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7:26 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Embattled thoroughbred horse trainer Bob Baffert will have to face an administrative hearing scheduled for Monday by the New York Racing Association to address his suspension. Brooklyn Judge Carol Bagley Amon of the Eastern District of New York ruled Tuesday that a hearing was required for Baffert

7:47 PM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Sloane Stephens outlasted Heather Watson 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-1 on Wednesday in her opening match at the BNP Paribas Open. Stephens won seven of 18 break points. She raced to a 5-0 lead in the third set before Watson held, then served out the win. Watson

2:42 PM ET A day after the announcement that he would be taking on Bryson DeChambeau in a made-for-TV match, Brooks Koepka didn’t have much to say about it. Koepka said he is looking forward to the Nov 26 match in Las Vegas but stopped short of going into much detail. Asked at the Shriners

8:59 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Brian Windhorst Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books The Brooklyn Nets remain unclear on All-Star guard Kyrie Irving‘s ultimate intentions to get vaccinated and

11:32 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jaguars owner Shad Khan issued a public reprimand of coach Urban Meyer for Meyer’s behavior over the weekend. “I have addressed this matter with Urban. Specifics of our conversation will be held in confidence,” Khan said in a statement. “What I will say is his conduct last weekend was

2:15 PM ET LSU coach Ed Orgeron said the responsibility for his football team’s performance during a loss to Auburn on Saturday rests with him. The 24-19 loss dropped the Tigers to 3-2 on the season. “Ultimately I’m responsible for the performance of the team,” Orgeron told reporters on Monday. “I always will be responsible.”

8:23 PM ET Bubba Wallace is now a NASCAR Cup Series race winner. Deal with it. He did it Monday afternoon at Talladega Superspeedway, the crapshoot of all racetracks. He did it in a rain-shortened event, the crapshoot of all race strategies. He did it driving for a new team co-owned by the greatest basketball

7:00 AM ET The MLB playoffs are upon us. How ready are you for the postseason action? After a sprint to the finish that saw the final American League wild-card spot decided on the final day of the regular season, the 10 teams chasing World Series glory this October are set with the San Francisco

4:28 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — NASCAR’s playoff race at Talladega Superspeedway was washed out and rescheduled for Monday because persistent rain backed the series into too tight of a window to run as scheduled. The race was initially delayed almost two hours and NASCAR made one attempt Sunday at starting the 500-miler.

11:38 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — Medina Spirit, the Kentucky Derby winner who failed a postrace drug test, romped to a five-length victory in the $300,000 Awesome Again Stakes on Saturday for embattled Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert at Santa Anita. Medina Spirit took command out of the starting gate and built

10:45 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer defended his decision to rest Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of the 1-1 draw with Everton on Saturday. Ronaldo has scored five goals since returning to Old Trafford, but was left on the bench against Rafael Benitez’s side along with Paul Pogba and Jadon Sancho. –

7:49 AM ET It’ll end up on giant screens and promotional posters and videos before they fight. When ring announcers welcome them at the beginning of the fight, and call them out as the winner at the end, it’s all part of it. It’s what made Marvin Hagler “Marvelous,” Ray Leonard, Ray Robinson and Shane

7:30 AM ET In the UFC’s light heavyweight division, 40 is the new 30. The current champion, Jan Blachowicz, turns 39 years old in February. No. 1 contender Glover Teixeira, who will challenge Blachowicz for the title at UFC 267 on Oct. 30, is 41. Blachowicz and Teixeira both have exhibited longevity and perseverance. Blachowicz

7:00 AM ET Aesthetics matter in hockey. The player with the wooliest thicket of playoff beard competes with the might of King Leonidas of Sparta. The team that gets the spiffy state-of-the-art arena stands just a bit taller in its skates. I think the New York Islanders are a playoff team this season not because

6:02 AM BST Thirty-eight-year-old prop Greg Holmes has seen a few different incarnations of the Wallabies in his time. The Queenslander made his Test debut way back in 2005, in the final year of Eddie Jones’ reign, and has since played under both John Connolly and Michael Cheika within the national setup. And he will

6:49 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Following their first official practice together as teammates, Russell Westbrook dubbed Anthony Davis as “the ultimate weapon” and vowed to maximize the big man’s impact for the Los Angeles Lakers this season. “He’s one of a kind,” Westbrook said of Davis on Wednesday. “There’s nobody like him who

5:34 PM ET TCU coach Gary Patterson criticized SMU for its role in the scuffle that followed Saturday’s game in Fort Worth, and for using one of Patterson’s country songs to mock his team. Patterson on Tuesday said SMU orchestrated an attempt to plant its flag at midfield at Amon G. Carter Stadium if the

7:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN When looking at the NFL Power Rankings, it’s never too early to evaluate the quarterback position. And it’s always welcome, as talking about signal-callers never gets old. So this week, we had our NFL Nation reporters look at ESPN Stats & Info’s Total QBR figures and use those numbers to

3:46 PM ET SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Delayed a year due to the pandemic, the much-awaited Ryder Cup delivered, even if the final-day drama was missing. Plenty of passion and pageantry, a slew of impressive shots and putts, the usual nitpicky irritation between both sides and — in the end — a joyous winning team and

8:00 AM ET The celebration was subdued after the Chicago White Sox clinched the American League Central Division in Cleveland last Thursday: Just hugs and high-fives in a rainy mist near the mound at Progressive Field, as the team celebrated its first division title since 2008. There were two reasons for the White Sox’s reserved