4:07 AM BST As the Wallabies and All Blacks prepare to do battle in the Bledisloe Cup, Japan is offering to be peace-maker in the simmering Super Rugby stand-off between the trans-Tasman rivals. And their proposal has the support of Wallabies veteran Quade Cooper, who plays club rugby in Japan when not on Test duty.
Month: September 2022
7:11 PM ET WASHINGTON — An overwhelming majority of Division I athletic directors at the annual fall LEAD1 meeting on Wednesday expressed a “strong preference” to keep FBS football under the NCAA if it can be more streamlined and less bureaucratic. Tom McMillen, the CEO and president of the organization representing the 131 athletic directors
2:54 AM ET Andy Murray and Joe Salisbury were unable to prevent a 2-1 defeat for Great Britain against the United States in their opening group-stage game in the Davis Cup. The doubles pair were edged out 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 by Rajeev Ram and Jack Sock in a match that went on until the early
England’s cricket squad touched down in Karachi Thursday on their first tour of Pakistan in 17 years — a lengthy absence brought about by security fears. England last played in Pakistan in 2005 and were due to visit last year until pulling out at short notice after New Zealand also cancelled a tour citing safety
9:07 PM ET ESPN News Services Julio Rodriguez continued to strengthen his rookie of the year campaign with another big accomplishment Wednesday, stealing his 25th stolen base of the season to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 6-1 victory over the San Diego Padres, securing a key two-game split. Rodríguez was hit by a pitch
5:23 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — As if the Denver Broncos didn’t leave Seattle with enough disappointment packed in their luggage, safety Justin Simmons suffered a thigh injury in the Week 1 loss that will keep him out at least a month. Simmons, who played every defensive snap Monday night in the Broncos’ 17-16 loss
12:37 AM BST Many believe the Wallabies have never had a better chance to win back the Bledisloe Cup, but a better proposition to ponder is whether they are actually good enough to do it. One can only just recall the images of John Eales and then George Gregan holding the trophy aloft, memories that
8:11 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a featherweight main event between Calvin Kattar and Arnold Allen for a UFC Fight Night on Oct. 29, UFC president Dana White told ESPN on Wednesday. Bout agreements have not been signed, but the 145-pound contest is close to being official, sources told ESPN. The UFC Fight Night
10:32 AM ET The Professional Fighters League has signed 24-year-old Biaggio Ali Walsh, grandson of Muhammad Ali, to an amateur contract to compete in its tournament finals event in November. Ali Walsh is a former collegiate football player at the University of California, with an amateur MMA record of 1-1. He currently lives and trains
5:57 PM ET CLEVELAND — Donovan Mitchell disagrees that the now broken-up Utah Jazz core “didn’t really believe in each other” as team CEO Danny Ainge said earlier this week. “I don’t think we didn’t believe [in each other],” Mitchell told ESPN on Wednesday on his first day in Cleveland as a Cavalier following a
5:37 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — NBA commissioner Adam Silver on Wednesday said the one-year suspension he gave to Phoenix Suns and Mercury owner Robert Sarver for making racist and misogynist remarks could have been longer, but that he didn’t “have the right to take away his team.” While Silver said Sarver was
7:30 PM ET LeBron James detailed his disappointment with the NBA’s punishment of Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver on Wednesday, writing “our league definitely got this wrong” in a series of social media posts. Sarver was banned from the NBA for one year and fined $10 million after the league released its findings on Tuesday
6:22 PM ET The Ottawa Senators agreed to terms with Tyler Motte on a one-year, $1.35 million contract, the team announced Wednesday, securing one of the last remaining veteran forwards on the market. Motte, 27, started last season with the Vancouver Canucks before a March 21 trade to the New York Rangers in time for
6:19 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Minor league baseball players officially unionized Wednesday, joining the Major League Baseball Players Association after an arbitrator validated the union-authorization cards and MLB recognized the MLBPA as the players’ bargaining representative. The
5:25 PM ET LONDON — Graham Potter’s reign at Chelsea is now officially underway. In Chelsea’s first match since manager Thomas Tuchel was fired last week, the Blues settled for a 1-1 draw to Salzburg in the Champions League on Wednesday. With the result, Chelsea now have just one point from their two opening matches
4:31 PM ET Serena Williams might be taking a page from Tom Brady‘s book. Williams, who said last month that she was “evolving” away from competitive tennis after this year’s US Open, once again hinted at a possible comeback during an interview Wednesday with “Good Morning America.” And this time, the 23-time Grand Slam champion
5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Erling Haaland‘s stunning strike completed a 2-1 comeback win for Manchester City against his former club Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Wednesday. The Bundesliga club went ahead through English midfielder Jude Bellingham but City equalised through John Stones and Haaland’s acrobatic finish won it late on. – Stream
4:31 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR released its 2023 schedule on Wednesday that includes previously announced races at the new downtown Chicago street course and a return to North Wilkesboro in North Carolina along with only one notable date shift. The Cup Series schedule is largely unchanged from the 2022 version, with
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