Month: September 2021

7:30 AM ET Matchday 2 of the Champions League group stage is in the books and there is plenty to discuss, from Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi starring for Manchester United and PSG respectively, to a woeful week for Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid. We asked Gab Marcotti, Mark Ogden and Sam Marsden to
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1:59 AM BST ESPN staff Sean McMahon will make his long-awaited return to the Test arena with confirmation he will be named among the Wallabies replacements for their closing Rugby Championship clash with Argentina. McMahon hasn’t played for the national team since the Wallabies were thumped 53-24 by Scotland in the final game of their
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1:06 AM ET METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Gayle Benson and team officials revealed the teams’ long-term succession plans in detail for the first time on Wednesday, telling The Times-Picayune and WVUE-TV that they would be sold with the goal of keeping the teams in New Orleans and distributing the proceeds
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11:08 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. LOUIS –The Cardinals’ team-record 17-game winning streak ended when Daniel Vogelbach hit a two-run homer that backed starting pitcher Adrian Houser and led the Milwaukee Brewers over St. Louis 4-0 on Wednesday night. St. Louis was given a standing ovation after the defeat by the crowd of 35,283.
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2:34 PM ET UFC fighter Jon Jones allegedly pulled a woman’s hair and head-butted a police car hours after one of his fights was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame last week. An arrest report released Tuesday by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department lays out the sequence of events that led to Jones
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8:54 PM ET Bryson DeChambeau advanced to the next round of the Professional Long Drivers of America World Championships after finishing second in his group Wednesday in Mesquite, Nevada. DeChambeau moved on for the second straight day, with Wednesday’s cut seeing the field go from 64 to 32. Set Yds 1 344 336 327 343
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6:49 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Following their first official practice together as teammates, Russell Westbrook dubbed Anthony Davis as “the ultimate weapon” and vowed to maximize the big man’s impact for the Los Angeles Lakers this season. “He’s one of a kind,” Westbrook said of Davis on Wednesday. “There’s nobody like him who
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5:58 PM ET The Milwaukee Brewers will likely be without top setup reliever Devin Williams for the playoffs after the right-hander broke his pitching hand after punching a wall after having a few drinks following Sunday’s game that clinched the National League Central division title for the Brewers. President of baseball operations David Stearns told
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4:45 PM ET Julia Budd, the former Bellator women’s featherweight champion, has signed a contract with PFL, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Budd will make her debut Oct. 27 on the undercard of PFL’s championship event in Hollywood, Florida, against an opponent to be determined. She will then be a part of PFL’s season structure
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4:17 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Olympic gold medalist Belinda Bencic overcame 10 double-faults and some first-set frustration to grab 12 of the last 13 games against qualifier Maddison Inglis on Wednesday and reach the third round of the Chicago Fall Tennis Classic. The third-seeded Bencic got past 130th-ranked Inglis 5-7, 6-1, 6-0 at
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