2:02 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Ryan Tepera? Baseball fans love to argue over who should win big awards. But there likely was no debate Thursday about the most surprising name on the list of players getting National League MVP votes. That was Tepera, the Chicago Cubs reliever who was 0-1 with a
7:45 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN DO NOT GET Skylar Mays wrong — of course he wants to be picked in the first round of the 2020 NBA draft. It’s just that going 44th overall would be special in its own way. “Being picked at 44 would be pretty cool,” the LSU guard said. “I wouldn’t
For the first time all year, a Mercedes is not on pole position for a grand prix. Ironically, though, this surprise development probably makes it even more likely than it already was that Lewis Hamilton will become on Sunday the most successful racing driver in history. Hamilton starts the Turkish Grand Prix from an unexpected
9:00 AM ET Austin LindbergESPN FC On Thursday, the United States men’s national team played its first match since February and gave fans a solid look at the Yanks’ future. Head coach Gregg Berhalter gave debuts to six players — including a pair of 17-year-olds, Yunus Musah and Giovanni Reyna (who turned 18 on Friday)
11:50 AM ET Italy’s Jannik Sinner became the youngest first-time winner on the ATP Tour in 12 years on Saturday after edging Canadian Vasek Pospisil 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(3) to claim the Sofia Open. Sinner, contesting his first ATP Tour final, served notice of his intentions early on when he forced Pospisil to save three break
10:08 AM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Before this week’s Masters tournament at Augusta National Golf Club, Bryson DeChambeau boasted that he planned to play the famed course in 5-under par because he was hitting the ball so far. It turned out that he couldn’t even play the first 36 holes under par. After a disappointing
9:53 AM GMT After 402 days of waiting, months of lockdown and weeks of quarantine, Argentina returned to the Test arena and made history, defeating the All Blacks 25-15 in a game that will be remembered for years to come. Written off by everyone in the rugby community, the Pumas headed to Bankwest Stadium anticipating
The Instagram post had an adorable image comprising of him, wife Ritika Sajdeh and daughter Samaira.© Instagram Team India opener Rohit Sharma took to Instagram on Saturday, in order to wish one and all on the joyous occasion of Diwali. Rohit wished a happy Diwali to everyone, urging utmost priority towards safety. “Happy Diwali to
Racing Point’s Lance Stroll took a sensational maiden pole position in a chaotic wet qualifying session at the Turkish Grand Prix. The Canadian beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen by 0.290 seconds as Lewis Hamilton, on the verge of his seventh title, could manage only sixth place. Hamilton’s Mercedes team-mate and only title rival Valtteri Bottas
Karachi Kings reached their maiden PSL final on Saturday.© Twitter The Karachi Kings reached their maiden final Saturday after outlasting the Multan Sultans in a thrilling tie-breaker finish as Pakistan’s Super League resumed eight months after stopping due to the pandemic. The match at Karachi’s National Stadium went into a Super Over after 40 overs
1:15 AM ET ESPN staff Argentina served up one of the biggest upsets in Test rugby history when they stunned New Zealand 25-15 in the Tri-Nations on Saturday, beating the three-time world champions for the first time in 30 attempts going back to 1985. Flyhalf Nicolas Sanchez scored all of Argentina’s points with a try,
5:54 PM ET Sarah SpainespnW.com Close Sarah Spain (follow her on Twitter @SarahSpain) is the co-host of Spain & Fitz on ESPN Radio, host of the That’s What She Said podcast, a SportsCenter reporter and an espnW columnist since 2010. She was a heptathlete at Cornell and is a lifelong Chicago sports fan. Longtime baseball
Gearing up for a gruelling tour of Australia, the Indian team on Saturday began outdoor training with a light session after the entire contingent tested negative for COVID-19. Several cricketers who recently competed in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the UAE, including Hardik Pandya, Prithvi Shaw and Mohammed Siraj, attended the session at Blacktown
11:45 AM ET Agents in football are nothing like Jerry Maguire. It’s not that they don’t develop heartfelt bonds with their representatives: Mino Raiola, who represents Paul Pogba, Erling Haaland and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, famously has no written contracts tying him to his clients but relies on handshakes instead. No, the difference is that in Maguire’s
7:15 AM ET ESPN staff The NFL Week 10 schedule is stacked with great matchups. Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the keys to every game, a bold prediction for each matchup and final score picks. Additionally, ESPN Stats & Information provides a stat to know for each game, and the Football Power Index (FPI)
8:45 PM ET Nothing like a ranked UFC lightweight accepting a five-round fight … against a former champion … on five days’ notice … to stir up the MMA community. The reaction to Paul Felder (17-5) stepping into Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event against Rafael dos Anjos (29-13) on short notice has been genuinely
9:19 PM GMT Improved Ireland added to Wales’ miserable 2020 on Friday with a 32-9 win in the opening game of the new Autumn Nations Cup that has replaced the usual mix of northern versus southern hemisphere clashes derailed by COVID-19. Ireland’s scrum exerted its dominance early on with Andrew Porter giving a crumpling Rhys
11:08 AM ET Associated Press FREEHOLD, N.J. — Former New York Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden has been sentenced to a year of probation in connection with a drug arrest in New Jersey in 2019. Gooden appeared before a judge in a virtual proceeding on Thursday. He had pleaded guilty in August 2019 to one count