8:14 PM ET William E. Ricks Make room for the latest addition to the Seattle Mariners‘ roster, Tucker. On Saturday, the team announced he is the new clubhouse dog and will be a regular attendant for the team’s home games and occasional road games, according to MLB.com. Seattle adopted the 4-year-old Labrador retriever mix from
Month: August 2022
7:22 PM ET Associated Press CALGARY, Alberta — Michael Brind’Amour has resigned as chair of Hockey Canada’s board of directors amid scrutiny of the organization for its handling of sexual assault allegations against members of previous men’s junior teams. Hockey Canada announced his resignation in a statement Saturday. “I have listened carefully and intently to
4:04 PM ET UFC welterweight Josh Quinlan was pulled from his UFC Fight Night bout Saturday due to an atypical drug finding, the UFC announced. USADA, the UFC’s anti-doping partner, detected a trace amount of the long-term metabolite (or M3 metabolite) of the steroid dehydrochloromethyltestosterone (DHCMT) in a Quinlan urine sample, the promotion said. The
7:02 PM ET Associated Press BROOKLYN, Mich. — Ty Gibbs won his Xfinity Series-high fifth race this year and ninth of his two-year career Saturday at Michigan International Speedway. The 19-year-old grandson of team owner Joe Gibbs, in the No. 54 Toyota, led 54 of the 125 laps on the 2-mile oval. “I’ve had an
7:07 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Michael Conlan responded to his first professional boxing defeat by scoring three knockdowns on his way to a dominant points win over Miguel Marriaga
5:34 PM ET Andrew Gutman scored on a strike from distance in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time to lift Atlanta United to a 2-1 victory over the visiting Seattle Sounders on Saturday afternoon. Gutman’s first goal of the season pushed Atlanta (7-9-7, 28 points) to their first win over Seattle (10-12-2, 32 points)
4:08 PM ET Brenden Aaronson earned high praise from manager Jesse Marsch after putting in a starring debut performance in Leeds United‘s 2-1 win over Wolves to start the new Premier League season on a high note. Aaronson, who arrived this summer for a fee of around $30 million from FC Salzburg, played a prominent
5:23 PM ET Defender Marcos Alonso was not included in Chelsea‘s line-up for their opening match of the Premier League season against Everton as he wants to leave the club, manager Thomas Tuchel said on Saturday. “He asked to leave and we agreed to his wish,” Tuchel told reporters after his team beat Everton 1-0
5:00 PM ET Lionel Messi celebrates with Neymar after scoring one of his two goals against Clermont. Jose Breton/Pics Action/NurPhoto via Getty Images Lionel Messi scored a sensational bicycle-kick goal as Paris Saint-Germain began the defence of their Ligue 1 title with an emphatic 5-0 victory over Clermont at the Stade Gabriel Montpied on Saturday. Messi
7:30 PM ET IRVINE, Calif. — After making several deep throws and even a no-look pass during practice on Saturday, Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford said he felt like he could make any throw he wanted to. Stafford, who dealt with an elbow injury last season, received an injection in his right elbow during