hall of Famer Bryan Trottier. The seven-time Stanley Cup champion — including four times with the Islanders of the early 1980s, twice with the Penguins of the early ’90s and once as an assistant coach with the Avalanche
7:00 AM ET The weeks following the Masters are typically sleepy, and this year is no different. After the buildup to the year’s first major championship, it is understandable that the world of golf collectively exhales. The RBC Heritage in Hilton Head, South Carolina, has a cool vibe. New Orleans is now a team event.