Month: August 2021

6:56 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs placed infielder David Bote on the 10-day injured list Saturday after he sprained his right ankle when he stepped on a ball during batting practice. Bote got hurt before Friday’s 17-13 loss to the White Sox. The ball was obscured by some white lettering in
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6:37 PM ET CHICAGO — Struggling White Sox lefty Dallas Keuchel understands the upcoming month of September will likely determine his playoff role on the team after lasting just one inning on Friday night against the crosstown Cubs. “My last 10 starts have been ugly, to say the least,” Keuchel said on Saturday. “There’s probably
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6:50 PM ET Carolina tendered an offer sheet to restricted free agent Jesperi Kotkaniemi on Saturday as an ongoing storyline between the Hurricanes and Montreal Canadiens continued. Two years after Carolina star forward Sebastian Aho received a five-year, $42 million tender as a restricted free agent from the Canadiens, a deal that the Hurricanes matched,
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7:36 PM ET With Hurricane Ida approaching the Louisiana coast and expected to make landfall on Sunday, LSU announced that the football team would be moving to Houston on Saturday for next week’s practice. The Tigers play at UCLA on Sept. 4. The school says the team will leave from Houston for Los Angeles on
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6:42 PM ET CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The most frustrating thing about Nebraska’s 30-22 season-opening loss at Illinois is that the mistakes that have hamstrung the Huskers in recent years all seemed to show up. The scariest thing is that coach Scott Frost and his players don’t know why the same things keep happening to them.
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5:48 PM ET Associated Press GRAND BLANC, Mich. — Bernhard Langer birdied the final hole for a 6-under 66 and a share of the second-round lead Saturday in The Ally Challenge. A day after shooting his age on his 64th birthday, Langer had six birdies in a bogey-free round at Warwick Hills to match Doug
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11:41 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Emanuel Navarrete, one of boxing’s most reliable action fighters, and Joet Gonzalez have agreed to terms for an Oct. 16 featherweight title fight, multiple sources told ESPN. Navarrete’s 126-pound title defense will headline Top Rank Boxing on ESPN+. A venue has not yet been finalized. A 26-year-old Mexican, Navarrete rose
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