12:23 PM ET Bud Grant, the Hall of Fame coach who led the Minnesota Vikings to four Super Bowl appearances, has died at the age of 95, the Vikings announced Saturday. In Grant’s 28 seasons as a head coach in Canada and with the Vikings, his teams reached the playoffs 20 times, played in 10
admin
New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Day 4 Live Score Updates: NZ take on SL© AFP New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Day 4 Live Score Updates:Sri Lanka look to strengthen their position on Day 4 of the first Test encounter against New Zealand in Christchurch. At the end of Day 3, Sri Lanka
3:00 AM ET LOS ANGELES — It wouldn’t be a stretch to describe D’Angelo Russell‘s return to the lineup in the Lakers’ 122-112 win over the Toronto Raptors on Friday as perfect. Russell, who missed L.A.’s previous six games with a sprained right ankle, scored 16 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter —
1:30 PM ET Katie Taylor’s homecoming fight in Ireland on May 20 has a new opponent — undisputed junior welterweight champion Chantelle Cameron, a source told ESPN on Saturday. Cameron, ESPN’s No. 7 pound-for-pound fighter, will now fight Taylor, the undisputed lightweight champion from Bray, Ireland, and ESPN’s No. 2 pound-for-pound fighter, at the 3Arena
Mar 11, 2023 Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Adam Svensson hit a shot onto a hospitality tent and made birdie Saturday morning to build a 2-shot lead at the Players Championship. The Players finally finished its second round after storms moved in late Friday and shut down play with half the field unable
Mar 11, 2023 PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Rory McIlroy has emerged as one of the faces and most loyal supporters of the PGA Tour during its ongoing battle with LIV Golf. Whether it’s organizing players’ meetings, helping formulate new models for the tour or speaking with the media, McIlroy has been front and center
Mar 10, 2023 Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou says he has “made amends” with his split from the promotion earlier this year and is focused on booking his professional boxing debut in 2023. Ngannou, 36, was essentially stripped of the UFC heavyweight title in January, when the company said it had failed to come
10:20 AM ET The Players Championship, the unofficial “fifth major” on the PGA Tour, is closely contested after second round action. Adam Svensson has a solo lead at 9 under, with Scottie Scheffler close behind with a 7 under solo second. Ben Griffin, Min Woo Lee and Collin Morikawa and Christiaan Bezuidenhout are not too
Shubman Gill doesn’t have a problem if he gets dismissed while playing his natural attacking game but what bothered him was getting out while playing a defensive shot which doesn’t come naturally to him. Enjoying a golden run, Gill has now hit five hundreds across formats in just under two months and if the run
9:40 AM ET BOURNEMOUTH, England, March 11 (Reuters) – Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah missed a second-half penalty as his side fell to a 1-0 defeat away at Bournemouth, with Philip Billing’s goal lifting the south-coast side off the bottom of the Premier League table and out of the relegation zone. The win in the first league
Mar 7, 2023 Top 2023 NFL draft prospects have put together their final season college tape, participated in all-star events and worked out in Indianapolis at the combine. Pro-day workouts and interviews with pro teams lie ahead. As we continue to get more clarity on the class, I re-ranked my top 32 prospects for this
7:00 AM ET Editor’s note: This mock draft originally posted on March 7, but it was updated on March 11 following a Panthers-Bears trade involving top-10 picks. What a wild week of 2023 NFL draft intrigue! After wrapping up at the combine, teams started making offseason moves ahead of free agency. And on Friday night,
5:41 PM ET Courtney Cronin Close Courtney Cronin ESPN Staff Writer Covered the 49ers, Raiders and Warriors for the San Jose Mercury News. She joined ESPN in 2017. David Newton Close David Newton ESPN Staff Writer Covered Panthers, NFL for 11 years More than 25 years experience covering NFL, college football and NASCAR Joined ESPN
12:48 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — When Joel Embiid caught the ball with 7 seconds to go in Friday night’s game at Wells Fargo Center between his Philadelphia 76ers and the Portland Trail Blazers, he had one thing on his mind: Get to his favorite spot on the floor — the free throw line
12:09 AM ET Khabib Nurmagomedov has retired from fighting and coaching. But the Nurmagomedov family name is in more than good hands in MMA. Usman Nurmagomedov, Khabib’s younger cousin, stopped former UFC champion Benson Henderson via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2 minutes, 37 seconds of the first round Friday night in the main event of
Usman Khawaja was the showstopper for Australia, scoring a whopping 180 runs as the tourists posted 480 runs in the first innings against India in Ahmedabad. While Khawaja drew plaudits from the entire cricketing fraternity for his heroics with the bat, former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali some bizarre remarks on the opening batter, suggesting he
8:17 PM ET David Newton Close David Newton ESPN Staff Writer Covered Panthers, NFL for 11 years More than 25 years experience covering NFL, college football and NASCAR Joined ESPN in 2006 Courtney Cronin Close Courtney Cronin ESPN Staff Writer Covered the 49ers, Raiders and Warriors for the San Jose Mercury News. She joined ESPN
8:47 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Devin Haney and Vasiliy Lomachenko are finalizing a deal for a May 20 fight in Las Vegas for the undisputed lightweight championship, sources told ESPN on Friday. The fight for Haney’s four 135-pound titles will be an ESPN PPV, sources said. Haney, a practicing Muslim, preferred to fight Lomachenko before