ESPN News Services Jul 22, 2023, 03:53 PM ET LONG POND, Pa. — Kyle Busch passed Shane Heim on the last lap to win the Truck Series race at Pocono Raceway on Saturday for his record 229th career victory across the three major NASCAR series. It marked the 100th career win for Kyle Busch Motorsports,
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Jul 22, 2023, 12:36 PM ET Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson is set to return to the starting lineup for Saturday’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals. Swanson, 29, was listed as sixth in the order after being activated Saturday from the 10-day injured list. He had been sidelined since July 5 with a left
Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterJul 22, 2023, 02:53 PM ET Nick Saban and Alabama added four-star wide receiver Jaime Ffrench Jr. to its 2025 recruiting class Saturday. Ffrench, No. 15 overall in the 2025 ESPN 300, is the second highly touted receiver to pledge to the Crimson Tide in the 2025 class, following Saraland (Ala.)
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 22, 2023, 12:50 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia HOYLAKE, England — Matt Fitzpatrick was hoping his younger brother, Alex, would finish the third round of the 151st Open Championship at 2 under, so they’d have
Associated Press Jul 22, 2023, 01:43 PM ET CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — A freshman football player at Austin Peay died Friday night in a single-car crash near the school’s campus in Clarksville, officials said. Jeremiah Collins, an 18-year-old defensive back, was driving too fast while exiting a highway and his pickup truck rolled several times before
ESPN News Services Jul 22, 2023, 02:52 PM ET NICE, France — Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz beat No. 15-ranked Borna Coric of Croatia 6-3, 6-7 (6), 10-5 in the Hopman Cup on Saturday. The top-ranked Spaniard, who beat 23-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic in a five-set Wimbledon thriller last Sunday, had only three aces
ESPN News Services Jul 22, 2023, 10:58 AM ET Jon Rahm did all he could to get himself back into the mix at The Open. All it required was the lowest round ever at Royal Liverpool in its 13 times hosting the major. Rahm birdied seven of his last 10 holes Saturday for a 63,
Joe Root dismissed Australian century-maker Marnus Labuschagne but rain returned to Old Trafford to frustrate England’s hopes of forcing a series-levelling win in the fourth Test on Saturday. Only 30 overs had been bowled during the fourth day when the wet weather swept back in during the revised tea break. Play was officially abandoned for
Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentJul 22, 2023, 01:22 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. AUCKLAND, New Zealand — U.S. women’s national team forward Sophia Smith said that her team’s 3-0 win over Vietnam was “a good starting point” but that the Americans have “a lot more
Dame Laura Kenny, Great Britain’s most successful female Olympian, has given birth to her second child with husband Sir Jason Kenny. The couple’s first son, Albie, was born in 2017 but Kenny suffered a miscarriage in November 2021 and an ectopic pregnancy in January 2022. Laura Kenny has not ruled out competing at the Paris
Teenage Italian cyclist Jacopo Venzo has died after a crash during a race in Austria on Friday. The 17-year-old crashed as he descended during the first stage of the Junioren Rundfahrt and was flown to hospital in Linz by helicopter. The Campana Imballaggi Geo&Tex Trentino rider succumbed to his injuries on Saturday and the tour
Tadej Pogacar salvaged some pride by taking stage 20 of this year’s Tour de France as Jonas Vingegaard all but sealed the defence of his title. Pogacar has been unable to challenge Vinegaard’s supremacy in the past week, but sprinted past the Dane to win on the final day of competitive racing. Vingegaard holds a
Date: Sunday, 23 July Venue: Hungaroring Coverage: Live text and online-only radio commentary on BBC Sport website and app Lewis Hamilton beat Max Verstappen in Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying to take his first pole position since the penultimate race of the 2021 season. Hamilton snatched pole position from the world champion by just 0.003 seconds
Caitlin Murray, ESPNJul 22, 2023, 02:02 AM ET Close Caitlin Murray is a general editor for ESPN.com. She has reported on and written about soccer for The New York Times, The Guardian, Yahoo Sports, Fox Sports, the Associated Press, and others. She authored a book about the history of the U.S. women’s national team called
Jamison Hensley, ESPN Staff WriterJul 22, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Jamison Hensley is a reporter covering the Baltimore Ravens for ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN in 2011, covering the AFC North before focusing exclusively on the Ravens beginning in 2013. Jamison won the National Sports Media Association Maryland Sportswriter of the Year award in 2018,
BANW vs INDW, 3rd ODI, Live: Bangladesh opted to bat vs India© AFP Bangladesh vs India, 3rd Women’s ODI, Live Updates:Bangladesh are off to a steady start after opting to bat against India in the third and final ODI of the three-match series here at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday. After suffering
The Tour de France Femmes begins its second edition on Sunday, 23 July in Clermont Ferrand, central southern France. The eight-stage race features a mixture of flat stages, hilly days, a time trial and a showpiece mountain-top finish on the Tourmalet in the Pyrenees. Last year’s winner Annemiek van Vleuten is returning to the start
Associated Press Jul 22, 2023, 12:44 AM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani allowed four homers for the first time in his major league career while pitching six-hit ball into the seventh inning and earning the mound victory in the Los Angeles Angels‘ 8-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night. Pirates rookie Henry