2:38 PM ET Italy’s Nino Bertasio carded a bogey-free 61 to claim a four-shot lead after the opening round at the Portugal Masters on Thursday. Bertasio went on a hot streak on the back nine at the Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course, carding six birdies over the last seven holes to move to 10 under
12:00 PM ET ON THE EVENING of Oct. 30, 2016, at Talking Stick Resort Arena in downtown Phoenix, Earl Watson, in just his third game as the Suns’ head coach, faced a tall task: beat the powerhouse Golden State Warriors. The young Phoenix Suns team had been toiling at the bottom of the NBA’s standings
Yorkshire suspended from staging England cricket matches after racism row.© Instagram Yorkshire were suspended from staging international matches on Thursday after the England and Wales Cricket Board condemned their “wholly unacceptable” handling of a racism row involving former player Azeem Rafiq. The 30-year-old Rafiq accused Yorkshire of failing to deal adequately with his allegations of
Nov 2, 2021 ESPN fantasy staff Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Week 9 is here, and so are our analysts with their fantasy football rankings for this week’s games. Below you will find individual and composite rankings for each position for PPR and non-PPR formats. Click a link and get ready for game
What sport is Britain best at? Football? Motor racing? Dressage? Perhaps, but you can’t get much more dominant across the past decade or more than GB’s cyclists in the velodrome. Countless Olympic golds and World Championship rainbow jerseys have been won by now-household names, such as Victoria Pendleton, Chris Hoy, and Laura and Jason Kenny.
11:02 AM ET Frenchman Gael Monfils withdrew hours before his match against Novak Djokovic in the Paris Masters on Thursday due to an adductor strain, sending the Serbian world No. 1 into the quarterfinals. Monfils said he sustained the injury during his second-round victory over compatriot Adrian Mannarino, and an ultrasound on Thursday revealed a
9:30 AM ET Logan Couture remembers the sunny days for the NHL’s three California-based teams. “For five to seven years, it seemed like there was a California team in the conference final every year,” the San Jose Sharks captain said. “Teams that came from the East to play here would say that they just needed
10:21 AM ET After months of rumors about a Jack Eichel trade, the deal was finally completed Thursday, with the Vegas Golden Knights landing the 25-year-old center from the Buffalo Sabres. Going to Buffalo are veteran forward Alex Tuch and prospect Peyton Krebs, and there will also be a swap of picks: If Vegas’ first-round
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6:34 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Even during those hot summer days spent in a trailer park outside Nashville, Tennessee, Caleb Plant knew he was meant for so much more. Personal tragedy served to strengthen that steely resolve. His daughter, Alia, died three months shy of her second birthday. Just over four years
8:00 AM ET Matchday 4 of the Champions League group stage saw round-of-16 places clinched by Liverpool, Bayern Munich, Juventus and Ajax, while Manchester United conjured another late show and there were narrow Barcelona and Real Madrid wins, but Paris Saint-Germain slipped up and Atletico Madrid and AC Milan continued to struggle. We asked James
8:04 AM ET Jack Eichel will get artificial disk replacement surgery as soon as this week after being traded from the Buffalo Sabres to the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday morning, sources told ESPN. The return for Buffalo is Peyton Krebs, Alex Tuch, a 2022 first-round draft pick and a 2023 third-rounder, sources confirmed. Vegas
7:51 AM ET The final two months of 2021 offer a range of big fights for women: Claressa Shields returns to the ring. Katie Taylor fights again. Mikaela Mayer and Maiva Hamadouche fight on Friday night (8 p.m. on ESPN+) to start to unify the junior lightweight division and a week later, Dina Thorslund and
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff Among the year’s most baffling storylines is the disappointing results from many of the preseason’s Heisman hopefuls. Spencer Rattler was benched. D.J. Uiagalelei has struggled mightily. D’Eriq King got hurt. JT Daniels has barely played. And North Carolina‘s Sam Howell — he’s disappointed, too, right? That seems to be the
8:00 AM ET Stephen Curry actually surprised himself. With the clock winding down in the first half of an Oct. 28 game against the Memphis Grizzlies, Curry took a pass from longtime teammate Andre Iguodala and tried to pull off the same two-for-one possession swing that he has accomplished hundreds of times in his illustrious
7:37 AM ET Morgan Mularski DENVER — Trevor Wittman starts off every morning reciting five things for which he’s grateful. Then he repeats the mantra “externalize the internal champion,” a saying he lives by and aims to instill in others. Wittman encourages those in his life to embrace their inner being and passions. Wittman has
India vice-captain Rohit Sharma says Ravichandran Ashwin‘s presence in the playing XI is always an advantage as the seasoned off-spinner is on the lookout for wickets at all times. Playing a T20I after a gap of four years, Ashwin picked up two wickets while giving away only 14 runs in a fine spell in India’s
If statistics around climate change are often shocking, the cause of them often isn’t. Transportation is one of the biggest contributors to climate change, with an estimated 7 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide produced in 2020 from global mobility. So, if managing mobility is a critical part of securing the world’s future health, is it