12:03 AM BST ESPN staff Jordie Barrett is free to face Argentina in the Rugby Championship clash on the Gold Coast on Sunday after his red card for kicking Marika Koroibete was dismissed by a SANZAAR judiciary panel. Barrett was sent off late in the first half of the All Blacks’ 38-21 win over the
Month: September 2021
8:09 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona is resting comfortably after undergoing toe surgery, his second operation since stepping aside for the season in July. Francona, who had hip replacement surgery in August, had the procedure Tuesday at the Cleveland Clinic. The surgery was to fix his left big toe,
7:41 PM ET ESPN News Services MIAMI — New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom‘s right elbow is healthy, but the team is uncertain if he will return this season, team president Sandy Alderson said. DeGrom, 32, has not pitched since July 7 because of a sprained elbow. He was 7-2 with a 1.08 ERA and
12:14 AM ET ESPN News Services BOSTON — Nelson Cruz homered twice and at 41 years old, became the oldest player in major league history to hit 30 home runs in a season, helping power the Tampa Bay Rays past the Boston Red Sox 12-7 on Tuesday night. Cruz hit a two-run homer in the
12:09 AM ET ESPN News Services ST. LOUIS — Albert Pujols rewarded an adoring crowd by hitting a home run in his return to Busch Stadium, sending the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 7-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night. Justin Turner homered twice and Will Smith also homered for the playoff-contending
9:03 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole exited Tuesday night’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays with two outs in the fourth inning because of tightness in his left hamstring. Cole was pulled after allowing a sacrifice fly to Reese McGuire that gave Toronto a 3-1 lead. After
11:00 PM ET The UFC awarded another five contracts on Dana White’s Contender Series on Tuesday, a night highlighted by two sub-minute knockouts. Welterweight Josh Quinlan (6-0) and flyweight C.J. Vergara (9-2) stole the show at the Apex in Las Vegas in the second consecutive week that the UFC elected to award contacts to five
News The board will be led by discussions with the government ahead of the November meeting The fate of the Afghanistan Test in Hobart later this year will rest with Australia’s federal government following the Taliban takeover of the country. The match, Afghanistan’s first Test against Australia, is due to take place from November 27
8:04 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Former president Donald Trump has signed a contract to provide commentary on a “gamecast” of Saturday’s boxing event headlined by Evander Holyfield vs. Vitor Belfort, Triller told ESPN. His son, Donald Trump Jr., will join him at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. “I love great fighters
9:05 PM ET Associated Press The NFL Players Association wants daily COVID-19 testing for fully vaccinated players. The league and the union agreed last week to update protocols so vaccinated players would be tested weekly instead of every 14 days as they were during training camp. That’s not enough, according to NFLPA president and Cleveland