11:49 PM ET Houston Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez could not be stopped. At a time when his team needed him most, Houston’s designated hitter broke out big, almost single-handedly leading the Astros to the American League pennant. In the final three games of the American League Championship Series — a run that started with the
Month: October 2021
11:44 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — Dolphins coach Brian Flores gave a public endorsement Friday of Tua Tagovailoa, after rumors of a potential trade for Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson again flared earlier this week. “I don’t really get into rumors — Tua is our quarterback,” Flores said when asked about Watson. “We’re happy
Wasim Akram said Suryakumar Yadav has “improved as a cricketer”.© AFP With India set to open their T20 World Cup 2021 campaign on Sunday, Wasim Akram lavished praise on Suryakumar Yadav for his batting skills and feels the Mumbai Indians (MI) cricketer could be crucial for his side in the tournament. Speaking on the Salaam
8:59 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — UCLA coach Mick Cronin is a winner even before the college basketball season starts next month. A 3-year-old filly co-owned by Cronin won the $63,000 feature at Santa Anita by three-quarters of a length on Friday. Sent off at 6-1 odds, So Very Smart paid $14.40, $6.40
7:50 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Steven Alker shot a 9-under 63 on Friday to take the first-round lead in the Dominion Energy Charity Classic, the first of three PGA Tour Champions playoff events. Alker had a bogey-free round on The Country Club of Virginia’s James River Course, making nine birdies in a
11:00 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen Barcelona have drawn attention recently for their use of young players like Ansu Fati, Gavi and Pedri, but while the Camp Nou club’s financial issues have forced them to blood teenagers in the first team perhaps sooner than they would have liked, LaLiga rivals Real Madrid also have a collection
6:08 PM ET CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Miami Hurricanes athletic director Blake James was not ready to make any pronouncements for how this season would play out for coach Manny Diaz, who has come under fire for a 2-4 start. Asked whether Diaz was on the hot seat, James told ESPN.com, “I don’t know how
6:58 PM ET Southern Miss is set to join the Sun Belt Conference, which could soon add several members, sources told ESPN. The Southern Miss move is a “done deal,” a source said, and the school probably will join the Sun Belt for the 2023 fall athletics season. Southern Miss is the latest school to
7:12 PM ET Ash Barty won’t defend her season-ending crown after formally ending her stellar 2021 season on Saturday. Australia’s world No.1 hasn’t played since the US Open in September and says her full focus now is on preparing for the Australian summer and another tilt at her home grand slam in Melbourne. The 25-year-old
6:21 PM ET Associated Press Bryce Easton was leading the Mallorca Open on Friday when the second round was suspended because of darkness on the Mediterranean island. Easton had a four-shot lead when play was stopped with the South African still to finish the 18th hole. Easton was 4-under on the windy day at the
3:40 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Cody Bellinger had goosebumps. It was the eighth inning of a game his Los Angeles Dodgers already led by nine runs, but Chris Taylor was up to bat, sitting on three home runs, and Bellinger could sense a fourth one coming. “I felt like he was really going to
4:44 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — One of the House Democrats who sent a letter to the NFL seeking more information about its investigation into the Washington Football Team‘s workplace culture says he fears Jon Gruden’s emails are the “tip of the iceberg.” Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., told ESPN that the representatives wanted to get
11:55 AM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Aryna Sabalenka‘s first tournament since testing positive for the coronavirus ended after only two matches. The second-ranked Belarusian lost to Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-3, 6-4 Friday in the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup. Alexandrova will face Maria Sakkari in the semifinals. Sabalenka was playing in her first tournament since
Title rivals Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton clashed in second practice at the US Grand Prix as Red Bull’s Sergio Perez emerged with the fastest time. Verstappen called Hamilton a “stupid idiot” over the team radio after an incident in which the two raced side by side down the pit straight. Verstappen then gave Hamilton
Katie Archibald won Great Britain’s first gold medal at this year’s World Championships after securing a dominant victory in the women’s omnium. Archibald finished on 137 points after backing up wins in the scratch, tempo and elimination races with a measured ride in the climactic points race. Belgium’s Lotte Kopecky finished second with Italy’s Elisa
3:40 PM ET The Carolina Hurricanes trolled the Montreal Canadiens with a satirical website after defeating them on Thursday night, only to have that site hacked and turned into an anti-Carolina web page by Friday morning. After the Hurricanes beat the Canadiens in Montreal, the team sent out a website link to its 506,000 followers
7:39 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Edgar Berlanga underwent surgery Wednesday in Stamford, Connecticut, to repair a torn left biceps and will be sidelined for approximately three months, manager Keith Connolly told ESPN. The 24-year-old, who scored 16 first-round KOs in his first 16 fights, suffered the injury in the third round of his decision victory
1:16 PM ET Oklahoma State and Mike Gundy have agreed to a new deal that will restore the football coach to a “perpetual five-year contract” with the Cowboys after the rollover had been decreased to four years in 2020, the university announced Friday. Last year, Gundy voluntarily took a $1 million pay cut and amended
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