7:17 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Self-isolating for 11 days in a Las Vegas hotel room just a few weeks ago, Dustin Johnson is now on the verge of lifelong access to an exclusive, far different room: the Champions Locker Room at Augusta National. From COVID-19 positive and doubts about his ability to compete in
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7:09 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Katie Taylor’s reign as undisputed world lightweight champion was never in doubt as she produced a dazzling display to unanimously outpoint Miriam Gutierrez on
5:10 PM GMT Hooker Jamie George scored a hat-trick of identical rolling maul tries as England swept aside a spirited but limited Georgia 40-0 in their opening Autumn Nations Cup match at a rain-lashed and eerily quiet fan-free Twickenham on Saturday. Flanker Jack Willis marked his debut with a try, while Elliot Daly, in a
4:15 PM ET The two youngest women on the UFC roster put on quite the show. In a back-and-forth, exciting fight, Cory McKenna beat Kay Hansen via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) in a women’s strawweight contest on the UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. dos Anjos main card Saturday in Las Vegas. Both landed hard
2:47 PM ET Sergio Ramos has become the most capped European footballer ever, making his 177th appearance for Spain in their UEFA Nations League match with Switzerland on Saturday. The Real Madrid defender — who captains both club and country — has now played one game more than the previous record holder, former Italy goalkeeper
Nov 14, 2020 Six Nations champions England turned up the heat in the second half to beat France 33-10 in the first of their two November internationals at the Stade des Alpes in Grenoble on Saturday. The victory means England are now the No. 1 ranked team in the world. Hooker Amy Cokayne got England
Nov 14, 2020 Scotland dug deep to overcome Italy 28-17 at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence, coming from behind through tries from Zander Fagerson, Scott Cummings and George Turner to record a fifth successive win for coach Gregor Townsend. A visibly fired-up Italy led 11-7 at half time, through two penalties from the 20-year-old
Great Britain’s Katie Archibald won her second title at the European Track Cycling Championships with gold in the points race. Archibald won three of the first five sprints to put her in the lead at halfway. With 30 laps left, she made her attack and showed strength to take the final sprint and win by
2:24 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Jockey Joel Rosario earned his 3,000th career victory in a race at Aqueduct in New York. The 35-year-old rider reached the plateau in Friday’s first race, guiding Hit the Woah to a 1 1/4-length victory. He rode his first winner in 2006 and has compiled at least
12:09 PM ET The Heisman Trophy will be presented on Jan. 5 on ESPN in a virtual format, it was announced Saturday. The ceremony was pushed from December into January as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The voting deadline is now Dec. 21, and the finalists will be announced Dec. 24 during a 30-minute
9:55 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has been activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list and is expected to start against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. Roethlisberger was removed from the list Saturday morning along with three others who were deemed to be “high-risk” close contacts with tight end Vance McDonald, who went
11:55 AM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Caron Butler is coming back to the Miami Heat, agreeing to begin his coaching career as an assistant on Erik Spoelstra’s staff, a source told The Associated Press on Friday. Butler and the Heat are in the process of finalizing his contract, the source said. Butler was the
4:31 PM ET ESPN News Services Canada’s deputy chief of public health says the Toronto Raptors have presented a good plan to play at home during the upcoming NBA season, but concerns remain over enforcing strict health protocols and travel over the border with the United States. Dr. Howard Njoo said Friday that public health
2:02 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Ryan Tepera? Baseball fans love to argue over who should win big awards. But there likely was no debate Thursday about the most surprising name on the list of players getting National League MVP votes. That was Tepera, the Chicago Cubs reliever who was 0-1 with a
7:45 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN DO NOT GET Skylar Mays wrong — of course he wants to be picked in the first round of the 2020 NBA draft. It’s just that going 44th overall would be special in its own way. “Being picked at 44 would be pretty cool,” the LSU guard said. “I wouldn’t
For the first time all year, a Mercedes is not on pole position for a grand prix. Ironically, though, this surprise development probably makes it even more likely than it already was that Lewis Hamilton will become on Sunday the most successful racing driver in history. Hamilton starts the Turkish Grand Prix from an unexpected
9:00 AM ET Austin LindbergESPN FC On Thursday, the United States men’s national team played its first match since February and gave fans a solid look at the Yanks’ future. Head coach Gregg Berhalter gave debuts to six players — including a pair of 17-year-olds, Yunus Musah and Giovanni Reyna (who turned 18 on Friday)
11:50 AM ET Italy’s Jannik Sinner became the youngest first-time winner on the ATP Tour in 12 years on Saturday after edging Canadian Vasek Pospisil 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(3) to claim the Sofia Open. Sinner, contesting his first ATP Tour final, served notice of his intentions early on when he forced Pospisil to save three break