5:55 PM ET Major League Baseball on Thursday refuted Boston Red Sox outfielder Hunter Renfroe‘s allegation that the league told the team to stop testing for COVID-19 amid the outbreak spreading through the team’s clubhouse. “MLB basically told us to stop the testing and just treat the symptoms,” Renfroe said earlier Thursday on WEEI’s “Merloni
12:55 PM ET Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat produced a scorching 8-under-par opening round at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth on Thursday to take a share of the lead alongside South Africa’s Christiaan Bezuidenhout while those vying for Ryder Cup spots experienced mixed fortunes. Aphibarnrat and Bezuidenhout carded rounds of 64, handing them a one-stroke lead
3:09 PM ET Steve Stricker’s at-large picks for his U.S. Ryder Cup team did not include Patrick Reed, one of the few American players with a winning record in the competition that has frustratingly seen Europe capture nine of the last 12 events. The decision drew plenty of complaints on social media and a good
1:19 PM ET ESPN News Services COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Longtime NHL player, coach and executive Paul Holmgren, retired forward Peter McNab and broadcaster Stan Fischler make up the 2021 class of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. USA Hockey announced the class Thursday. Holmgren, McNab and Fischler are set to be inducted along with
7:14 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — At around 8:30 on the morning after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9 in Super Bowl LV, Bucs quarterbacks coach Clyde Christensen was enjoying a visit with his grandchildren when his phone rang. It was a FaceTime call from none other than Tom Brady, who
Rashid Khan was named captain of the Afghanistan team for the T20 World Cup.© AFP In a shocking decision, Rashid Khan on Thursday stepped down as the captain of the Afghanistan team, saying that his opinion was not sought before finalising the national squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup. Early in the day, the Afghanistan
11:14 AM ET Cristiano Ronaldo is back at Manchester United and ready to wear the club’s No. 7 shirt for the first time since 2009 in Saturday’s Premier League clash against Newcastle United at Old Trafford. But giving the Portugal forward his old number is the easy part for United; the big challenge now is
George Russell says he is “under no illusions” about the scale of the challenge of becoming team-mate to Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes in 2022. The 23-year-old says it is a “privilege” to join Hamilton and expects no problems in their relationship within the team. Russell said: “Mercedes have had clear experience of a poor dynamic
12:00 PM ET No need to rehash the argument from the position preview for centers here, but to quickly recap: For roster purposes, your league should use forwards as all the same position, and if you must separate them, use centers and wingers. For all the same reasons presented for the centers versus wingers argument,
Swift Carbon Racing rider William Bjergfelt hopes to inspire other athletes “to believe anything is possible” after becoming the first para-cyclist to compete in the Tour of Britain. Bjergfelt, from Somerset, was involved in a head-on collision with a car in 2015 which left him with a bleed on the brain and his right leg
Britain’s Ethan Hayter sprinted to victory on stage five of the Tour of Britain to reclaim the leaders’ blue jersey just 24 hours after he lost it. Hayter beat Giacomo Nizzolo and Dan McLay to the line in Warrington after his Ineos Grenadiers team-mate Owain Doull crashed and split the peloton. Overnight leader Wout van
7:00 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com NEW YORK — Leylah Fernandez stood on the court as every person sitting in Arthur Ashe Stadium looked on, enraptured by her every word. The 19-year-old had just won her quarterfinal match at the US Open against No. 5 seed Elina Svitolina, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5), and advanced to her
9:30 AM ET PASADENA, Calif. — Early in the second quarter of UCLA‘s 38-27 win against LSU on Saturday, athletic director Martin Jarmond stood in his suite and looked out over the nearly-full Rose Bowl, soaking in the atmosphere. “This looks good,” he said, beaming with pride. 2 Related Moments later, running back Zach Charbonnet
7:00 AM ET Dave Wilson Close ESPN Staff Writer Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. Harry Lyles Jr. It’s only Week 2 and we’re already making history. What we’ve got here is the greatest Cy-Hawk battle of
Sep 8, 2021 Mike CoppingerESPN Mikey Garcia, a four-division champion, has agreed to terms for a fight with Spain’s Sandor Martin on Oct. 16, possibly in Texas, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The bout will be contested at a catchweight of 145 pounds, sources said. Promoter Eddie Hearn was planning to stage the 115-pound championship
8:22 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos have signed contracts for an undisputed lightweight title fight that will take place Oct. 4 at New York’s Hulu Theater at MSG, Triller COO Thorsten Meier told ESPN. The fight was set for Oct. 5 but Triller moved the fight to avoid competing with a
8:00 AM ET THEY STOOD SIDE to side in the center circle, waiting for referee Joey Crawford to loft the ball in the air to kick off the 2004 NBA Finals. On one side was Shaquille O’Neal, the gargantuan almost myth of a man, 7-foot-1 and some 330 pounds of pure power and force. And
8:00 AM ET The UFC is down to 13 live events remaining in 2021 (not including Dana White’s Contender Series). As of now, the schedule consists of one more trip to Fight Island for UFC 267, the promotion’s first visit to New York since 2019 and a consistent lineup of events in Las Vegas to