4:10 PM ET ESPN News Services The San Francisco 49ers have placed George Kittle on injured reserve, ruling the tight end out for at least three games due to his calf injury. Kittle has been playing through the injury since suffering it in Week 1 against the Detroit Lions. But he did not participate in
2:00 PM ET Spain’s Rafa Cabrera Bello surged into a two-shot lead with a faultless seven-under 64 as compatriot and world No. 1 Jon Rahm slipped six shots off the pace after carding a one-over 72 in the third round of the Spanish Open on Saturday. Cabrera Bello, thrice a winner on the European tour,
8:55 PM ET A future title shot could be on the line in a battle of two of the top up-and-coming female talents in the UFC. Mackenzie Dern will face Marina Rodriguez in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. Both are on winning streaks and are looking to gain
Great Britain’s Katie Archibald and Neah Evans won the women’s madison at the European Track Cycling Championships in Grenchen, Switzerland. Evans suffered a crash early in the race but recovered as the pair claimed victory with 63 points as Denmark (50) finished second and France (49) third. Archibald took her tally to three gold medals
1:17 PM ET Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby practiced Saturday for the first time since undergoing surgery on his left wrist in early September. The two-time Hart Trophy winner, who had been dealing with the wrist injury for years, opted for surgery after all minimally invasive options had been exhausted. At the time of the
Dutch rider Demi Vollering secured overall victory in the Women’s Tour of Britain on Saturday. Vollering, 24, of SD Worx, went in to the sixth and final stage with a commanding lead and finished safely within the peloton in Felixstowe. World champion Elisa Balsamo won the sixth and final stage, taking the bunch sprint ahead
The ECB had given a conditional go-ahead for England to tour Australia for the Ashes.© AFP England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is set to name the England squad for the upcoming Ashes on Sunday. According to Sky Sports, the team is likely to consist of 17 or 18 members. A separate squad will also be
9:45 AM ET This time, Tyson Fury is the favorite — and a big one. Fury is a -280 favorite over Deontay Wilder in their WBC heavyweight title bout, according to Caesars Sportsbook. Wilder is a +230 underdog for Saturday’s fight in Las Vegas (9 p.m. ET, ESPN+ PPV). It’s the third meeting between the
Tadej Pogacar became the first rider in 42 years to claim a Tour de France-Giro di Lombardia double as he won the last Monument race of the season. The 23-year-old Slovenian, riding for UAE-Emirates, became the fourth man to achieve the feat after Fausto Coppi, Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault. Pogacar made his move with
Oct 8, 2021 International breaks are fraught with risk as clubs are left praying their players return without injury, but given how Gareth Southgate is shaping his England team, any concern for Tottenham Hotspur over Harry Kane might be more psychological than physical. Spurs did everything possible to prevent Kane from joining Manchester City this
4:05 PM ET Running back CJ Verdell and safety Bennett Williams both will miss the remainder of the season for the No. 8 Oregon Ducks, coach Mario Cristobal said Thursday. Verdell, a fifth-year junior, sustained a left leg injury in the second half of Oregon’s loss to Stanford last Saturday. He leads Oregon with 78
11:52 AM ET Interim UConn football coach Lou Spanos is one of three coaches and two players who tested positive for COVID-19 and will be out for Saturday’s game against UMass. Spanos, who took over for Randy Edsall after his resignation on Sept. 6, is in isolation, as are offensive coordinator/offensive line coach Frank Giufre
1:57 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN DETROIT, Mich. — Ben Wallace is an NBA Hall of Famer, NBA champion and four-time Defensive Player of the Year. Now the 47-year-old can add basketball operations and team engagement advisor for the Detroit Pistons to his resume. The Pistons announced Friday that Wallace has been hired in this role
Lewis Hamilton qualified fastest for the Turkish Grand Prix but will start the race 11th after a 10-place grid penalty for breaking engine rules. The Mercedes driver headed team-mate Valtteri Bottas by 0.13 seconds and the Finn inherits pole position ahead of Hamilton’s title rival Max Verstappen. Verstappen starts the race two points behind Hamilton
Veteran batsman Shoaib Malik has been included in Pakistan’s Twenty20 World Cup squad, replacing top order batsman Sohaib Maqsood, who was ruled out due to a back problem, selectors said Saturday. The 39-year-old has been in prolific form in the ongoing National Twenty20 tournament in Pakistan, having scored 225 in seven games and there were calls
7:00 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving will be able to practice at the team’s facility in Brooklyn, sources confirmed to ESPN, but still won’t be able to play in home games due to the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The change in Irving’s status is due to the city determining that the
7:51 AM ET Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan doesn’t remember them all. The first one … sure. The big moments … without a doubt. But so many of the passes Ryan has completed over the past 14 seasons have blurred into a tapestry. When you’ve had thousands of them, to 79 players, even a near-photographic
2:23 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Logan Webb pitched one of baseball’s most epic postseason games in Game 1 of the National League Division Series, and he did it by forcing the Dodgers to turn into their own worst enemies. Webb was masterful in his first career postseason start, mixing a diving changeup and a