8:04 AM ET Ireland manager Vera Pauw has apologised after a video emerged of players singing a song referencing the IRA. Ross MacDonald/SNS Group via Getty Images The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) and national team manager Vera Pauw apologised on Wednesday for players singing a song referencing the IRA after they beat Scotland 1-0 and
Month: October 2022
2:34 PM ET The Philadelphia Phillies have yet to lose in the 2022 MLB playoffs. Bryce Harper, the reigning NL MVP, is showing off the swag that comes with Philadelphia’s hot start in the postseason. 1 Related The Phillies hold a 1-0 lead in their NL Division Series against the Atlanta Braves, the reigning World
West Indies have already visited Pakistan twice in the last 10 months, albeit because the Covid-19 pandemic split one white-ball series in December 2021 into two. The two sides played three T20Is that month, before a Covid outbreak in the West Indies camp meant the subsequent ODIs had to be postponed to June this year.
1:20 PM ET [Insert LOUD AUDIBLE SIGH here] What a week-and-a-half stretch for women’s soccer. It started with the distressing and infuriating revelations of systemic abuse and misconduct in the NWSL in the Sally Yates report at the beginning of last week. Then it had a spark of much-needed joy from the electrifying atmosphere at
12:34 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott will throw passes Wednesday for the first time since undergoing surgery on his right thumb, but he is expected to miss his fifth straight game Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles. “We are preparing for Cooper [Rush] to start against the Eagles,” coach Mike McCarthy
12:12 PM ET Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. — Former Georgia coach Vince Dooley has been released from a hospital after being treated for COVID-19. Georgia announced Wednesday that Dooley, 90, was released from an Athens-area hospital on Monday following a “mild case” of COVID-19. He was admitted to the hospital on Saturday. Dooley said in
Oct 12, 2022 Conor Benn has said he expects an apology from critics as UK Anti-Doping continues its investigation into his failed drug test. Benn’s bout with Chris Eubank Jr. was called off last week after he tested positive for the banned substance clomifene, a fertility drug for women which can boost testosterone levels in
10:26 AM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres signed coach Don Granato to a two-year contract extension Wednesday, rewarding him for the team’s improvement in his first full season. Granato had two years left on his existing contract and is now locked up through the 2025-26 season. He will make just under
10:52 AM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres continued locking up their young core of players by signing defenseman Mattias Samuelsson to a seven-year, $30 million contract on Wednesday. Samuelsson, 22, established himself as one of the team’s top blueliners in his second NHL season last year. He finished with 10 assists
9:20 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN LAFAYETTE, La. — Michael Desormeaux stepped to the podium at his introductory news conference as the head coach at Louisiana and channeled his Cajun roots. In his typical self-deprecating fashion, he deflected attention and delivered a one-liner straight to a constituency he understands fluently. “All right, so I’ll keep this