12:08 AM ET ESPN News Services SEATTLE — Shohei Ohtani‘s league-leading 33rd home run of the season Friday night put him in rare company in the history of the Seattle Mariners‘ home ballpark. Ohtani’s solo shot in the third inning off Marco Gonzales soared into the top deck of right field at T-Mobile Park. The
Month: July 2021
6:00 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN DETROIT — For Jared Goff, this offseason has been different for a number of reasons. For starters, the California native is now quarterback of the Detroit Lions after five seasons with the Los Angeles Rams. Then, when he glanced around the Lions’ practice facility during OTAs, he noticed a uniqueness
England all-rounder Nat Sciver smashed a record-equalling half century before the bowlers put the struggling Indian batters under pressure to ensure an 18 run-win for the hosts via DLS method in the rain-curtailed first T20I in Northampton. Put in to bat, England rode on Sciver’s 27-ball 55, that included eight fours and a hit over
11:09 PM ET With just nine available players, Team USA promoted seven players, including three NBA players, from its Select Team for five exhibition games over the next week. Saddiq Bey of the Detroit Pistons, Darius Garland of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Keldon Johnson of the San Antonio Spurs will be available for minutes if
11:10 AM ET Former Washington Wizards coach Scott Brooks is finalizing a deal with the Portland Trail Blazers to become Chauncey Billups’ top assistant coach, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Brooks spent the past five seasons as the Wizards’ coach, taking Washington to the playoffs three times and advancing to the Eastern Conference semifinals in
9:24 PM ET Associated Press SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Nev. — Hall of Fame hockey player Mike Modano holed out from 205 yards on the par-5 18th Friday for the first albatross in American Century Championship history and a share of the first-round lead with John Smoltz. After managing nine points on nine pars on the
11:03 AM ET Not all Gold Cups are created equal. The edition of the biennial CONCACAF tournament taking place immediately after a World Cup year usually takes on greater importance. This was especially true when a spot in the now-defunct FIFA Confederations Cup was at stake. Even in 2019, with no such prize on the
11:20 AM ET The UFC is working on Khamzat Chimaev‘s highly anticipated return to the Octagon — a welterweight matchup against Li Jingliang in October. Contracts have not been signed, but both sides are agreeable to the matchup, multiple sources told ESPN. The 170-pound bout is expected to take place at UFC 267 in October.
12:47 PM ET LAS VEGAS — One of the most anticipated trilogy bouts in MMA history is now official. Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor both successfully made weight Friday morning here at the UFC Apex. Poirier and McGregor both weighed in at 156 pounds. The two men will meet in the main event of UFC
4:48 PM ET Associated Press Face masks were as prevalent as pucks throughout the NHL this past season, but documents show Canadian health officials wanted the league to take additional steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The league introduced a number of protocols in a bid to get back on the ice, including the
5:22 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Triller is making plans to stage the rescheduled Teofimo Lopez-George Kambosos undisputed lightweight championship fight Oct. 17 at Bankwest Stadium in Sydney, Australia, hometown of the title challenger, Triller co-founder Ryan Kavanaugh told ESPN on Friday. Kavanaugh’s plan is to hold the fight on that Sunday afternoon in Australia at
8:21 PM ET FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s weekend will be full as he’ll be in Rio de Janeiro for Saturday’s Copa America final between Argentina and Brazil before charging across the Atlantic to London for Sunday’s decider of Euro 2020 between England and Italy (watch the Euro final at 3 p.m. ET Sunday on ESPN
3:56 PM ET Associated Press Former NHL defenseman Bryan “Bugsy” Watson, who played for Scotty Bowman and with Doug Harvey and coached Wayne Gretzky, has died. He was 78. A Washington Capitals spokesperson said Friday that Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which owns the team, learned of his death Thursday from a member of Watson’s family.
2:24 PM ET LONDON — For the first time in Wimbledon history, Italy has a contender in the men’s singles final. Matteo Berrettini was struggling for words on the court as he attempted to contemplate what he had achieved. First, there was the exhaustion and relief from beating the valiant Hubert Hurkacz in four sets
4:51 PM BST Christian Scotland-Williamson has rejoined professional rugby and signed for Harlequins after three years on the Pittsburgh Steelers practice squad, the London club announced on Friday. The 28-year-old began his rugby career at Worcester Warriors but left in 2018 to pursue a move to the United States with the National Football League’s International
3:59 PM ET Simon Cambers When Denis Shapovalov stepped out to play Novak Djokovic in the semifinals at Wimbledon on Friday, the Canadian knew that to win he would probably have to play near-perfect tennis and take his chances. For long periods of an enthralling battle on Centre Court, he managed the first task with
4:27 PM ET World number one Jon Rahm felt there was still plenty of room for improvement despite grabbing a share of lead with an impressive six-under-par 65 in the second round of the Scottish Open at the Renaissance Club on Friday. Rahm stepped up his preparations for next week’s British Open by posting seven
3:38 PM BST The British & Irish Lions touring party returned a negative set of COVID-19 tests on Friday allowing coach Warren Gatland to make 13 changes to the team facing the Cell C Sharks in Pretoria on Saturday after several days of disruption. Hooker Jamie George will captain the Lions’ third game on their
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