5:25 PM ET ESPN News Services MIAMI — The heat and humidity this time of year in South Florida remind Ash Barty of what conditions can be like in her native Australia. She loves it. The world’s top-ranked player didn’t wilt in the conditions Tuesday at the Miami Open, winning the final nine points to
4:33 PM ET Manny Pacquiao is in discussions to return to the boxing ring after an absence of nearly two years to fight WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford on June 5, a source at Top Rank confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. Pacquiao, 42, would be facing ESPN’s No. 1 pound-for-pound boxer in a pay-per-view bout
7:17 PM ET Associated Press RIDGELAND, S.C. — The PGA Tour is returning to South Carolina for a third time this year, adding an event in the Palmetto State for June to take the spot of the canceled RBC Canadian Open. The tour announced the addition Tuesday. It means the PGA Tour will play three
4:59 AM ET Austin LindbergESPN FC With the 2021 MLS season just weeks away, it’s the time of year when the league is inundated with new kits for all clubs. With so many teams unveiling new threads in recent weeks, we decided to look back at the 10 best and 10 worst kits in Major
4:59 PM ET Associated Press Four-time major champion Brooks Koepka said he is “busy as hell” trying to recover from surgery on his right knee. The question is whether he can return in time for the Masters. Koepka, whose career has been slowed by injuries to his ankle (2016), wrist (2018) and left knee (2020),
5:11 PM ET Associated Press Mike Soroka surrendered a homer while working two innings for the Atlanta Braves in his 2021 debut Tuesday, a big step in the former All-Star’s comeback from a torn Achilles tendon. Soroka, 23, got into the Braves’ final game of spring training at Fort Myers, Florida, taking over in the
3:56 PM ET Los Angeles Angels slugger Mike Trout is the consensus betting favorite to win the MVP award entering the 2021 season, but dual-threat teammate Shohei Ohtani is attracting the most action at some sportsbooks, including one giant bet that could pay nearly $1 million. At Caesars Sportsbook by William Hill, Trout is the
3:16 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Roberto Bautista Agut didn’t take the easiest route to the Miami Open quarterfinals. The No. 7 seed from Spain fought off a match point before ousting former Miami champion and No. 18 seed John Isner of the U.S. 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7) on Tuesday — his second three-set
4:00 PM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN In early January, Kate Smith, 21, was relaxing in her apartment in Lincoln, Nebraska, quarantining before the start of her final golf season with the University of Nebraska. She started reflecting on her collegiate career and what’s next for her as a golfer. And then, Smith received an email notification
2:35 PM ET Welcome, NFL fans, to the Sweet Seventeen. As has been expected for months now, NFL owners voted Tuesday to expand the regular season from 16 games to 17 starting this year. This is not a drill, people. This is happening. And sure, you might have heard that it was going to happen,
11:29 AM ET Bayern Munich‘s Poland striker Robert Lewandowski has been ruled out for four weeks after suffering sprained ligaments in his right knee, the German champions said on Tuesday. Lewandowski sustained the injury in Poland’s World Cup qualifying win over Andorra on Sunday, ruling him out of their match against England on Wednesday, and
1:22 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Flyers placed defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere on waivers Tuesday, a surprising move that comes as Philadelphia is attempting to stay in the playoff hunt. Gostisbehere has five goals and six assists for 11 points in 25 games, and he was benched for a three-game stretch two weeks
9:17 AM ET Associated Press SILVER SPRING, Md. — Canadian blockchain technology company Dapper Labs has secured $305 million in private funding — some of it from current and former NBA players, including Michael Jordan — to scale up its virtual NBA trading card site, the company said Tuesday. Vancouver, British Columbia-based Dapper says NBA
Despite Soumya Sarkar’s fighting fifty, Bangladesh lost the match by 28 runs (DLS method).© AFP Bangladesh coach Russell Domingo said he had never been involved in a game before where batsmen went out to bat without knowing what the DLS target was. The incident took place during the second T20I between Bangladesh and New Zealand
10:26 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chase Elliott has seen the picture somewhere — it’s hanging in their family shop, Bill Elliott confirms — of his shaking hands with Alan Kulwicki following the 1992 season finale. The photo symbolizes a golden era for NASCAR and shows one driver losing with grace and accepting
9:37 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN Fighters get better with seasoning, experience and maturity, but not, as a rule, age. That’s why I cannot share in any enthusiasm — if, in fact, there is any — for the return of Oscar De La Hoya. What plagues boxing isn’t the wave of “exhibition” fights, per se. No,
8:30 AM ET Jon Jones, who reigned as UFC light heavyweight champion for much of the past decade before vacating his belt in August to move up to heavyweight, is back at the top of the ESPN men’s pound-for-pound MMA rankings. Francis Ngannou, fresh off winning the heavyweight title on Saturday at UFC 260, has
8:05 AM ET The Supreme Court of the United States will hear arguments on Wednesday about the financial limits placed on NCAA athletes in a case that could significantly shape the future of college sports. During the past dozen years, the NCAA has slowly loosened its restrictions on the types of benefits college athletes in