9:43 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens New signings Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessie could both leave Barcelona for free if they are not registered before Saturday’s LaLiga opener against Rayo Vallecano, various sources have confirmed to ESPN. Christensen and Kessie both joined Barca on free transfers earlier this summer from Chelsea and AC Milan
4:52 PM ET Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 to win the 2022 UEFA Super Cup at Helsinki’s Olympic Stadium on Wednesday night as Karim Benzema moved past Raul into second on the Spanish club’s all-time scoring list behind leader Cristiano Ronaldo. The sides traded good chances in the early stages of the annual match
5:00 PM ET The 2022-23 LaLiga season begins this week! A lot of has happened since Real Madrid lifted its record-extending 35th league trophy over eternal rivals Barcelona. Madrid also won their 14th Champions League trophy (another record), but Barcelona aim to topple the champions with for some new marquee players. – LaLiga starts Friday:
12:07 PM ET The Atlanta Braves called up top prospect Vaughn Grissom to the majors on Wednesday in a series of moves that included placing second baseman Orlando Arcia on the 10-day injured list because of a strained left hamstring. The 21-year-old Grissom, an infielder, is hitting .324 with an .899 OPS at two levels
4:36 PM ET ESPN News Services Al Avila is out as executive vice president and general manager of the Detroit Tigers, it was announced Wednesday. “Once I decided to make a change, I sat down with Al and thanked him for his nearly 22 years of service to our organization,” CEO Christopher Ilitch said in
3:44 PM ET Associated Press Noah Gragson finally earned a promotion to NASCAR’s top level and will drive for Petty GMS next season. Gragson will replace Ty Dillon in the No. 42 Chevrolet beginning with next season’s exhibition race at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. He will be teammates with Erik Jones, who recently signed an
Birmingham Phoenix 176 for 4 (Smeed 101*) beat Southern Brave 123 (Davies 33, Brookes 5-25, Richardson 3-19) by 53 runs Will Smeed hit the first hundred in the Hundred as Birmingham Phoenix thrashed reigning champions Southern Brave by 53 runs in a sun-soaked Second City. On NHS Heroes Night at Edgbaston, with NHS workers and
2:39 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — There will be 14 students from historically Black college and university medical schools working for the first time on the staffs of NFL clubs this season. The students are coming from the four HBCU medical schools in the country and will be working with eight teams: Atlanta,
2:57 PM ET Associated Press PULLMAN, Wash. — Former Washington State football coach Nick Rolovich has filed a claim against the university seeking $25 million for wrongful termination after he was fired last year for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The claim was filed on Rolovich’s behalf with the state’s Office of Risk Management
2:08 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Former Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Borje Salming has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, the team announced Wednesday. “I have received news that has shaken my family and me,” Salming said in a statement. “In an instant, everything changed.” Salming,