1:23 PM ET Manchester City and Liverpool played out a thrilling 2-2 draw in the Premier League title showdown at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Diogo Jota cancelled out Kevin de Bruyne‘s early opener and Sadio Mane rescued a point for the visitors after Gabriel Jesus made it 2-1. The result means that Pep Guardiola’s
Month: April 2022
9:02 AM ET Pitching phenom Roki Sasaki had 19 strikeouts while throwing a perfect game in a record-setting performance Sunday in Japan’s top professional league. Sasaki, 20, recorded the first perfect game in Nippon Professional Baseball since 1994 and the 16th in league history, according to multiple Japanese media outlets. Sasaki, a right-hander for the
12:48 PM ET The Boston Red Sox have signed right-handed reliever Garrett Whitlock to a four-year contract extension, the team announced Sunday. Whitlock is guaranteed a total of $18.75 million from 2023 to 2026, a source told ESPN. The deal also includes club options for the 2027 and 2028 seasons, with the source saying Whitlock
2:46 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim The screeching sound you may have heard late Saturday night if you were anywhere near Jacksonville, Florida, was the Khamzat Chimaev hype train slowing its roll. Gilbert Burns was the one applying the brakes. Burns had been bloodied and beaten down in a brutal opening round, but he had survived.
6:14 AM ET On the basis of pure performance, there has been very little to choose between Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen this season. But on the basis of championship points, the gap is already vast. With three of this year’s 23 races complete, Leclerc has a 46-point lead over Verstappen — a margin larger
7:45 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. Thanks to some early start times, Sunday’s NHL schedule gives us another “all-day hockey” feel, and it starts off with arguably the best matchup of the day as the Boston Bruins visit the
6:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL: 1. More WR picks: Coach Bill Belichick’s history of selecting wide receivers in the draft — with the misfire on 2019 first-round pick N’Keal Harry the most recent log on the fire — is annually a hot-button topic
4:10 AM ET Max Verstappen said his retirement from the Australian Grand Prix was “unacceptable” after he fell further behind championship leader Charles Leclerc due to a reliability issue with his Red Bull. Verstappen retired on lap 40 while running in a comfortable second place behind Leclerc, who dominated out in front. Verstappen has finished
5:43 AM ET Lewis Hamilton has explained what he meant when he told Mercedes they had put him in a “difficult position” while running behind teammate George Russell at the Australian Grand Prix. Hamilton had spent the race ahead of Russell until a late Safety Car allowed the Mercedes newcomer to have a pit stop
Gujarat Titans have proved they can take the heat of being part of the IPL. With that win against Punjab Kings, they’ve shown that they are the team to beat – they have the batting firepower and extraordinary bowling that makes them strong contenders for the title – in their very first shot. Is there