6:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The day after Trey Lance became the No. 3 overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft, he arrived at the San Francisco 49ers‘ facility for his first in-person meeting with coach Kyle Shanahan. Shanahan had about 15 minutes to chat with Lance and his family, who were about
Mansour Ojjeh, a major shareholder in McLaren and key figure in the history of the team for nearly 40 years, has died aged 68. The Paris-born Saudi billionaire bought into McLaren in 1984 and was a driving force in the huge success of the team alongside his former partner Ron Dennis. A statement from McLaren
6:42 PM ET DUBLIN, Ohio — Jon Rahm, leading the Memorial Tournament by six strokes, was informed following Saturday’s third round that he tested positive for COVID-19 and was withdrawn from the tournament. Rahm, ranked second in the world, was given the news by PGA Tour medical personnel as he walked off the 18th green
India Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane turned 33 on Sunday and wishes poured in from the cricket community on the cricketer’s birthday. The International Cricket Council (ICC) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) tweeted to post their wishes for Rahane. “Here’s wishing @ajinkyarahane88 – #TeamIndia’s Test vice-captain – a very happy birthday,” wrote
10:52 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Lexi Thompson needed to get her mind right before she could her golf game back and now is in position to win her first second career major. Thompson shot a bogey-free 5-under 66 on Saturday to take the lead into the final round of the U.S. Women’s
7:58 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a light heavyweight bout between Anthony Smith and Ryan Spann to headline an event in September. Smith (35-16) announced the fight himself this week, and sources close to Spann told ESPN he has also agreed. The 205-pound contest will serve as the main event of UFC Fight Night
10:31 PM ET Jairzinho Rozenstruik has a knack for getting finishes right before the bell. Less than two years after he earned the latest finish in UFC heavyweight history, Rozenstruik uncorked another buzzer beater Saturday. The kickboxing standout stopped Augusto Sakai via TKO with punches at 4:59 of the first round in the main event
4:45 PM ET All Major League Baseball pitchers will be checked repeatedly and randomly for foreign substances by umpires under the plan being swiftly advanced — and perhaps implemented within the next 10 days to two weeks. Major League Baseball is expected to instruct its umpires to enforce a rule that has long been on
8:17 PM ET NEW YORK — James Harden played just 43 seconds of Game 1 between the Brooklyn Nets and Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday before injuring his right hamstring. He was ruled out for the rest of the game and left Barclays Center to have imaging on the hamstring, a team spokesperson said. Harden missed
10:59 PM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi Saturday’s UFC Fight Night card was built around heavyweights looking to build (or rebuild) momentum, and it delivered for first-round winners Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Marcin Tybura in their TKO victories
6:00 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — If the Seattle Seahawks are going to land Julio Jones, it would have to look much like their 2019 trade for Jadeveon Clowney. The Seahawks had their eyes on Clowney all summer but were never going to take on the massive salary he was set to make on
6:56 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Favorite Essential Quality won the Belmont Stakes on Saturday to give trainer Brad Cox his first victory in a Triple Crown race — maybe. Cox could get another from Mandaloun in the Kentucky Derby if Bob Baffert-trained Medina Spirit is disqualified. But Cox was able to
8:03 PM ET United States men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter said that midfielder Tyler Adams is “recovered and ready to go” for Sunday’s CONCACAF Nations League final against Mexico after recuperating from a back injury. Adams missed the last three league games of RB Leipzig‘s Bundesliga season, as well as the DFB Pokal final
7:45 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com The much-hyped third-round clash at the French Open between Americans Jennifer Brady and Coco Gauff didn’t end the way either had hoped. After Gauff won the first set in just 19 minutes, Brady retired with a foot injury, later revealing it was plantar fasciitis that first flared up at the
11:52 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — Former US Open champion Sloane Stephens wants more discussions about mental health to help people both inside and outside of tennis talk freely about what is troubling them. “Absolutely. I feel like it’s not spoken about enough,” she said Saturday after winning her third-round match at the French
4:00 PM ET Jeff Carlisle Close U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Eric Gomez It has been almost two years since CONCACAF giants U.S. and Mexico met in a competitive fixture, when El Tri triumphed 1-0 in the Gold Cup final, but they renew their rivalry
3:50 PM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi Jairzinho Rozenstruik was 10-0 in December 2019 following a Hail Mary knockout victory over Alistair Overeem. It seemed at the time that the accomplished kickboxer was on the precipice of
In the end, Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes got it together, and the world champion will start a mouth-watering Azerbaijan Grand Prix from the front row, alongside Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and with his title rival Max Verstappen’s Red Bull right behind him. But it could easily have been very different for the six-time champion, and he