Zak Crawley struck his maiden Test century as England established a strong position on the opening day of their series finale against Pakistan at Southampton on Friday. Crawley’s commanding 171 not out was the centrepiece of England’s 332-4 at stumps after captain Joe Root won the toss. Jos Buttler (87 not out) proved a fine,
Month: August 2020
Britain’s Mark Cavendish has been left out of Bahrain McLaren’s Tour de France squad. It is the second year in a row the 35-year-old has missed the Tour, having not been selected by previous team Dimension Data in 2019. The sprinter has won 30 Tour stages, four short of Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 victories.
7:00 AM ET This will be the most unpredictable trade deadline we’ve ever seen. My colleague Brad Doolittle just did a great job outlining the issues teams face this deadline, along with a position-by-position look at who might be available and which teams have holes to fill. One big factor aside from the cash-flow problems
12:17 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Four-time Grand Slam champion Kim Clijsters withdrew from the Western & Southern Open on Friday because of an abdominal injury that she wants to rest before the US Open. The 37-year-old Belgian already is a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame and came out of
Neil McKenzie (right) had been with the Bangladesh Men’s team since July 2018.© AFP Former South African international Neil McKenzie on Friday stepped down as batting coach of the Bangladesh national team due to the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s cricket board announced. McKenzie had completed two years with Bangladesh after joining the Tigers during the
Any team that returns two positive coronavirus tests within a week during the Tour de France will be removed from the race, say organisers. This year’s delayed three-week race starts on Saturday, 29 August and runs until 20 September. Riders and team staff will be in a bubble from the day they arrive in Nice
Britain’s Adam Yates will leave Mitchelton-Scott to join Team Ineos from next year. The 28-year-old has signed for the British team on a two-year deal. It means he will no longer race for the same team as twin brother Simon, who on Wednesday signed a new two-year deal to stay with the Australian outfit Mitchelton-Scott.
7:00 AM ET When Carter Hart was 10 years old, his parents wanted to get him a goalie coach. Another family recommended John Stevenson, who lived close to their home in Alberta. Stevenson is famous for working with Braden Holtby — he was the first person the Capitals goalie mentioned on TV, moments after hoisting
11:12 AM ET Steve KimESPN Like many athletes around the world, former welterweight titlist Shawn Porter’s career was sidelined when the coronavirus pandemic closed his regular training facilities this spring. But as May rolled around, Porter and his father/trainer, Kenny Porter, began preparations for a possible late-summer fight. As they started to get back into
7:00 AM ET Young players around the league follow the contract-year playbook: Ball out in college, make splash plays on a rookie NFL deal, land life-altering wealth via an extension from the team that loves keeping homegrown talent. Just last week, San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle, Buffalo Bills left tackle Dion Dawkins and
9:00 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The Indianapolis 500 has always been held in May. But the 104th edition, scheduled for May 24, had to be moved amid the pandemic and will now take place on Sunday. That makes for an especially big weekend for racing fans, because there’s also a double-dip of NASCAR races
3:09 AM ET San Francisco Giants reliever Shaun Anderson threw another fastball near Mike Trout‘s head on Thursday, two days after throwing two fastballs near Trout’s head. The latest incident drew a warning from the umpiring crew and more pointed words from Los Angeles Angels manager Joe Maddon, who previously identified Anderson as “a young
6:59 AM ET Hey, here’s a great idea during a pandemic: Let’s have West Virginia fly 1,400 miles to play a Big 12 game at Texas Tech on Oct. 24, but let’s not allow West Virginia to play Pittsburgh. After all, the Panthers, 75 miles away, are in the ACC. Before the Pac-12 broke the
7:10 AM ET We spent weeks — months, even — reporting on the coronavirus protocols that the NFL and its players’ union negotiated for 2020 training camps. It has been more than three weeks now since those camps opened, and a few days since players started practicing in full pads. So it’s fair to wonder:
2:33 AM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — LeBron James missed seven of the 11 shots he took in the Los Angeles Lakers‘ 111-88 Game 2 win over the Portland Trail Blazers, with his 10 points Thursday accounting for the fewest he has scored in a win in his 241 career playoffs games. It helps
10:18 PM ET Steve KimESPN As we approach the end of summer, the boxing schedule continues to heat up. This weekend’s boxing action includes a pivotal heavyweight clash at “Fight Camp,” a high-stakes light heavyweight title eliminator inside Top Rank’s bubble in Las Vegas and the return of a former two-time welterweight champion. A weekend
6:56 AM ET Fare thee well to the Washington Capitals and Calgary Flames, who were eliminated on Thursday night. That means that the No. 7-seeded New York Islanders are through in the East, and the No. 3-seeded Dallas Stars have joined the conference semifinal crew in the West. Will the St. Louis Blues and Montreal
Aug 14, 2020 Welcome to ESPN’s Insider Notebook, featuring contributions from our reporters across the top leagues around the world. In this edition, there’s the latest on Arsenal and Manchester City scrapping for the signature of Lyon’s Champions League star Houssem Aouar. Plus: Frank Lampard wants Chelsea to get a move on in the Kai
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