Veteran England pacer James Anderson has made an appeal to Australian cricketers to be “respectable” while engaging in verbal wars ahead of the Ashes. Australia Test skipper Tim Paine had said Ashes will go ahead even if England captain Joe Root won’t be part of the tour amid ongoing uncertainty about the level of restrictions
Month: October 2021
2:42 AM ET Emanuel Navarrete’s face looked clean, like he’d just completed a strenuous run. Across the ring, the face of Joet Gonzalez looked like it was going through what both men were actually doing Friday night — fighting for the WBO featherweight championship. While Navarrete successfully defended his featherweight title with a 118-110, 116-112,
5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said he disagrees with Sir Alex Ferguson’s assessment that Cristiano Ronaldo should have started against Everton and that it is not the first time he has had a difference of opinion with his former manager. Ferguson was caught on video telling former UFC fighter
5:15 PM ET ESPN News Services The Sacramento Kings are exercising the third-year option on guard Tyrese Haliburton, a source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Friday. Haliburton averaged 13.0 points, 5.3 assists and 1.5 steals in 58 games last season and was named to the NBA All-Rookie first team. He suffered a season-ending knee injury
2:52 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Devin Haney is slated to return to the ring Dec. 3 in Las Vegas, the lightweight titleholder told ESPN, a fight he hopes will come against Joseph Diaz Jr. For months, Haney has searched for a topflight 135-pound opponent. He traded barbs with Diaz on Twitter, but the former 130-pound
2:39 AM ET The live interviews of managers on broadcasts often receive criticism, but sometimes they produce moments like Saturday night, when Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker reacted to a monstrous home run from Boston Red Sox center fielder Enrique Hernández on television. “Oh Lord,” Baker said as the ball traveled over the left-center field
2:21 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry looks primed for another run at the third MVP award of his career. The 33-year-old guard scored 41 points during Friday’s 119-97 win over the Portland Trail Blazers, the final preseason game before Tuesday’s regular season opener against the Los Angeles Lakers at
11:31 PM ET His putter finally cooperating, Adam Scott has surged into contention for a 15th US PGA Tour victory with a scintillating second round at the CJ Cup in Las Vegas. With two back-nine eagles and seven birdies, Scott carded a nine-under-par 63 to soar to 13 under for the championship to be in
2:00 PM ET Ohio State defensive coordinator Kerry Coombs hasn’t lost his confidence or his willingness to work hard for the program despite losing playcalling duties earlier this season. Head coach Ryan Day assigned defensive playcalling duties to secondary coach Matt Barnes after Ohio State’s loss to Oregon on Sept. 11. Coombs, who is in
5:22 PM ET Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. — Former Kansas football coach David Beaty is no longer part of an NCAA infractions case against the school, according to the independent agency investigating the matter. Marc Quigley of the Independent Accountability Resolution Process’ Complex Case Unit notified Beaty last week that investigators had decided to withdraw
Rahul Dravid will reportedly take over as India head coach after the T20 World Cup.© AFP In a major development, former India skipper Rahul Dravid has agreed to take over as the head coach of the Indian men’s national cricket team, according to media reports. The former India captain will replace outgoing head coach Ravi
5:17 PM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Nikoloz Basilashvili outlasted No. 2 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 Friday to move into the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open with the biggest win of his career. Basilashvili next plays either No. 3 Alexander Zverev or American Taylor Fritz, who met in a later
8:07 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Rory McIlroy was trying to illustrate how deep the talent pool is on the PGA Tour by sharing a story about how impressed he was with Keith Mitchell the first time they played together. Mitchell is providing McIlroy and everyone else with plenty of more fodder through
2:36 PM ET Austin LindbergESPN FC There is less than a month remaining in the 2021 Major League Soccer season. Already teams are locking up their places in the postseason (hello, New England Revolution and Seattle Sounders), and one team knows it’ll be watching from home (sorry, FC Cincinnati). The top seven from each of
6:23 PM ET Associated Press Jon Rahm‘s woes back in Spain worsened when he failed to make the cut at the Andalucía Masters on Friday. The top-ranked Rahm shot 3-over 74 through the second round, finishing with a share of 99th place and 14 strokes off the lead of Romain Langasque. That was an improvement
5:27 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NHL suspended Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin for a game for roughing Tampa Bay forward Mathieu Joseph. The league announced the penalty Friday, adding Larkin will give up $30,500 in pay that will go toward the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund. Larkin will miss Detroit’s home
10:58 AM ET After architecting the franchise’s first NBA championship in 50 years, Milwaukee Bucks general manager Jon Horst has agreed to a long-term contract extension, he told ESPN on Friday. Horst had one year left on his contract, and his new deal — finalized Friday morning with his agent, Brian Elfus, and team officials
10:14 AM ET Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy has agreed to an eight-year, $76 million contract extension, a source told ESPN on Friday. The 23-year-old was due to be a restricted free agent after the season. McAvoy is in the final year of a three-year bridge deal that paid him $4.9 million annually and is
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