12:00 PM ET Once the Houston Astros gather in spring training and begin their preparations for the 2020 season, it seems inevitable that this group of competitive professionals will eventually and reflexively rally around a mantra of “We’ll show you.” You don’t think we were the best team in baseball in 2017? We’ll show you.
12:06 PM ET ESPN News Services Lucas Herbert marked Australia Day in his native country by capturing his first professional title, beating Christiaan Bezuidenhout of South Africa at the second hole of a playoff to win the Dubai Desert Classic after a wild final round on Sunday. Herbert rolled in a birdie putt from 2
5:53 PM GMT Mark Boucher knew taking the job of South Africa head coach would be “very tough”, but would not be drawn into whether the situation in the country’s cricket is worse than he anticipated. Instead, he says his efforts are fully focused on putting in the work that will lead to the team’s
11:36 AM ET Clemson had a successful junior day this weekend, landing commitments from ESPN Junior 300 prospects Korey Foreman, Jake Briningstool, Beaux Collins and Cade Denhoff in the 2021 class. Foreman is the No. 4-ranked recruit overall in the class and the third five-star defensive lineman to commit to Clemson in 2020 and 2021.
11:36 AM ET Clemson had a successful junior day this weekend landing three commitments from ESPN Junior 300 prospects Jake Briningstool, Beaux Collins and Cade Denhoff in the 2021 class. Briningstool is the No. 1 ranked tight end in the class, ranked No. 53 overall in 2021, and is a 6-foot-6, 215-pound recruit out of
8:39 AM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Jenny Bockerstette was sitting in a movie theater in Arizona alongside her husband, Joe, and daughter, Amy, on the Sunday of last year’s Waste Management Phoenix Open watching “A Dog’s Way Home,” when her phone began buzzing. She tried to ignore it. All she wanted to do was to
11:00 AM ET ST. LOUIS — The NHL All Stars descended upon St. Louis for the past three days, and what a weekend it was. Players perched atop the 100-level launched pucks over the crowd. Women’s hockey players dazzled. Blues legends … appeared. Connor McDavid was dethroned. Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong spewed out
4:21 AM ET Bellator two-division champion Ryan Bader is dropping back down to light heavyweight to defend his title against Vadim Nemkov on May 9 in San Jose, California, the promotion announced Saturday night. Bader (27-5, 1 NC), who also holds the Bellator heavyweight belt, has been light heavyweight champion since 2017 but hasn’t defended
6:29 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPNW Writer MELBOURNE, Australia — For a brief moment on Sunday, it looked as if Sofia Kenin would be the latest to fall victim to rising superstar Coco Gauff at the Australian Open. After trading games and points for nearly an hour in the first set, Gauff took the early edge
9:03 AM GMT Mohammad Hafeez, who marked his comeback at the age of 39, was excited with his match-winning contribution against Bangladesh in the second T20I and emphasized on the importance of carrying experience with the team. He also suggested that he has learnt over the years that ‘survival’ in the team isn’t possible without