8:35 PM ET ST. LOUIS — Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright and catcher Yadier Molina made their 325th career start together Wednesday night, setting a major league record for most as a battery. The St. Louis duo eclipsed the regular-season mark of 324 by the Detroit Tigers pair of Mickey Lolich and Bill Freehan from 1963-1975.
Month: September 2022
11:46 PM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his 100th home run at age 23, becoming the 10th-youngest player in MLB history to reach the mark, and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 on Wednesday night to ensure winning a rare five-game series against a wild-card rival.
9:07 PM ET ESPN News Services Julio Rodriguez continued to strengthen his rookie of the year campaign with another big accomplishment Wednesday, stealing his 25th stolen base of the season to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 6-1 victory over the San Diego Padres, securing a key two-game split. Rodríguez was hit by a pitch
9:25 PM ET THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Rams running back Cam Akers said Wednesday he didn’t expect to have such a limited role during Los Angeles’ 31-10 season-opening loss to the Buffalo Bills last Thursday night. Rams coach Sean McVay, also speaking to reporters Wednesday, said he’d had a conversation with Akers about needing to
11:20 AM ET Associated Press No Carlos Alcaraz, no problem for Spain. In front of a partisan home crowd in Valencia, Spain cruised to a 3-0 win over Serbia in the Davis Cup finals on Wednesday to move to the top of its group. The top-ranked Alcaraz had arrived in Valencia the previous day but
8:11 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a featherweight main event between Calvin Kattar and Arnold Allen for a UFC Fight Night on Oct. 29, UFC president Dana White told ESPN on Wednesday. Bout agreements have not been signed, but the 145-pound contest is close to being official, sources told ESPN. The UFC Fight Night
5:56 PM ET THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — In his first game with the Los Angeles Rams, linebacker Bobby Wagner wore a thigh pad with a visible image of the late Kobe Bryant in a Los Angeles Lakers jersey. The Southern California native said Bryant was “somebody that has inspired me,” and that he wanted to
7:30 PM ET LeBron James detailed his disappointment with the NBA’s punishment of Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver, writing “our league definitely got this wrong” in a series of social media posts Wednesday. Sarver was banned from the NBA for one year and fined $10 million after the league on Tuesday released its findings from
7:00 PM ET The NCAA has instructed college football programs to remove the names of any student-athletes who entered the transfer portal since the new portal windows went into effect on Aug. 31, a source told ESPN, confirming a report by On3Sports. The schools were also told not to contact any student-athletes who entered the
7:11 PM ET WASHINGTON — An overwhelming majority of Division I athletic directors at the annual fall LEAD1 meeting on Wednesday expressed a “strong preference” to keep FBS football under the NCAA if it can be more streamlined and less bureaucratic. Tom McMillen, the CEO and president of the organization representing the 131 athletic directors