Mike Trout hits golf ball impossibly far at Topgolf event

Mike Trout is the best baseball player of his generation, an already three-time MVP at 28 years old who will waltz into the Baseball Hall of Fame upon his retirement. If for some reason the Los Angeles Angels star wants to break out into a different sport, though, he might have a future in long drive golf competitions. In a video posted to the Angels' Twitter account, Trout was shown

Mikel Arteta makes honest Arsenal transfer admission on Champions League failure

Mikel Arteta has admitted it is a "no-brainer" that Arsenal will struggle to attract top players if they fail to qualify for the Champions League for a fourth successive season. Last week the club reported losses of £27million for the year ending May 2019, the first time they have been in the red since 2002. And they face the possibility of no European football at all next year and the

Kembla Grange tips: It’s time to Go For Gold

Trainer Mark Newnham is optimistic Shadow Hero can protect his unbeaten second-up record against a crack field in the Group 1 $1 million Randwick Guineas (1600m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Newnham’s confidence soared after Shadow Hero produced a rousing gallop at Warwick Farm trackwork on Monday morning. Shadow Hero, ridden by Josh Parr, worked from the 1200m mark on the course proper and was clocked to run a tick

Women's T20 World Cup: Shashikala Siriwardene stars as Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh

Media playback is not supported on this device Sri Lanka finished their T20 World Cup campaign with their first victory of the tournament against Bangladesh. In a match between two sides already eliminated, it was Sri Lanka who dominated – winning by nine wickets and with 27 balls to spare. Victory was set up by Shashikala Siriwardene’s 4-16 in her final match before retirement as Bangladesh mustered just 91-8 after

Watch Mike Trout hit a gosh darn golf ball to Pluto, because why not?

Spring training is only a few weeks old, but Mike Trout’s swing is in midseason form. Well, one of his swings, at least. On Sunday, the Angels’ Twitter handle posted a video of the outfielder absolutely demolishing a golf ball at what appears to be a Top Golf location. Trout smashed the ball and watched it sail deep into the night, like it was just any routine, lame-ass baseball on a May home run

Alex Bowman dominates Auto Club 400 for second career NASCAR Cup Series win

FONTANA, Calif. – A week after feeling like he would have made a run at Ryan Blaney for the win in Las Vegas, Alex Bowman left no doubt at Auto Club Speedway. In a dominating performance in the Auto Club 400, Bowman led five times for 110 laps and won for the second time in his NASCAR Cup Series career. He did so by nearly nine seconds on Kyle Busch,

India accused of dodgy, deceitful tactic

Desperate to avoid its first series whitewash in eight years, India’s Test team has been accused of resorting to dodgy tactics in the second match against New Zealand. Having set New Zealand a small target of 132, India needed early wickets at Christchurch and the touring team seemingly did not care too much about how they came. Watch the QANTAS Tour of South Africa LIVE & On-Demand with no ad-breaks

Vanessa Bryant 'devastated' graphic photos of crash site were shared

Vanessa Bryant is "absolutely devastated" by allegations that Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies personnel shared photos of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, their 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven others. In a statement by her attorney that Vanessa Bryant shared on Instagram, Gary Robb requested an internal affairs investigation into the accusations and the "harshest possible discipline". Vanessa Bryant released a statement through her lawyer describing her devastation at

Wilder exercises right to face Fury again in July

2013 BWAA Nat Fleischer Award winner for excellence in boxing journalism ESPN.com boxing writer since 2005 Five years at USA Today Former heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder has officially exercised his right to an immediate third fight with Tyson Fury. Top Rank chairman Bob Arum, Fury’s co-promoter, told ESPN on Sunday that the plan is for the fight to take place July 18 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in