6:50 AM ET KIAWAH ISLAND, South Carolina — A look at the field for this week’s PGA Championship makes one thing perfectly clear: There are a lot of good options when picking who will lift the Wanamaker Trophy come Sunday night. (And hopefully whoever it is has better luck with it than Collin Morikawa, who
7:00 AM ET Connor McDavid is inevitable. “He’s that good. You turn on the TV every night. If the Oilers played, you’re going to get a McDavid highlight, somehow and some way,” Winnipeg Jets coach Paul Maurice said. The Edmonton Oilers‘ star treated the NHL’s 56-game regular season sprint like most of us treat vacation
6:00 AM ET JUAN RAMÓN ARRASATE had witnessed the rise and fall of jai alai in Miami. Now, he was preparing to see the new faces of the game. Arrasate had arrived in Miami from Spain in 1978 and played for 20 years, mostly in front of big, enthusiastic crowds. In 1986, he even appeared
6:48 AM ET The contenders who hope to win this week’s 103rd PGA Championship at Kiawah Island had better hope their big sticks are ready. The Ocean Course will measure a whopping 7,876 yards, making it the longest course to ever host one of professional golf’s four majors. Rory McIlroy won the previous PGA Championship
May 18, 2021 Andrew Cesare Richardson Italy has long been seen as one of the fashion capitals of the world and the country’s top soccer league, Serie A, has produced some of the most aesthetically pleasing kits ever seen in the game. Football’s history is illustrated with many iconic images of Italian teams and star
Lando Norris has signed a new, extended contract with McLaren. The 21-year-old Briton made his Formula 1 debut for the team in 2019 and is fourth in the championship four races into his third season in the sport. McLaren did not reveal the length of the deal, saying only that it confirmed he and team-mate
6:54 PM ET Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout was placed on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with a right calf strain and is expected to be out six to eight weeks, the team announced. Trout appeared to strain his calf in the first inning Monday night against the Cleveland Indians while jogging to
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly in action for the Indian cricket team during his playing days.© Instagram/Sourav Ganguly Former India captain and the current Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president, Sourav Ganguly, posted an image on his social media handles and wished he could do this in his “next 3 lives”. Ganguly
12:56 AM ET ESPN News Services SEATTLE — Detroit Tigers right-hander Spencer Turnbull threw a no-hitter against the Seattle Mariners in a 5-0 win Tuesday night, marking the fifth no-hitter of the major league season. Turnbull had nine strikeouts, relying heavily on his fastball but mixing in a strong slider to keep Seattle shut down.
May 15, 2021 The season has been a slog for the Boston Celtics. There was a spate of COVID-related absences that shut down practice for a stretch, a knee injury that hampered Kemba Walker, nine straight games missed by key mid-season acquisition Evan Fournier, and finally a devastating season-ending injury to Jaylen Brown. The Celtics
12:34 PM ET Matt Ryan isn’t going to play forever. The Atlanta Falcons quarterback, entering his 14th season with the franchise, understands he’s closer to the end of his career than the start of it. He has been around the NFL long enough, seen enough players come and go, to get that. And Ryan didn’t
It may seem an unusual conclusion to draw when the other game was an FA Cup Final, but this Premier League clash was the more important of Chelsea‘s two successive meetings with Leicester City for Thomas Tuchel. The Blues are programmed to win silverware and a trophy at Wembley last weekend certainly would have been
3:02 PM ET Detroit Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill has been given a contract extension despite a losing record and missing the playoffs in five straight seasons. Terms were not disclosed. Blashill, 47, just completed his 10th season with the organization. He originally joined the Red Wings as an assistant coach for the 2011-12 season.
5:25 PM ET Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday signed into law the Jordan McNair Safe and Fair Play Act, legislation that will enable student-athletes to profit from their names, images and likenesses while also implementing greater safety measures to prevent the failures that resulted in the death of 19-year-old Terrapins offensive lineman Jordan McNair
2:07 PM ET Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, who underwent reconstructive left knee surgery in December, is “all systems go” for the Sept. 12 regular-season opener against the Minnesota Vikings, according to Dr. Neal ElAttrache of Kerlan-Jobe in Los Angeles. “He’s on track for full go for start of the season,” ElAttrache, who operated on
7:00 AM ET The 2021 NBA postseason officially tips off Tuesday with the play-in tournament followed by the first round of the playoffs on Saturday. After a thrilling end of the regular season with seeds finally decided on the last day, the Charlotte Hornets and the Indiana Pacers will start things on Tuesday in the
10:02 AM ET ESPN News Services New York Mets outfielder Kevin Pillar suffered multiple nasal fractures after being hit by a pitch, the team announced Tuesday morning. He will meet with a facial specialist in Atlanta to determine next steps, the team said. Pillar was injured in the top of the seventh inning when a
3:32 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Moments after his super middleweight unification victory over Billy Joe Saunders earlier this month, champion Canelo Alvarez turned his attention to another division titleholder: Caleb Plant. “That’s the plan, to go for the belt, and I’m coming, man,” Alvarez said during his postfight interview. “I’m coming, my friend.” Plant (21-0,