12:56 AM ET ESPN News Services New York Mets lefty Jason Vargas started — and answered questions — for the first time since being fined for an expletive-filled confrontation with a reporter, and he said he doesn’t think “all the information” is out there. Vargas had to be restrained from going after a Newsday beat
8:00 AM ET While the Yankees and Red Sox will face off in jolly ol’ England, the high-flying Braves meet the miserable Mets. Here’s what else we’ll have our eyes on this weekend. The Braves, who meet the Mets this weekend (Sunday, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN), are threatening to run away with the National League
2:38 AM ET Boston fans might not believe this, but the Red Sox’s bullpen actually hasn’t been terrible. Heading into Wednesday’s game against the Chicago White Sox, the Red Sox ranked seventh in the majors in bullpen ERA, eighth in win probability added, first in strikeout rate and tied for fifth in lowest batting average
11:17 PM ET Catcher Russell Martin took the mound for the Los Angeles Dodgers for the second time this season and pitched a scoreless eighth inning — with one strikeout — in an 8-2 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday. Martin came in with the visiting Dodgers trailing 8-2. “I felt like six runs
By Rob Dawson and Andrew Cesare Richardson ESPN FC’s Steve Nicol calls Aaron Wan-Bissaka “one of the best right-backs in the Premier League” and believes he’s a perfect fit for Man United. Fueled by close geography, a cast of superstars and championship drama has fueled two of the biggest rivalries in all of sport: Man
2:04 AM ET OMAHA, Neb. — “My coach, Tim Corbin, he’s Nick Saban,” said Kumar Rocker, the Vanderbilt freshman ace who’d just been named the College World Series Most Outstanding Player. “Tim Corbin and the Vandy baseball team is the hottest brand in Nashville,” said Derek Mason, head coach of the Vanderbilt football team. “Tim
CAIRO — Kenya still have a long, hard road ahead if they are to come anywhere near matching the success they have enjoyed in athletics on the football field, coach Sebastien Migne said ahead of their Africa Cup of Nations Group C fixture against Tanzania. Kenya, known as the Harambee Stars, are taking part in
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7:29 PM ET Dave Stanley Caloundra – the finale of the Queensland Winter Carnival The Sunshine Coast is the destination of Queensland’s winter racing finale. This time-honoured meeting has always thrown up a good horse to follow in the future and I think this year we might just see another. The feature is the Caloundra
ESPN FC’s Raf Honigstein weighs in on Ousmane Dembele’s links to Bayern and explains what it will take to bring the Barca youngster to Munich. ESPN FC’s Julien Laurens breaks down Neymar and Antoine Griezmann’s respective wage bills and doesn’t see a way Barcelona could afford them both. ESPN FC’s La Liga correspondent Sid Lowe