9:49 AM ET Associated Press Shannon Boxx, a three-time Olympic gold medalist with the United States and member of their 2015 World Cup team, has been appointed vice chair of the U.S. Soccer Federation’s participant safety task force. Maryland State Youth Soccer Association executive director Greg Smith was also picked as a vice chair. –
10:48 AM ET Believing the football program to be on an “upward trajectory,” Missouri announced a two-year contract extension for coach Eliah Drinkwitz on Saturday that links him to the school through the 2027 season. The decision — a unanimous vote by the University of Missouri board of curators — comes as Drinkwitz is seeking
9:37 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN A flu outbreak on the Texas A&M campus and within the Aggies‘ team is expected to significantly impact Texas A&M’s roster for Saturday’s home game with Florida, sources told ESPN. An undetermined number of players missed practice this week for Texas A&M, as the university and football program have attempted
9:22 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Star Ohio State tailback TreVeyon Henderson is not available for Saturday’s game against Northwestern, a surprise addition to the Buckeye injury report. Henderson is No. 2 Ohio State’s leading rusher this season with 552 yards. He’s averaging 5.8 yards per carry and has scored six rushing touchdowns. Henderson had 78
8:00 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN THE ATLANTA HAWKS don’t have a point guard. It seems like a jarring statement, especially for a team that features Trae Young, who led the NBA in total assists a season ago. This summer the Hawks added Dejounte Murray, who finished fourth in the league in assists per game while
7:15 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — The baseball gods wasted no time in giving Philadelphia Phillies boss Rob Thomson his first big managerial moment in the Fall Classic. Five months after taking over from the fired Joe Girardi, Thomson had already navigated the Phillies’ underwhelming end to the regular season and three challenging rounds of the
8:25 PM ET Liz LozaESPN Fantasy managers and sports bettors (who followed my advice) were thriving with points and payouts in Week 9. All five of my props hit, which means the pressure is on in Week 9. I’m Sherlocking hard to uncover sneaky advantages with six teams on bye. Utilizing ESPN’s metrics database and
6:58 AM ET Associated Press SHIGA, Japan — Momoko Ueda of Japan shot a 4-under 68 on Saturday to take a one-stoke lead after three rounds of the Toto Classic. Ueda also held a one-shot lead after the second round. Ueda, who had a three-round total of 14-under 202, is one shot ahead of Gemma
3:40 AM BST England booked their place in the Rugby World Cup final with a nail-biting 26-19 win over Canada at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday, a length-of-the-field try by Abby Dow swinging the game in the two-time champions’ favour. The tournament favourites, who will be playing in a sixth straight final, extended their
Nov 4, 2022 LOS ANGELES — It’s been 19 years since the No. 1 seeds in the Eastern and Western Conferences met in an MLS Cup, which LAFC and the Philadelphia Union will do on Saturday. MLS has changed an awful lot in that time. In 2003, there were only 10 teams in the league.