2:51 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Gerry Davis, who has umpired a record 144 postseason games, will be the crew chief for the National League Championship Series. Joe West, whose 5,194 regular-season games are second to Bill Klem’s 5,375, will be the American League Championship Series crew chief, the commissioner’s office said Thursday.
Diego Simeone was an Argentina international in his playing days. Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone travelled back to Argentina this week to be with his family after his father fell ill and is undergoing treatment. Simeone, who is missing a UEFA coaches get-together in Madrid, thanked the staff at the hospital in Argentina where his
3:20 PM BST Brian O’Driscoll has tipped Exeter Chiefs as favourites to lift the Champions Cup title this season, along with recent winners Leinster and Saracens. Exeter have yet to make it further than the quarterfinals of the competition and were beaten twice by eventual champions Leinster in the pool stages of the tournament last
Shaka Hislop recaps Real Madrid’s third defeat in four games but thinks it’s not a crisis just yet at the Bernabeu. Three minutes isn’t a very long time in football, as Karim Benzema can attest. That was how long it took during a home game last season for the Bernabeu to leap on the Frenchman’s
Ross Dyer and Paul Mariner face off ahead of the latest round of UEFA Nations League qualifiers. Italy coach Roberto Mancini said he is “sick of not winning” after the Azzurri were held to a 1-1 draw by Ukraine in Genoa on Wednesday night. Federico Bernardeschi’s goal was cancelled out by a Ruslan Malinovskyi header
2:22 PM ET Former Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze has been named offensive coordinator of the Arizona Hotshots of The Alliance of American Football, the team announced. Freeze resigned his position at Ole Miss in July of 2017 after school officials discovered the coach had placed a number of calls on a university-provided cellphone
3:27 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — In the wake of a report that Pac-12 leadership has influenced decision-making during the replay process of football games, commissioner Larry Scott announced an immediate change that will prevent any real-time involvement from conference leadership moving forward. “I’ve come to the conclusion that we’ve made mistakes in terms of
3:02 PM ET Daniel Brettig in Dubai Upon completing his batting masterpiece, the second-longest fourth innings in the history of all Tests, Usman Khawaja declared it proof that he was as hard a worker as anyone, having fought perceptions of laziness and weakness in Asian conditions over the course of an Australian career that began
Ross Dyer and Paul Mariner face off ahead of the latest round of UEFA Nations League qualifiers. Borussia Dortmund’s Jadon Sancho thanks England boss Gareth Southgate for spotting his progress in the Bundesliga. The World Cup was a curious experience for England fans. On the one hand there was the joy, excitement and, for anyone
1:45 PM ET The St. Louis Cardinals have agreed to terms with pitcher Adam Wainwright on a one-year deal for 2019, the team announced Thursday. Wainwright will be entering his 15th major league season — all with the Cardinals, tying Bob Forsch for third among pitchers in terms of longevity with the team. The right-hander