12:35 AM ET NEW YORK — The quiet was deafening. Flashy Chicago Cubs star Javier Baez had been flying under the radar for most of August as his team had begun a second consecutive late-season fade. With All-Star catcher Willson Contreras on the shelf with a hamstring injury and slugging first baseman Anthony Rizzo out
10:52 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Keemo Paul has recovered from his ankle injury and has been drafted back into the West Indies squad straightaway for the second and final Test against India in Kingston, replacing Miguel Cummins, the man who had filled in for him in Antigua. Squad: Jason Holder (capt), Kraigg Brathwaite, Darren Bravo,
9:52 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Second-seeded Rafael Nadal looked dominant in his first-round US Open match, easily defeating Australian John Millman 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Nadal, who is undefeated in US Open first rounds, might have had reason to worry about Millman, who upset Roger Federer last year in the fourth round
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9:03 PM ET NEW YORK — Mets first baseman Pete Alonso, the odds-on favorite to win National League Rookie of the Year, reached another milestone Tuesday, setting the single-season franchise record by hitting his 42nd home run. Alonso, 24, took an outside fastball from Chicago Cubs starter Yu Darvish deep to right field to lead
9:02 PM ET On Saturday, Jessica Andrade will defend her UFC women’s strawweight title against Zhang Weili in Shenzhen, China. It will be the second UFC title fight outside of North America in a month. It’ll also begin a run of three straight UFC title fights held outside the continent and will be the first
8:10 PM ET Aubrey Solomon, a highly ranked transfer from Michigan, has been granted a waiver by the NCAA and will be eligible to play this season at Tennessee, his mother, Sabrina Caldwell, told ESPN’s Tom VanHaaren. Solomon, who is projected to start in the defensive line, has been on Tennessee’s campus since January and
7:43 PM ET Graham HaysespnW.com Close Graham Hays covers college sports for espnW, including softball and soccer. Hays began with ESPN in 1999. Carli Lloyd’s 55-yard field goal at a Philadelphia Eagles–Baltimore Ravens practice last week generated enough buzz that the soccer star said she’s now mulling multiple offers from NFL teams to explore kicking.
7:43 PM ET U.S. women’s national soccer team star Carli Lloyd says she is considering an offer to kick for an NFL team, after a 55-yard field goal she kicked last week at a Eagles–Ravens practice raised eyebrows. “I am having discussions with my husband [Brian Hollins] and [trainer] James [Galanis] about the reality of