8:00 AM ET The U.S. Open arrives with plenty of drama. Jon Rahm has been in isolation since having to leave the Memorial. Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka have been feuding. And there’s Phil Mickelson, fresh off his improbable win at the PGA Championship, arriving in his hometown searching for that elusive U.S. Open title.
1:09 AM ET Claressa Shields is a novice when it comes to the ground game. But throwing punches? Oh, that’s very much in her wheelhouse. After getting dominated on the ground for two straight rounds, Shields was able to stay in a safe, kneeling position and land huge punches to finish Brittney Elkin by TKO
India women’s Test vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur on Monday said the players picked the brains of men’s Test team deputy Ajinkya Rahane ahead of the one-off Test match against England. India and England women will face each other in a one-off Test beginning June 16 at Bristol. After that, both sides will square off in three
8:48 AM ET The underdog had its day in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup semifinals between the New York Islanders and the Tampa Bay Lightning. Can the Montreal Canadiens continue shocking the hockey world against the Vegas Golden Knights? Check out the ESPN NHL Playoffs Daily to catch up every day of the postseason
7:30 AM ET The NCAA’s decision to grant an extra year of eligibility because of COVID-19 restrictions resulted in minimal redshirts for top-ranked college football prospects last season. Immediate experience for these touted players, while not affecting their eligibility clock, was a no-brainer for most coaching staffs. However, injuries and stacked depth charts still led
7:00 AM ET If the 2011 Stanley Cup Final were pitched as a movie script, it would have been rejected for being too outlandish. One player biting his opponent. A series-long suspension after a star player was stretchered off the ice after a hit. Goalie trash talk in the media. The heavy underdog upsetting the
Jun 12, 2021 Long before he was a global superstar and one of the most lethal goal scorers in soccer history, Robert Lewandowski was just a 17-year-old kid from Poland who was too short and too scrawny, and who showed up one afternoon to learn that his club didn’t want him anymore. What does Lewandowski
Former pacer Venkatesh Prasad feels that a high-on-resources India has got all bases covered to get past a high-on-confidence New Zealand in the World Test Championship final beginning June 18 at Southampton. Unlike his playing days, Prasad feels India now have a third or a fourth seamer who can maintain pressure built by the new
10:40 PM ET Game 4 of the NBA playoff series between the Denver Nuggets and Phoenix Suns took a dramatic turn when Denver big man Nikola Jokic, the league’s newly crowned MVP, was ejected for a Flagrant 2 foul with 3:52 remaining in the third quarter and the Nuggets trailing the Suns by 8. Jokic
11:15 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Kyle Larson was back in the NASCAR All-Star race, and got another $1 million by winning it again. Larson held off a hard-charging Brad Keselowski during the final 10-lap shootout at Texas on Sunday night, after a slippery three-wide pass to get back in front and
7:24 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The New York Islanders were mentally prepared for Game 1 of their Stanley Cup semifinal series. The Tampa Bay Lightning were not. “Our work ethic was there. Our compete [level] was there. Our minds weren’t there,” said Lightning coach Jon Cooper, whose team lost 2-1 at home on Sunday
6:00 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — A look at what’s happening around the New York Jets: 1. Crowder a goner? A year ago, the Jets’ wide-receiver situation was so dire that they opened the season with Chris Hogan in the starting lineup — the same Hogan who is now playing professional lacrosse. The position
10:36 PM ET Associated Press DALY CITY, Calif. — Matilda Castren became the first Finnish winner in LPGA Tour history Sunday in the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship, pulling away on the front-nine at foggy Lake Merced and holding off Min Lee by two strokes. “Oh, my God. I can’t believe it’s happening,” Castren said. “I mean,
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1:42 AM ET Lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez and Top Rank Promotions are back on good terms. Lopez and Top Rank have agreed to a restructured contract, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Cameron Wolfe. In the new agreement, Lopez will have his minimum purses raised from the previous amount of $1.25 million and will have the opportunity
8:07 PM ET ESPN News Services The New York Yankees‘ struggles continued on Sunday, this time a 7-0 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, and manager Aaron Boone said afterwards that it’s time for the team to “step it up.” “We’re going to find out what character we’re made of,” Boone said. “We’re clearly in the
4:50 PM ET Nets guard Kyrie Irving exited Game 4 of Brooklyn’s Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday with a sprained right ankle and did not return. X-rays were negative, coach Steve Nash said afterward. Irving will undergo further testing and treatment. No timetable was given for his return. Irving was
3:20 PM ET Simon Cambers PARIS — As recently as two days ago, it was widely believed that the hardest task in tennis was to beat Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros. But after a stunning come-from-behind win over Stefanos Tsitsipas in the French Open final on Sunday, following a defeat of Nadal in the semifinal,