7:45 PM ET The administrative leave for Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer was extended a fourth time on Thursday, this time by an extra seven days through Aug. 13, according to a league official. A civil hearing for the temporary restraining order that was obtained against Bauer will begin three days after that in
8:28 PM ET Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones did not say when it would happen, but he made an announcement Thursday night that many hoped would come sooner rather than later: Jimmy Johnson will be inducted into the Cowboys’ Ring of Honor. Johnson will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of
8:29 PM ET Associated Press HARRISON, N.Y. — NCAA champion Rachel Heck of Stanford rallied to beat Arkansas’ Brooke Matthews in 19 holes Thursday to advance to the U.S. Women’s Amateur quarterfinals. Heck, from Memphis, Tennessee, overcame a two-hole deficit with two to play at Westchester Country Club. She won the par-4 17th with a
7:27 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Teen tennis sensation Coco Gauff said she was supposed to get her first vaccine shot the same week she got COVID-19, which forced her to pull out of the Tokyo Olympics and has left her without her sense of smell. “I’m just happy that I didn’t have really
6:06 PM ET Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Gators will spend at least part of their training camp in a hotel as coach Dan Mullen searches for ways to avoid another COVID-19 outbreak within the program. The Gators begin three weeks of fall practice Friday, with Mullen understanding much more about the coronavirus
5:13 PM ET Fedor Emelianenko has an opponent for his homecoming fight. The all-time great MMA heavyweight will fight Tim Johnson on Oct. 23 in Moscow, Russia, Bellator announced Thursday. Emelianenko has not fought in his home country for five years and has not competed in Moscow in a decade. The bout is part of
3:37 PM ET In his first press conference since Texas officially announced it is moving to the SEC, new Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian said on Thursday that he knows the Longhorns will be a target for opposing fans. “I didn’t take this job blind,” Sarkisian said. “We’re everybody’s biggest game. I think coming out of
3:05 PM ET Associated Press Roger Federer pulled out of the upcoming hard-court tournaments in Toronto and Cincinnati on Thursday, citing lingering issues with his surgically repaired knee and shedding doubt on his status for the U.S. Open. The withdrawals by Federer, who turns 40 on Sunday, were announced separately by the two events. This
1:08 PM ET Claressa Shields At the age of 17, a young woman from Flint, Michigan overcame inner city struggles to win gold at the 2012 London Olympics, which were the first Games to award medals for women’s boxing. Not only did she win once, Claressa Shields went back-to-back, winning another Olympic gold medal in
1:13 PM ET Negotiations to renew Lionel Messi‘s contract with Barcelona hit a stumbling block on Thursday, but the club are still hopeful of tying him down to a new deal, multiple sources told ESPN. Messi, 34, has been a free agent since his previous terms expired on June 30, but ESPN reported last month
2:48 PM ET Masai Ujiri, the architect of the franchise’s 2019 NBA championship team, has agreed to a significant new deal to become vice chairman and president of the Toronto Raptors, sources told ESPN on Thursday. His previous title was president. After arriving in Toronto in 2013 as general manager, Ujiri has established himself as
The wily old James Anderson once again got his “bunny” Virat Kohli in a mesmerising spell that undid India’s solid opening stand to leave them tottering at 125 for four against England on a rain-curtailed day two of the opening Test. The 39-year-old Anderson (13.4-7-15-2) swung it in England’s favour with successive precision deliveries that
1:16 PM ET J.R. Richard, a two-time National League strikeout champion with the Houston Astros whose career was cut short in 1980 by a stroke, died Thursday at the age of 71, the team announced. In 10 seasons with the Astros, Richard was 107-71 with a 3.15 ERA and 1,493 strikeouts — including 313 in
7:52 AM ET New York Knicks All-Star forward Julius Randle has agreed to a four-year, $117 million contract extension — elevating his deal’s total value to five years and $140 million, his agents, Aaron Mintz and Steven Heumann of CAA Sports, told ESPN. The extension includes a player option on the final season in 2025-26.
10:01 AM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Chicago Bears tight end Jimmy Graham took to social media to express confusion over the NFLPA’s proposal to increase the frequency of COVID-19 testing for vaccinated players and staff. “Was basically forced into getting the vaccine. Now I’m just confused @NFLPA,” Graham tweeted Thursday morning. In a later
12:37 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Justin Thomas sat in the chair, exhaled, then did his best to keep his eyes open. He might have simply said the media questions he fielded were putting him to sleep. But he didn’t have the energy for humor. A long stretch of golf across the globe was taking
England fast bowler Jofra Archer will miss both the Twenty20 World Cup and the Ashes series in Australia, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced on Thursday. The ECB said in a statement that scans last week on the currently sidelined 26-year-old’s right elbow had revealed a recurrence of a stress fracture. “In response to
8:00 AM ET ESPN staff From navigating a tricky conference to a complete program overhaul, every new coach has challenges in college football. The hurdles new hires have to face in their maiden season can be seemingly endless in the ever-evolving sport but each job provides its own unique set of obstacles. Between the end