7:06 PM ET Oakland Athletics skipper Bob Melvin was named American League Manager of the Year on Tuesday after guiding the team with the lowest opening-day payroll in baseball to a 97-65 record and its first playoff berth in four years. After leading the Braves to an unexpected NL East title, Brian Snitker has been
6:35 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Kyle Lowry and Jonas Valanciunas spent a dozen years between them developing their games under coach Dwane Casey. Valanciunas had never played for any other NBA head coach before this season. When they welcome Casey and his Detroit Pistons back to Toronto on Wednesday night, the two longest-serving
9:31 PM ET The suspension without pay of Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green culminated hours of organizational conversations Tuesday in which senior leadership expressed concern over the fallout from a combustible Monday night in Los Angeles that pitted All-Star teammates, league sources told ESPN. Witnesses to the locker-room scene in the aftermath of an
6:23 PM ET Brian Snitker has been named NL manager of the year after guiding the Atlanta Braves to the team’s first winning season, postseason berth and division title in five years. Snitker is the first Braves manager since Bobby Cox in 2005 to be named manager of the year and accomplished the feat with
3:00 AM ET Pakistan 139 for 6 (Javeria 74*, O’Reilly 3-19) beat Ireland 101 for 9 (Isobel Joyce 30, Shillington 27, Sandhu 2-8, Riaz 2-16) by 38 runs Nahida Khan congratulates Javeria Khan on her fifty ICC/Getty Ireland were exactly in the contest for eight overs after losing the toss. Then, they saw it sensationally slip.
7:57 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN ESPN presents the best player in the world of the week, celebrating the player who has the best stats, impact or story line to earn the honor. To nominate someone, please email us here by midnight on Monday each week. Photos and context are encouraged! Pasta led the NHL with
5:15 PM ET Longtime British rivals Amir Khan and Kell Brook have made one thing clear — they want to fight each other in what has been a much-anticipated match for years. Everything appears lined up for them: They are on roughly the same schedule, they are both now with the same promoter in Matchroom
5:21 PM ET Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Northern Arizona University‘s football game against Sacramento State, which was postponed last weekend because of poor air quality, has been canceled. A wildfire north of the Sacramento area produced smoke that made the sky hazy at the game site last Saturday night. Northern Arizona said Tuesday the
4:56 PM ET CAMDEN, N.J. — Sixers general manager Elton Brand said the club’s trade for Jimmy Butler is not an indication that Philadelphia has lost faith in Markelle Fultz, the 2017 No. 1 overall draft pick. “Not at all. It wasn’t a changed view of Markelle’s future. It was more of a changed view
5:24 PM ET The NFL has decided to move Monday’s game between the Chiefs and Rams from Mexico City to Los Angeles because of poor field conditions at Estadio Azteca, it was announced Tuesday. Players had strongly considered not playing if the NFL had opted to play the game in Mexico City, sources told ESPN’s