Month: May 2021

3:43 AM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Albert Pujols lingered near the batter’s box after connecting. Many LA players jumped the dugout rail. And lots of fans at Dodger Stadium raised their arms, all ready to celebrate. Mike Tauchman had other ideas. Tauchman remarkably reached over the left-field wall to rob Pujols of
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11:00 AM ET College athletes would be able to form players’ unions and would be considered employees of their schools if a new Congressional bill introduced Thursday morning is passed into law. The College Athletes Right to Organize bill, co-authored by Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., presents a direct challenge to the
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7:16 AM ET Associated Press Defending champion Bernd Wiesberger was two shots clear of fellow Austrian golfer Matthias Schwab on top of the second round leaderboard at the Made in HimmerLand on Friday. Wiesberger carded a 6-under 65 after an opening 66 to be 11 under overall. His round included seven birdies and a bogey.
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11:01 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — John Hunter Nemechek made it through a late crash, then held on to the lead on a restart 10 laps from the end to win the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday night. Nemechek used a three-wide pass to gain the lead
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9:31 PM ET A second woman is alleging sexual misconduct by Roberto Alomar in 2014, prompting the Toronto Blue Jays to launch an investigation into what happened and how it was handled by the team. The woman, Melissa Verge, alleged in a story published Friday by the Toronto Star that Alomar propositioned her for sex
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10:42 PM ET Associated Press TULSA, Okla. — Mike Weir opened a 4-stroke lead Friday in the Senior PGA Championship with a 5-under 65 on a tough Southern Hills layout that baffled most of the players. That moved the Canadian front-runner to 7 under through 36 holes, with Steve Stricker (68), Rocco Mediate (69) and
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5:33 PM ET It’s the hottest NFL player prop bet in Las Vegas: over/under 2.5 touchdowns this season for Tim Tebow. Last week, after the former Heisman Trophy winner signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars as a tight end, Station Casinos in Las Vegas put the Tebow touchdown prop on the board and took instant action,
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7:13 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Quarterback Mac Jones, the New England Patriots‘ first-round pick, has made a favorable first impression on his veteran teammates. “He has a swag to him that I didn’t know that he had at first,” receiver Kendrick Bourne said Thursday. “He’s out there confident, and that is what you need
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