5:47 AM ET Sean Dyche has left Burnley after 10 years in charge. Photo by Stephen Pond/Getty Images Burnley have sacked manager Sean Dyche in a surprise announcement, the club confirmed on Friday. The club are in 18th position in the Premier League table and four points adrift from safety with eight matches remaining. But the
4:58 AM ET Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo has hit out at Pep Guardiola and labelled his tactics as “prehistory football” following the Champions League quarterfinal tie against Manchester City. The Premier League leaders battled to a 0-0 draw at the Wanda Metropolitano on Wednesday to set up a semifinal clash with Real Madrid. –
8:39 AM ET The owners of the Chicago Cubs have ended their interest in buying Chelsea after opting not to submit a final offer before Thursday’s deadline. A consortium led by the Ricketts family investment group was one of four bidders advanced to the last stage by New York-based merchant bank Raine Group along with
8:21 AM ET Bahrain-based Investcorp has entered into”‘exclusivity talks* to purchase Italian club AC Milan, a source close to the deal told Reuters on Friday. The source said the deal to buy the Serie A club from current owners Elliott Management Corporation was close to being completed. – ESPN+ viewers’ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, FA
2:52 AM ET LOS ANGELES — The baseball ricocheted off the warning track and sailed into the stands, prompting a pitching change, sending a capacity crowd into a frenzy and leaving Freddie Freeman by himself on second base, in the middle of Dodger Stadium, with his family roaring from a luxury suite and his new
6:58 AM ET This story originally ran in the November 1956 edition of SPORT Magazine — a year after Jackie Robinson finally won his first World Series with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Before 1955, Robinson had played in four World Series since he debuted in 1947 — all against the New York Yankees, all losses. After
7:00 AM ET FIVE YEARS AGO, during one of my eldest daughter’s first Little League games of the season, I noticed her bouncing around at first base on each pitch. It was clear she was imitating someone, and given the only game she’d seen me play in at the time was the Hall of Fame
1:01 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors are back in the playoffs for the first time in two years. And unlike the last time they were in the postseason — and the four times before that — there aren’t many expectations surrounding them. Sure, they are expected to make it
8:00 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN THE LINE WAS wrapped around the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. It was July 5, 2019, and the debut of Zion Williamson was here. After waiting through the first three games, fans were eager to see the main event: Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans taking on the
7:53 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. Errol Spence Jr. returns from a long layoff to face Yordenis Ugas in a unification fight Saturday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas (Showtime PPV, 9 p.m. ET). Spence was supposed to face Manny Pacquiao last year, but suffered a left eye injury a few days before and