6:24 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Alice Headley Chandler, who founded Mill Ridge Farm and built a Hall of Fame career as a breeder of champion racing thoroughbreds, has died. She was 95. The farm stated in a release that Chandler died peacefully at home Tuesday. Her son Headley, Mill Ridge’s general manager,
5:00 PM ET UFC 261 is just over two weeks away, yet the fact Jorge Masvidal knows he’ll be in the main event on April 24 against welterweight champ Kamaru Usman puts Masvidal in a better place than he was the last time they fought. Masvidal was a late replacement to challenge Usman at UFC
4:46 PM ET Mason Mount celebrates after scoring a goal for Chelsea against Porto in the Champions League. Getty Chelsea scored two away goals in a win over Porto to take a decisive upper hand in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal on Wednesday. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Stream
4:50 PM ET Associated Press Heisman Trophy winner DeVonta Smith of Alabama is scheduled to appear in person in Cleveland at the NFL draft later this month. Smith, the wide receiver projected to be a high first-round pick, is among a group of players who have accepted their invitations to attend the draft. The NFL
4:38 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — The postponed season-opening series between the Nationals and Mets has been rescheduled, with two of the games moved to June and the other to September. A coronavirus outbreak on the Nationals prompted Major League Baseball to scrap the games originally slated to be played in Washington on Thursday,
4:12 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Yankees slugger Aaron Judge was held out of New York’s lineup Wednesday night with soreness in his left side. Judge had a homer, three hits and four RBI in a 7-2 win on Tuesday night but wasn’t back in the lineup against the O’s a day later.
2:50 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy, who is known to be one of the most thoughtful and introspective golfers on the professional touring circuit, ended his pre-Masters news conference by going on an extended riff about Tiger Woods. That felt perfect because even though Woods is at home recovering from his car wreck,
Shahid Afridi criticised CSA for releasing several players for the IPL during the series.© AFP After Pakistan’s 2-1 ODI series win over a South Africa, former all-rounder Shahid Afridi took to Twitter to criticise Cricket South Africa (CSA) for releasing several players for the IPL 2021 in the middle of the three-match ODI series against Pakistan.
9:21 AM ET Nike has suspended its endorsement deal with Deshaun Watson amid the sexual assault and inappropriate behavior allegations made against the Houston Texans quarterback, the company told CNBC on Wednesday. “We are deeply concerned by the disturbing allegations and have suspended Deshaun Watson. We will continue to closely monitor the situation,” Nike said
7:00 AM ET CARLOS GOMEZ KNEW he needed to get Fernando Tatis Jr. on the phone. After Tatis hit a controversial grand slam in the eighth inning of an Aug. 17 game against the Texas Rangers last season, Gomez, a former major league outfielder, called the San Diego Padres shortstop. Tatis’ slam represented a violation
With the upcoming season of Indian Premier League (IPL) set to begin, the mood in the Punjab Kings camp seems to be a cheerful one. The franchise posted a video on social media, where Sarfaraz Khan can be seen mimicking Darren Sammy‘s playing style in front of cricketers from West Indies, and he also receives
7:22 AM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Look through the list below. There are lot of different players in this 2021 Masters who could walk away with the green jacket and it wouldn’t surprise you. There is Dustin Johnson, the defending champion who torched the place just five months ago in a one-time-only fall Masters. There
7:20 AM ET AUGUSTA, Georgia — The 85th playing of the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club returns to its traditional spot in April this week. There will be limited patrons once again because of the coronavirus pandemic, and no Tiger Woods as the five-time Masters champion recovers from serious injuries suffered in a
Nacer Bouhanni has withdrawn from Scheldeprijs after receiving racist abuse on social media following an incident in a previous race. Bouhanni was disqualified for dangerous conduct at the Cholet-Pays de la Loire after pushing Britain’s Jake Stewart into the barriers on the final sprint. He apologised but later received “hundreds” of abusive messages. The UCI,
7:00 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN THE SECOND THE basketball slips into Lonzo Ball‘s hands, he’s got one target in mind. It’s March 1 and the New Orleans Pelicans are down by six to the Utah Jazz early in the third quarter. After a Mike Conley 3, Pelicans wing Brandon Ingram takes the inbounds pass and
7:47 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim When Ryan Bader lost his Bellator MMA light heavyweight championship to Vadim Nemkov last August, he felt sorrow and deep disappointment. The first emotion comes with the territory of losing your place at the top of the mountain. The second emotion was self-directed letdown. On his way to a second-round
4:00 AM ET As one door started to close at Tottenham Hotspur, another opened. On the morning of April 7, 2014, as Spurs prepared for the visit of the Premier League‘s bottom side Sunderland, reports emerged that manager Tim Sherwood was going to be relieved of his duties at the end of the season. Though
8:30 AM ET Ever since the NHL realigned its teams into four new divisions and decided to have those teams play each other for just 56 games, there’s been a lingering question about how this format would impact NHL Awards voting. (All due respect to the writers and broadcasters covering the North Division, but we