Month: October 2020

10:51 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots had a virtual team meeting on Saturday night, and the players were told, pending negative tests, the current plan is to play the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday, sources told ESPN’s Dianna Russini. Saturday started with the team confirming that “a Patriots player tested positive
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12:07 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Manchester United are in discussions to sign Edinson Cavani, sources have told ESPN. The striker, a free agent after leaving Paris Saint-Germain at the end of last season, has been offered to every major club in Europe but United are now actively working on
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9:12 PM ET Associated Press JACKSON, Miss — Sergio Garcia squeezed his eyes shut on the 18th green, not as he stood over his putt but when he saw it stop one turn short of dropping for another birdie. No matter. He played bogey-free Saturday in the Sanderson Farms Championship for a 6-under 66, and
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8:02 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — Justin Haley stormed into the second round of the Xfinity Series playoffs with a win Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway, his third superspeedway victory of the season. Haley, who in 2019 won the Cup race in July at Daytona, has three career Xfinity Series victories, all this season,
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7:43 PM ET Steve KimESPN October’s boxing action kicks off Saturday with a key bout between junior welterweight contenders Jose Zepeda and Ivan Baranchyk, which headlines the latest card emanating from Top Rank Boxing’s bubble at the MGM Grand Convention Center in Las Vegas. Baranchyk (20-1, 13 KOs), a former IBF junior welterweight world titlist,
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5:42 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins are putting their faith and their money in goalie Tristan Jarry. The Penguins awarded the first-time All-Star a three-year contract Saturday. The deal, which carries an average annual value of $3.5 million, likely means Pittsburgh is ready to move on from two-time Stanley Cup-winning netminder
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6:27 PM ET Associated Press GALLOWAY, N.J. — Mel Reid gave herself another chance for her first LPGA Tour victory. Two weeks after missing an opportunity in Portland, the 33-year-old Englishwoman shot a 5-under 66 on Saturday to take the lead into the final round of the Shoprite LPGA Classic. In Portland, Reid closed with
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3:28 PM BST Sale Sharks’ final Gallagher Premiership match against Worcester Warriors has been postponed until Wednesday after the club reported a number of COVID-19 positive tests, the league announced on Saturday. Sharks had initially said that Sunday’s match would go ahead while Warriors, who said all their tests were negative, released a contrasting statement
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12:52 PM ET Associated Press Lennox Lehner is almost 6 years old and already has five hockey jerseys because his father has bounced around the NHL so much. He won’t have to add another to his collection, and Robin Lehner will get to keep putting on Vegas Golden Knights jerseys. “It couldn’t be a better
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4:10 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — Raphael Lessard, a 19-year-old Canadian rookie, got his first career NASCAR national series race win Saturday in overtime under caution at Talladega Superspeedway. Lessard was racing side by side with Trevor Bayne on the final lap of the two-lap overtime shootout when a pack of trucks running
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10:42 PM BST The draw for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France will take place in Paris on Dec. 14 using seedings based on the world rankings taken after last year’s tournament, organisers said on Friday. Officials said it was the “least-worst option” following the disruption of the international calendar in 2020. However, recognising
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