11:04 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — After yet another ugly individual performance Monday night in a season full of them so far, Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard said his poor start is a chance for him to show the world what he’s really about. “I always look at struggles as an opportunity to
Month: November 2021
6:41 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Churchill Downs has announced that jockey Miguel Mena, who won nearly 2,100 thoroughbred races in North America and earned $72.4 million in prize money, has died following a pedestrian accident. He was 34. The track stated in a release that Mena was killed Sunday night on westbound
10:48 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks hired Jeff Banister as the bench coach for manager Torey Lovullo on Monday. The 57-year-old Banister managed the Texas Rangers from 2015 to ’18 and had a 325-313 record while winning the AL West twice. Banister’s hiring comes as Lovullo overhauls his coaching staff following
12:01 AM ET LAS VEGAS — The Oakland Athletics sent a survey via email Monday to fans of their Triple-A affiliate team in Las Vegas to gauge whether an MLB team would get support in Southern Nevada. The A’s have been open about their interest in potentially moving to Las Vegas. 1 Related Among the
10:52 PM ET One week before former Los Angeles Angels communications director Eric Kay is scheduled to go on trial in connection with the death of Tyler Skaggs, defense attorneys are seeking to delay proceedings after federal prosecutors said they planned to amend the charges against him. According to a motion filed Monday, federal prosecutors
10:33 PM ET KANSAS CITY — The short-handed New York Giants lost two more wide receivers Monday night against the Kansas City Chiefs when Sterling Shepard and Dante Pettis left early with injuries. Shepard suffered a quad injury running a route late in the second quarter of New York’s 20-17 loss. He immediately grabbed at
8:46 PM ET NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr recommended that the union hires an outside law firm for an independent review on its handling of the Kyle Beach allegations in 2010. Fehr made the suggestion to the roughly 80 players on an NHLPA conference call Monday. The NHLPA executive board, which consists of one representative
10:49 PM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — Perhaps Chicago Blackhawks center Kirby Dach put it best on Monday when illustrating how important it was to have star forward Patrick Kane back with the team. “It’s just good to have him back in the locker room,” he said, “and on the ice.” Especially the latter.
3:35 PM ET Associated Press PRAGUE — Canada won the decisive doubles match to secure a 2-1 upset victory over defending champion France in Group A of the Billie Jean King Cup finals on Monday. After the two nations split the opening singles matches, Gabriela Dabrowski and Rebecca Marino defeated Clara Burel and Alize Cornet
9:24 PM ET Associated Press Knicks Go is the early 5-2 favorite for the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic this weekend at Del Mar. The two-day world championships drew 169 horses from eight countries, including 46 foreign horses to the seaside track north of San Diego. Del Mar is hosting for the second time in