2:55 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots linebacker Raekwon McMillan, who had made a strong first impression on coach Bill Belichick and was on his way to carving out a notable role in his first year with the team, tore his ACL in a recent practice and will miss the 2021 season, a
Month: August 2021
1:11 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — It only took Justin Houston‘s second practice with the Baltimore Ravens to put himself in middle of one of the most heated NFL rivalries. On Saturday, Houston said he chose to sign a one-year deal worth up to $4 million with the Ravens even though the Pittsburgh Steelers
10:30 AM ET You can only imagine the joy and jubilation if cheering, flag-waving spectators had filled Yokohama Baseball Stadium rather than empty seats. Instead of chants, we heard the echo of the foul-ball buzzer. Baseball is like a national religion in Japan, where the annual high school tournament known as Koshien can draw over
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10:15 AM ET Caitlin Murray The U.S. women’s national team will leave the Tokyo Olympics with a bronze medal in hand, and a final performance that looked a bit more like what we all expected to see from the No. 1-ranked team in the world. The bronze medal game was the first in Japan in
6:57 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Audie Attar’s attempt to stop Manny Pacquiao from fighting Errol Spence Jr. has been denied. The official ruling was handed down Friday in Superior Court of California in Orange County, denying Paradigm Sports Management’s effort to obtain a preliminary injunction against Pacquiao that would have halted the Aug. 21 welterweight
9:18 AM ET Associated Press YOKOHAMA, Japan — A Japanese team of All-Stars fulfilled a determined national mission to win the Olympic baseball gold medal for the first time, beating the United States 2-0 Saturday night behind Munetaka Murakami’s third-inning home run. Masato Morishita and four relievers combined on a six-hitter, and the Japanese men
9:10 AM ET Associated Press SAITAMA, Japan — Patty Mills scored 42 points to carry Australia to its first Olympic medal in men’s basketball with a 107-93 victory over Slovenia in the third-place game on Saturday. Mills, the team captain and emotional leader of a veteran core that knew its time had to be now
7:03 AM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN Before Team USA’s Nelly Korda teed off in the final round in the women’s Olympic golf competition at Kasumigaseki Country Club, gold medal winner and fellow Team USA member Xander Schauffele tweeted her a special message: “Bring home the gold @NellyKorda! I’ll be rooting for you tonight.” For 54 holes
10:40 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Josh Taylor is coming home to defend his undisputed championship. Taylor and Jack Catterall have agreed to terms for a Dec. 18 fight at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, sources told ESPN, and all four 140-pound belts will be on the line. Exact TV plans haven’t been finalized, but