Rich Cimini, ESPN Staff WriterJun 7, 2023, 06:00 AM ET Close Rich Cimini is a staff writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He previously was a beat writer for
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WAY BEFORE JIMMY BUTLER BECAME JIMMY BUCKETS, before he’d take a play-in No. 8 seed to the NBA Finals, before his voice could take over practices, games and news conferences, he was just a frustrated sixth man for a fringe NCAA tournament team. Then everything changed. It was 2009. Butler was a junior at Marquette
Associated Press Jun 7, 2023, 12:38 PM ET LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The IOC finally ran out of patience with the International Boxing Association on Wednesday and set a date to terminate its Olympic status this month. While boxing will still be on the program at the 2024 Paris Games, the International Olympic Committee said its
Travis Head struck like a tornado with a counter-attacking hundred that left an out-of-sorts Indian attack bereft of ideas as Australia made hay under bright sunshine by reaching 327 for 3 on the opening day of the World Test Championship final. The ploy of leaving out Ravichandran Ashwin backfired once there was bright sunshine as
Associated Press Jun 7, 2023, 12:05 PM ET NASCAR issued another set of penalties Wednesday for illegal modifications to its second-year Next Gen car, this time against Legacy Motor Club and driver Erik Jones. NASCAR said the team modified the greenhouse on the No. 43 Chevrolet and fined crew chief Dave Elenz $75,000 and suspended
Recent Giro d’Italia runner-up Geraint Thomas will return to action this month in the National Road Championships. Thomas is one of 37 WorldTour and Women’s WorldTour riders competing across three events from 21-25 June in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire. Fellow Welsh cyclist Elinor Barker also features, along with Katie Archibald, Fred Wright and Pfeiffer
Jun 7, 2023, 09:00 AM ET The PFL resumes its season this week with a fight card that was originally built on the enticing drama of last chances and no tomorrows. That was most prominently the case for the light heavyweight division, where 2022 champion Rob Wilkinson had won his first fight of the 2023
Jordan Reid, ESPNJun 7, 2023, 06:50 AM ET The 2023 NFL draft class saw a record 12 quarterbacks selected in the first five rounds, including three inside the top five picks. The 2024 class? Expect some similarities. The quarterback group begins with an interesting battle between USC’s Caleb Williams and North Carolina’s Drake Maye at
Nick Friedell, ESPN Staff WriterJun 7, 2023, 09:09 AM ET Close Nick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined ESPNChicago.com for its launch in April 2009. MIAMI — Jimmy Butler doesn’t mince words. As he
ESPN News Services Jun 7, 2023, 08:09 AM ET Beatriz Haddad Maia scored another comeback win at the French Open, upsetting Ons Jabeur 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1 on Wednesday to become the first Brazilian woman since 1968 to reach a Grand Slam semifinal. The 14th-seeded Haddad Maia shook off a slow start against the seventh-seeded
Jun 7, 2023, 08:56 AM London Irish have been ground sharing with Premier League Football Club Brentford. Mike Hewitt/Getty Images London Irish became the third rugby team to be thrown out of the Gallagher Premiership in eight months after the Rugby Football Union (RFU) said the club had failed to pay their players and prove they
Associated Press Jun 7, 2023, 06:20 AM ET LE MANS, France — Kamui Kobayashi, one of the best sports car drivers in the world, will make his NASCAR debut on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course with Toyota in August. Kobayashi will drive for 23XI Racing, the team owned by Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan
Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterJun 7, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. LAS VEGAS — For the Florida Panthers‘ Brandon Montour and the Vegas Golden Knights‘ Zach Whitecloud, this year’s Stanley Cup Final carries a significance that goes well beyond both of them trying to help their
Nick Wagoner, ESPN Staff WriterJun 6, 2023, 05:42 PM ET Close Nick Wagoner is an NFL reporter at ESPN. Nick has covered the San Francisco 49ers and the NFL at ESPN since 2016, having previously covered the St. Louis Rams for 12 years, including three years (2013 to 2015) at ESPN. In his 10 years
Jun 7, 2023, 07:47 AM ET Bryson DeChambeau, the 2020 U.S. Open champion who was one of the first big names to sign up for LIV Golf, says he feels bad for the players who stayed loyal to the PGA Tour. The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf League ended their bitter two-year
Rohit Sharma having a chat with R Ashwin during Day 1’s play at the WTC final.© Twitter For World Test Championship final, India left out Ravichandran Ashwin from their side on Wednesday as skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to field against Australia at the Oval. Off-spinner Ashwin is the world’s top-ranked Test
Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterJun 7, 2023, 07:30 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye is months away from the biggest season of his life, one filled with extra scrutiny and NFL questions, not to mention the everyday
Jun 7, 2023, 07:46 AM ET Claressa Shields showed once again why she’s the best women’s fighter in the world by dominating Maricela Cornejo in a 10-round unanimous decision win to retain her undisputed middleweight championship. And while Cornejo was a late replacement for Hanna Gabriels, who tested positive for a banned substance and was