3:28 PM ET ESPN News Services The Philadelphia Phillies placed slugger Bryce Harper on the 10-day injured list with a bruised left forearm on Tuesday. The move was made retroactive to Sunday. The outfielder, who is in an 0-for-16 slump, was held out of the Phillies’ lineup for the past two games. Manager Joe Girardi
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8:05 PM ET Associated Press The Big 12 Conference is distributing about $345 million of revenue to its 10 schools, the second year in a row that figure has been lower because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Each school will get about $34.5 million for the 2020-21 fiscal year, down from $37.7 million announced at this
2:57 PM ET The Deshaun Watson case has entered into discovery, which could play out well into the 2021 regular season, with depositions set to begin in September. The 22 women who are suing the Houston Texans quarterback would be deposed before Watson, who’s not scheduled until early 2022, Watson’s attorney, Rusty Hardin said Tuesday.
7:23 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Julius Randle was voted the NBA’s Most Improved Player on Tuesday after leading the New York Knicks to the playoffs during his best season. Randle was a runaway winner after earning his first All-Star berth in his seventh NBA season, receiving 98 first-place votes from a panel
1:34 PM ET “There is no complex,” Unai Emery tells ESPN. Villarreal is a town of 50,577 people. Manchester United‘s stadium alone holds 74,140 people. Villarreal are playing in their first ever cup final; Manchester United have won 42 major trophies. Villarreal have never been this far in Europe before, breaking down barriers when they
4:30 PM ET Wayne Gretzky has stepped down from his role with the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday, effective immediately. The Hall of Famer and former Edmonton captain returned to the Oilers organization in 2016 as vice chairman. He worked as a closer advisor to owner Daryl Katz and also has had a hand on the
1:52 PM ET Associated Press RIGA, Latvia — Los Angeles Kings goaltender Cal Petersen made 18 saves and the United States beat Kazakhstan 3-0 Tuesday to improve to 2-1 at the IIHF world championship. Kings teammate Trevor Moore, defenseman Adam Clendening and forward Jack Drury scored for the U.S., which set a team world championship
4:00 AM ET Two quick conclusions can be drawn by the move of teenage striker Talles Magno from Vasco da Gama to New York City FC. One is that Major League Soccer is now a serious force in the market for young Brazilian talent. There has always been a strong South American flavour to MLS.
1:56 PM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. Magic Johnson vs. Larry Bird. Mark McGwire vs. Sammy Sosa. Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier. Brooks Koepka
Has Egan Bernal established an unassailable lead in the Giro d’Italia? Or are we set for dramatic final week, with the 2019 Tour de France champion facing challenges from riders such as British pair Hugh Carthy and Simon Yates? With Tuesday the last rest day of the race, BBC Sport takes a look at the
Mushfiqur Rahim scored 125 in the second ODI against Sri Lanka in Dhaka.© AFP Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Mustafizur Rahman claimed three wickets each as Bangladesh thrashed Sri Lanka by 103 runs in a rain-hit second one-day international to clinch the series on Tuesday. Wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim hit 125 to steer Bangladesh, who recorded their
1:33 PM ET Aaron Pico has his next fight queued up. The top MMA prospect will fight Aiden Lee at Bellator 260 on June 11 at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. That card will be headlined by a welterweight title fight between champion Douglas Lima and challenger Yaroslav Amosov. Pico
12:07 PM ET FRISCO, Texas – Dallas Cowboys linebacker Jaylon Smith is making a number switch, moving from No. 54 to No. 9, the team announced on Tuesday. The number change will come at a mid-six figure cost, according to multiple sources. To make the move to No. 9, had to buy out the current
11:52 AM ET Associated Press The LPGA Tour chose Princeton athletic director Mollie Marcoux Samaan as its commissioner Tuesday, the second woman to lead the tour since its formation in 1950. Marcoux Samaan succeeds Mike Whan, who announced in January he was resigning and then took over as CEO of the U.S. Golf Association. She
KL Rahul was seen exercising in his latest Instagram post.© Instagram India batsman KL Rahul, who underwent an appendicitis surgery earlier this month, shared a few pictures of himself on Instagram. The first image shows the wicketkeeper-batsman doing light exercise with a kettlebell, while the second image shows him relaxing. The third and the last image,
8:00 AM ET BOBAN MARJANOVIC is singing. Just a minute ago, Boban was talking about growing up in Serbia and being 7-foot-4 and playing for the Dallas Mavericks, but now, he is warbling, in thickly accented English, a Vanessa Carlton song with the joy and energy of a devoted tween. “I’d walk a thousand MILES
Germany have withdrawn from next month’s European Track Championships in Minsk because of the ongoing political situation in Belarus. The German cycling federation (BDR) has called for the event to be moved following the incident, which has been criticised by the European Union. The five-day European Track Championships start on 23 June. The BDR said:
9:00 AM ET Multiple Contributors A perfect storm is brewing in college football that could fundamentally change the way recruiting works and affect thousands of high school players in the process. As coaching staffs are try to solve a roster management riddle that began with the COVID-19 pandemic and the return of “super seniors,” they’re