12:08 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Even Shohei Ohtani, arguably the best player in the major leagues, feels down at times, particularly when his team isn’t winning. And that has been the case during each of the four seasons he’s been with the Los Angeles Angels, all of which have ended with losing records.
Month: November 2021
10:19 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Emotional and exhausted. That’s how Aaron Rodgers said he felt after the Green Bay Packers‘ 17-0 win over the Seattle Seahawks in the quarterback’s return from his 10-day absence because of COVID-19. It won’t go down on any list of Rodgers’ greatest games, but he still walked off
6:24 PM ET Associated Press GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Garbine Muguruza ended Anett Kontaveit‘s 12-match winning streak with a 6-4, 6-4 victory Sunday that propelled her into the semifinals at the WTA Finals. Muguruza, who will be playing in her first semifinals of this tournament since 2015, needed the win to advance at the expense of
5:52 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — Penguins star Sidney Crosby was back for Pittsburgh’s game at Washington on Sunday night after he and three teammates were activated from the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol list. Coach Mike Sullivan, who also rejoined the Penguins on Sunday after exiting COVID-19 protocol, said all four of those players
11:19 PM GMT The Wallabies have six days to work out “how to get something going” or risk having the green shoots they sowed on home soil shriveling up on what has fast become a disappointing tour of the United Kingdom. Saturday night’s 32-15 defeat by England was perhaps the most deflating Australian loss of
9:00 PM ET Auburn quarterback Bo Nix confirmed that he will have surgery to repair an ankle injury he suffered during Saturday’s loss to Mississippi State. Nix tweeted on Sunday night: “The road to recovery begins tomorrow.” A source told ESPN that Nix is expected to miss the rest of the regular season. Bones break
5:12 PM ET Washington has fired football coach Jimmy Lake in his second season, the school announced Sunday. “Making a head coaching change in any sport is difficult, recognizing that the decision impacts coaches, staff, student-athletes and their families,” Washington athletic director Jen Cohen said in a statement. “However, as the steward of UW Athletics,
8:53 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — The Miami Marlins acquired right-hander Louis Head from the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday for either a player to be named later or cash. Head made 27 appearances for the Rays this past season, two of them starts. He was 2-0 with a 2.31 ERA in 35 innings,
6:27 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Washington Capitals re-signed forward Nic Dowd to a three-year contract extension with an average annual value of $1.3 million. The Capitals announced the move Sunday before their game against Pittsburgh. The 31-year-old has one goal this season, but provided good depth in the 2020-21 season with a
4:34 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — It didn’t take long for Cam Newton to make an impact in his return to the Carolina Panthers. The 32-year-old quarterback scored on a 2-yard run on Carolina’s fifth offensive play to give the Panthers a quick lead over the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium. He followed that
3:17 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The head of the women’s professional tennis tour called for a full investigation of sexual assault allegations made by a two-time Grand Slam doubles champion from China against a former top government official in that country. Earlier this month, Peng Shuai, a former No. 1-ranked doubles
6:57 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Phil Mickelson birdied three of the final holes Sunday to win the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship, and Bernhard Langer held on to win his sixth PGA Tour Champions season points title. Mickelson shot a 6-under 65 at Phoenix Country Club, getting up-and-down from short of the par-5
6:03 PM ET Associated Press BELLEAIR, Fla. — An epic duel between Nelly Korda and Lexi Thompson turned into a stunning meltdown by both of them. Korda at least managed to recover and win a four-way playoff Sunday in the Pelican Women’s Championship. Korda won for the fourth time this year on the LPGA Tour,
5:01 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Jason Kokrak had reason to believe he shot himself out of the Houston Open on the back nine Saturday morning. He played it 10 shots better when it counted Sunday afternoon, making four straight birdies for a 5-under 65 and a two-shot victory. Two shots behind with six
4:40 PM ET Cristiano Ronaldo‘s hopes for the 2022 World Cup took a big blow as Serbia clinched an automatic berth to the tournament in a comeback 2-1 win over Portugal in their Group A qualifier on Sunday. A 90th-minute header by halftime substitute Aleksandar Mitrovi lifted Serbia into top spot on 20 points, three
5:43 PM GMT Hooker Ryan Elias scored two tries as Wales laboured to a flattering 38-23 victory over sparkling Fiji, who received a first-half red card but showed plenty of fight in their autumn international clash at the Principality Stadium on Sunday. Scrum-half Kieran Hardy, full-back Liam Williams, and wings Alex Cuthbert and Louis Rees-Zammit
3:19 PM GMT France geared up for next weekend’s much-awaited clash with New Zealand by labouring to a 41-15 victory over Georgia in Bordeaux on Sunday. Les Bleus lacked their usual precision but prevailed thanks to six tries, two each by flyhalf Matthieu Jalibert and hooker Peato Mauvaka, one from winger Damian Penaud and a
Lewis Hamilton passed title rival Max Verstappen after an intense battle to take one of his greatest victories and win the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. Hamilton took the lead with 12 laps to go after fighting up from 10th place on the grid and cut Verstappen’s advantage in the championship to 14 points. His move
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