6:52 PM ET NEW YORK — It didn’t matter that Aaron Judge hit 62 home runs during the season. The ruthless crowd at Yankee Stadium will boo anybody if it believes they are underperforming. And on Friday during the Yankees‘ 4-2 loss to Cleveland in Game 2 of the ALDS, Judge became the target. As
Month: October 2022
10:06 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — It’s not like Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Rhys Hoskins needed extra motivation, but when the Atlanta Braves walked Kyle Schwarber intentionally, just before Hoskins stepped to the plate in the third inning of Game 3 of the NLDS on Friday, his focus narrowed just a little bit more. “Yes, of
9:04 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — “Hey, you’re the guy who guarded Zion, right?” Bryson Bishop has heard that a time or two since a video went viral of him in eighth grade guarding the high school version of New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson. 1 Related Williamson, then a 6-foot-6 junior, looked
Oct 13, 2022 It’s the biggest derby in soccer, maybe the biggest league match in the world, and it always feels like it’s played in a state of motion. You can’t just talk about Real Madrid and Barcelona as they are — El Clasico is forever about these storied clubs as they were and will
8:00 AM ET NEW YORK — There was a specific moment when I realized the power of El Clasico’s magnetic reach outside of Spain. The year was 2005. I was already living in New York City after moving there two years prior from London but had returned to the U.K. for a brief spell to
8:23 PM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — No. 3 Alabama coach Nick Saban told ESPN on Friday that quarterback Bryce Young is on track to play Saturday at No. 6 Tennessee, but that the final decision will be made during pregame warmups. “He’s done a lot more in practice this week and thrown a lot more
7:07 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball COSTA MESA, Calif. — Wide receiver Keenan Allen told ESPN on Friday that he “had kind of a fan perspective on things” when he sent out a
5:13 PM ET A man injured in an alleged felony battery by New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara and three other men, including Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Christopher Lammons, filed a civil lawsuit in Louisiana against Kamara on Friday. The lawsuit filed in Orleans Parish by Darnell Greene Jr. alleges that Kamara and the
5:49 PM ET Winnipeg Jets head coach Rick Bowness will miss his regular-season debut with the team after returning a positive COVID-19 test on Friday afternoon. The Jets open their season at home against the New York Rangers on Friday night. Jets associate coach Scott Arniel will assume head-coaching duties in the interim. Bowness was
6:46 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — Kennesaw State was approved for membership in Conference USA on Friday, and it will join the league on July 1, 2024. Conference USA is going through a transition of its makeup, with six of the league’s 11 current members in their last academic year before moving to the