1:46 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Rory McIlroy is the defending champion of a tournament that wasn’t played last year. That’s strange enough, but McIlroy actually shot a 72 on the first day of the Players Championship that was later canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic a year ago this week. “I think
Geraint Thomas is looking forward to testing himself against a stellar line-up at the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race, which starts in Italy on Wednesday. But he will play a supporting role in Italy to team-mate Egan Bernal, Ineos’ leader at the Giro d’Italia in May. “There’s no expectation to go and win. I’ll try for sure
The huge financial windfall that comes with an IPL contract can’t be ignored, admitted Jos Buttler as the England cricketer on Tuesday asserted that the ECB never gave him the option of skipping the popular T20 League to be available for the Test series against New Zealand. Buttler has been in the eye of storm
India face England in the first T20I of the five-matches series on Friday.© Instagram England star batsman Jos Buttler feels that the Virat Kohli-led side are favourites for the ICC T20 World Cup scheduled to be played later this year in India. Buttler feels as a host nation, Team India will have an advantage in
7:14 AM ET Kathleen McNamee This article is part of ESPN’s coverage of Women’s History Month. When Natasha Jonas met Ireland’s Katie Taylor at the 2012 London Olympics, the stadium was quite literally rocking. At 113.7 decibels the noise was as loud as a rock concert, which happens to be four decibels greater than the
8:30 AM ET Saturday night’s superfight at UFC 259 did not produce a double champion, but it did provide one of the fighters with a ticket to the ESPN pound-for-pound MMA rankings. Jan Blachowicz came away from the weekend still in possession of the UFC light heavyweight championship and as a new entrant in the
6:38 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots will be acquiring offensive tackle Trent Brown from the Las Vegas Raiders in a trade after agreeing to a restructured one-year contract worth up to $11 million with him, sources tell ESPN’s Field Yates. Brown, 27, previously played for the Patriots in 2018, starting every
8:16 AM ET FLINT, Mich. — It was a little past 8 p.m. on Friday and the music inside Claressa Shields’ dressing room started to heat up. She grabbed her portable speaker, thumbed with her phone and hit play. Cardi B’s “Up” came on. Shields turned her space into a dance party, twisting her body
7:15 AM ET Player X is having a hard time. “I never thought I would be doing an interview like this,” he says. “But yeah, this season hasn’t been easy.” Player X is still on his entry-level NHL contract. He plays for a United States-based team but is from another country and is unsure when
7:00 AM ET Alden Gonzalez Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2016 to cover the Los Angeles Rams Previously covered the Angels for MLB.com Jesse Rogers Close ESPN Staff Writer Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. As Opening Day of the 2021 MLB season approaches, fans across the
11:06 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN Portland‘s Anfernee Simons was all smiles as he became the first Trail Blazers player to win the NBA dunk contest, which took place during halftime of Sunday night’s All-Star Game. Simons bested rookies Obi Toppin of the New York Knicks and Cassius Stanley of the Indiana Pacers to bring home
7:09 AM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — One of the most-liked and popular players on the PGA Tour is struggling. He has sniped at his long-time caddie, whom he has known since childhood. He has admitted it has been hard not taking his troubles on the course home to his wife. Rickie Fowler is
6:30 AM ET Two stagnant programs, four with division title aspirations. The MAC East title race could be one of FBS’ more intriguing if: Kent State makes a few more stops, Miami overcomes a brutal road slate and Ohio is as strong as last season’s tiny sample suggested. There’s also a chance that Buffalo is
India will take on England in a five-match T20 International series starting Friday at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. While England have named a fairly experienced squad, India have included some newcomers who will be eager to make their debut for the national team. With the T20 World Cup in India later in the
4:00 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen With questions hanging over the future of three of Paris Saint-Germain‘s biggest stars, it is likely they will need to sign a new top-level option in attack this summer. Angel Di Maria‘s contract expires in June and, although PSG have signalled their intentions to renew it, the Argentina international turned
11:05 PM ET Les Miles is out as Kansas’ head football coach three days after being placed on administrative leave by the university. Kansas athletic director Jeff Long said in a statement last Friday that the university was conducting a full review to determine the appropriate steps on Miles’ future after reports of his conduct
7:19 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Gone are the days of Dak Prescott, fourth-round pick success story. Now that the quarterback has signed a multi-year deal with the Dallas Cowboys, he will be defined by the $160 million contract, which includes $126 million guaranteed, a source tells ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Prescott’s signing bonus is $66
Marcus Harris accepted a penalty of one suspension point and 50 per cent of his match fee.© AFP Cricket Australia on Tuesday confirmed that Victoria player Marcus Harris has been suspended for one match. The suspension came after Harris accepted a charge for abuse of equipment during his side’s Marsh Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania