9:59 PM ET ESPN News Services PITTSBURGH — St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols hit his 696th home run Saturday night, tying Alex Rodriguez for fourth place on the career list. Pujols, 42, connected in the sixth inning of the Cardinals’ 7-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pujols trails Barry Bonds (762), Hank Aaron (755)
Month: September 2022
6:52 PM ET Associated Press RECIFE, Brazil — USA Basketball won’t repeat as AmeriCup champions. Gabriel Deck scored 30 points, Nicolás Laprovittola added 18 and Argentina topped the U.S. 82-73 in the semifinals Saturday. It was a rematch of the gold-medal game from the most recent AmeriCup tournament in 2017, a game in which the
11:16 PM ET Associated Press Tim Hardaway took the stage and told a story of his early days in the NBA, when Golden State teammates Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin would often ask him the same question. “They would ask me, ‘Tim, how great do you want to be?'” Hardaway said. They have their answer.
11:37 PM ET Here’s everything you need to know from a raucous fight card at UFC 279 in Las Vegas. Welterweight: Nate Diaz (22-13, 16-11 UFC) def. Tony Ferguson (26-8, 15-6 UFC) by submission Round 1: Ferguson suffered a nasty gash to his leg while checking a kick from Diaz, but “El Cucuy” was able
6:21 PM ET Jesse Rogers Close ESPN Staff Writer Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Jeff Passan Close ESPN ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association on Saturday finalized a card-check
11:41 PM ET ESPN News Services HOUSTON — Mike Trout homered in his sixth straight game to set an Angels franchise record, Shohei Ohtani threw five solid innings before exiting because of a blister, and Los Angeles beat the Houston Astros 6-1 on Saturday night. Trout hit his 34th homer, a three-run drive to left
4:10 PM ET MONZA, Italy — Immediately after qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix, even some drivers were uncertain exactly where they would be starting Sunday’s race. Over three hours after qualifying, 2020 Italian Grand Prix winner Pierre Gasly tweeted: “Can someone tell me in which position I start tomorrow’s race?”. 1 Related The feeling
New Zealand decided to bowl against Australia Aaron Finch will have an early bat in his last ODI after Australia were inserted in Cairns. He announced yesterday that this would be his final match in the format, conceding that the 2023 World Cup was too far away and it was time to give a new
4:46 PM ET A penalty by striker Olivier Giroud gave 10-man AC Milan a deserved 2-1 win at Sampdoria in Serie A on Saturday, sealing their first away victory of the season. Unbeaten Milan moved up to second place and level with leaders Napoli on 14 points from six games. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga,
6:26 PM ET Riqui Puig converted a penalty kick with the final kick of the game after teammate Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez had his earlier penalty saved, and the visiting LA Galaxy salvaged a 1-1 draw with Nashville SC on Saturday afternoon. Joe Willis nearly saved Puig’s penalty as well with a dive to his left