10:27 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Nasa Hataoka took advantage of Jin Young Ko‘s late meltdown Saturday to take a four-stroke lead into the final round of the DIO Implant LA Open. Tied for the lead with Hataoka after a birdie on the par-5 15th, the top-ranked Ko bogeyed the par-4 16th and
8:56 PM ET NORMAN, Okla. — After a tumultuous offseason for both Oklahoma and favorite son Baker Mayfield, the Sooners faithful showed up to welcome new coach Brent Venables and see the unveiling of Mayfield’s statue in OU’s Heisman Park. An announced record crowd of 75,360 — more than 20,000 more than the previous spring-game
6:54 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, La. — Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele played the back nine in 8-under 28 and shot a 12-under 60 in best-ball play Saturday to shatter the Zurich Classic three-round record at 29 under and stretch their lead to 5 strokes. Cantlay and Schauffele broke the 54-hole mark of 23
1:25 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. With a single against the Colorado Rockies on Saturday, Miguel Cabrera became the 33rd member of the 3,000-hit club and only the seventh player in major league history to achieve the milestone and hit 500 home runs. He got
8:23 PM ET Associated Press IRVING, Texas — Steven Alker moved into position for his second straight PGA Tour Champions victory on Saturday, shooting a 5-under 66 in windy conditions to take a 2-stroke lead in the ClubCorp Classic. The winner three weeks ago in the Rapiscan Systems Classic in Mississippi, Alker played the four
7:12 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN The Lincoln Riley era at USC began with a record. Saturday’s spring game saw 33,427 fans assembled at the Los Angeles Coliseum to watch Riley and Co. reinject the program with some much-needed energy. It’s the biggest crowd for a Trojans spring game since the 1990s, when the school started
7:49 PM ET William E. Ricks Heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury returned to the ring Saturday to defend his WBC title against fellow countryman Dillian Whyte. It was the fifth time in heavyweight history a title fight featured two boxers from England, per ESPN Stats & Information research. The champion also retained his belt in
7:28 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — Noah Gragson held off Jeffrey Earnhardt in triple overtime to win the Xfinity Series race at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday for his second victory of the season. Gragson restarted fourth on the outside of the second row but inherited the lead when JR Motorsports teammate Justin Allgaier
1:45 PM ET Toronto Raptors forward Scottie Barnes has been named the 2021-2022 NBA Rookie of the Year, the league announced Saturday. Barnes received 378 points (48 first-place votes). Cleveland Cavaliers center Evan Mobley finished in second place with 363 points (43 first-place votes). The 15-point difference between the first- and second-place finishers is the
7:32 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LONDON — Tyson Fury remained on top of the heavyweight division, if not the sport, with a picture-perfect right uppercut that sent Dillian Whyte crashing to the mat for a sixth-round TKO victory on Saturday before 94,000-plus at Wembley Stadium. The obvious next fight for Fury is a matchup with
6:26 PM ET LONDON — Tyson Fury announced himself as “The King.” He sat on a throne. And then he got it all done against challenger Dillian Whyte in six rounds and left undefeated with the British boxing public in his grasp. It was a job done just as he said it would go down.
4:41 PM ET Heavyweights Joe Joyce and Joseph Parker are set to face each other in July, according to promoter Frank Warren. Warren announced that negotiations were in the final stages for a fight this summer. The promoter revealed the plans during an interview with BT Sport in the buildup to Tyson Fury’s bout with
5:34 PM ET BATON ROUGE, La. — New LSU coach Brian Kelly said he was pleased with the way his team progressed during the spring, talking up the toughness of the running backs and the skill of the receivers. But at the most important position — quarterback — a three-man race is far from finished.
1:56 PM ET Antonio Rudiger is set to leave Chelsea at the end of the season with Real Madrid favourites to sign the defender on a free transfer, sources have told ESPN. The 29-year-old is out of contract this summer and has rejected the offer of a new deal, which is understood to have reached
2:24 PM ET Bayern Munich won the championship by beating rivals Borussia Dortmund. Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images Bayern Munich won a historic 10th Bundesliga title in succession as they strolled to a 3-1 win against Borussia Dortmund at the Allianz Arena on Saturday. Serge Gnabry put Bayern ahead after 15 minutes with a volley from
3:59 PM ET Associated Press STUTTGART, Germany — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek will play Aryna Sabalenka in the final of the Stuttgart Open after both came through their respective semifinals Saturday. Swiatek stretched her winning run to 22 matches as she overcame Liudmila Samsonova 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-5 to move into her fourth final of the
Venue: Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, Glasgow Dates: 21-24 April Coverage: Watch on BBC Sport website & app Josie Knight won bronze on her injury return but Great Britain’s Katie Archibald was involved in a bad crash at the Track Nations Cup in Glasgow. GB’s Knight was third in the individual pursuit just five weeks after
2:03 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — Christopher Bell won the pole at Talladega Superspeedway by turning the fastest lap as the final driver to qualify Saturday. Bell bumped his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr. from the top spot with a lap at 180.928 mph in his Toyota. Truex qualified second at