SWpix 6 September 2024 Frenchman Paul Magnier beat British rider Ethan Vernon to the line in a bunch sprint finish to claim stage four of the Tour of Britain on Friday. Victory for the Soudal Quick-Step rider on the 138.5km route from Derby to Newark-on-Trent was his second of this year’s tour after he also
Associated Press Sep 4, 2024, 04:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Make no mistake: Kyle Larson wants to run the Indianapolis 500 again next year. The deal he and Hendrick Motorsports signed with Arrow McLaren Racing was always a two-year deal, but 2025 was an option year that Larson said Wednesday is
Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterSep 6, 2024, 09:48 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions Defending NASCAR champion Ryan Blaney, top right, has his work cut out for him in this year’s stacked Playoffs field. Sean Gardner/Getty Images
Sep 6, 2024, 07:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Sean O’Malley makes the second defense of his UFC men’s bantamweight championship against Merab Dvalishvili in the main event of two-title-fight UFC 306 on Saturday, Sept. 14, in Las Vegas. The event, which the fight promotion is billing as Noche UFC becauase it falls on Mexican
Paul Watson Sep 6, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SERRAVALLE, San Marino — Waiting 20 years to win a football match is an unbearably long time for any team, even if you are officially the worst in the world. But for San Marino, those two decades of hurt made the joy of Thursday’s
Open Extended Reactions Shohei Ohtani could be on his way to another record-setting accomplishment. Editor’s Picks In his first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, after signing the largest contract in MLB history, Ohtani earned his membership to the 40/40 club on Aug. 23 against the Tampa Bay Rays when he stole a base in
Jamison Hensley, ESPN Staff WriterSep 6, 2024, 02:31 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,
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNSep 6, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Va. — Johnny Gaudreau was Will Smith‘s hockey idol. The 19-year-old San Jose Sharks forward was a Boston College superfan before attending the school where Gaudreau became an NCAA legend. Gaudreau’s presence was everywhere when
Getty Images Emma Smith BBC Sport journalist in Clichy-sous-Bois, Paris 6 September 2024, 10:37 BST Updated 1 hour ago Britain’s Sarah Storey won a record-extending 19th Paralympic gold medal as she beat French rider Heidi Gaugain in a thrilling sprint finish to the cycling road race. Storey, 46, was part of the leading pack throughout
Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterSep 6, 2024, 05:10 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions British tennis star Jack Draper says his run to the US Open semifinals has been
India’s ‘prince’ Shubman Gill failed to make his Duleep Trophy outing count for the second successive innings. Gill, playing for India A against India B, couldn’t put a strong opening wicket stand with Mayank Agarwal, as he fell prey to Navdeep Saini‘s brilliance. Gill, thinking that the widish delivery from Saini is safe to be
Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 2 hours ago Briton Oliver Bearman will replace the suspended Kevin Magnussen at Haas for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Magnussen has been banned from the race in Baku on 13-15 September after exceeding Formula 1’s penalty-point limit. Bearman, who has already been signed as a Haas driver for 2025,
Dan Murphy, ESPN Staff WriterSep 5, 2024, 09:21 PM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Open Extended Reactions A federal judge ordered the attorneys negotiating a major settlement that could reshape the business model of college sports to “go back to the drawing board”
Sep 5, 2024, 11:13 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Alex Morgan has announced she is retiring from soccer. Carmen Mandato/USSF/Getty Images for USSF United States women’s national team stalwart Alex Morgan has announced that she is to retire from soccer after this weekend in a video shared on social media. Morgan, 35, made 223 appearances for
Adam Teicher Close Adam Teicher ESPN Staff Writer Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Jamison Hensley Close Jamison Hensley ESPN Staff Writer 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
ESPN News Services Sep 5, 2024, 11:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Jessica Pegula could do no right at the outset of her first Grand Slam semifinal. Her opponent at the US Open on Thursday night, Karolina Muchova, could do no wrong. “I came out flat, but she was playing unbelievable. She
Associated Press Sep 5, 2024, 07:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Anthony Rizzo doesn’t feel a sense of closure for his first trip to Wrigley Field since getting traded to the New York Yankees by the Chicago Cubs three years ago. New York’s first baseman isn’t sure he will ever need closure in Chicago after
Former England captain Michael Vaughan picked compatriot Joe Root as the best Test batter during a recent interaction. However, during the same discussion, former Australia wicketkeeper-batter Adam Gilchrist went on to name India star Virat Kohli as the best of the best. While both agreed that Kohli is indeed the better batter in limited overs