India were handed a five-run penalty for their batters running on the middle of the pitch.© BCCI/Sportzpics India were on Friday handed a five-run penalty for a second offence of their batters running on the middle of the pitch during the third Test against England in Rajkot. The penalty means England will start their first
Feb 16, 2024, 02:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka and Barbora Krejcikova have pulled out of the Dubai Tennis Championships. Osaka is still trying to find her feet on tour after returning to the circuit last month following a maternity break. The Japanese player fell in the first round
Associated Press Feb 16, 2024, 12:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The panic set in for Jimmie Johnson on the final lap of his qualifying race for the Daytona 500. The seven-time NASCAR champion and newest Hall of Fame inductee recognized he was dangerously close to missing the cut for “The
ESPN News Services Feb 15, 2024, 10:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Rangers forward Blake Wheeler injured his right leg midway through the first period of Thursday’s 7-4 win over Montreal and had to be helped off the ice. New York later said Wheeler was ruled out for the rest of the game with a
ESPN News Services Feb 16, 2024, 12:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Klay Thompson came off the bench for the first time since his rookie season to knock down seven 3-pointers and score a season-high 35 points, leading the Golden State Warriors to a 140-137 victory over the Utah Jazz on Thursday night. Thompson was
Associated Press Feb 15, 2024, 08:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BUENOS AIRES — Defending champion and top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the quarterfinals of the Argentina Open by beating Camilo Carabelli 6-2, 7-5 on Thursday in his first clay-court match of the season. The 20-year-old Alcaraz came from 2-0 down in the second set
Julien Laurens, CorrespondentFeb 15, 2024, 11:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Kylian Mbappé has told Paris Saint-Germain he intends to leave the club when his contract expires this summer, sources told ESPN, paving the way for a move to Real Madrid. ESPN reported on Feb. 3 that Mbappé decided to join Madrid this summer —
Courtney Cronin, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 15, 2024, 08:39 PM ET Close Courtney Cronin joined ESPN in 2017, originally covering the Minnesota Vikings before switching to the Chicago Bears in 2022. Courtney is a frequent panelist on Around the Horn and host of Best Week Ever on ESPN Radio. She also co-hosts The Chicago Bears Podcast
Associated Press Feb 15, 2024, 08:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Thousands of fans watching Tiger Woods in his 2024 debut missed out on the best golf Thursday at the Genesis Invitational. In the group ahead of Woods was Patrick Cantlay, looking as though he wants to be the next Southern California
Tim Keown, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 15, 2024, 07:07 PM ET Close Senior Writer for ESPN The Magazine Columnist for ESPN.com Author of five books (3 NYT best-sellers) Open Extended Reactions The Oakland Athletics, still seeking a temporary home as they await their move to Las Vegas, met with officials from the city of Oakland and
Field Level Media Feb 15, 2024, 05:21 PM ET Former major league outfielder Lenny Dykstra had a stroke this week and is recovering at a Los Angeles hospital, the New York Post reported Thursday. The Post reported that Darryl Strawberry and Kevin Mitchell, teammates of Dykstra on the New York Mets, said Dykstra was in
Jeff Passan, ESPNFeb 15, 2024, 05:41 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday he plans to step down from the job upon the expiration of his contract in January 2029. Manfred,
Associated Press Feb 15, 2024, 06:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Buffalo Sabres starting goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen will miss at least one game with a lower-body injury, the team announced before its home game against the Florida Panthers on Thursday. The Sabres listed Luukkonen as day to day without revealing the nature of the injury
Feb 15, 2024, 04:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Former world number one Simona Halep is suing the Canadian company that produced a nutritional supplement that she believes led to her being handed a four-year ban for doping that could end her career. Halep is seeking more than $10 million in damages
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 15, 2024, 06:37 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — A reporter didn’t want to mention the most feared five-letter word in golf when asking Tiger Woods about his next-to-last
Josh Weinfuss, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 15, 2024, 05:07 PM ET Close Josh Weinfuss is a staff writer who covers the Arizona Cardinals and the NFL at ESPN. Josh has covered the Cardinals since 2012, joining ESPN in 2013. He is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America and a graduate of Indiana University.
Pete Thamel, ESPNFeb 15, 2024, 05:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — Bill O’Brien was officially introduced as the new head football coach at Boston College on Thursday in a move that athletic director Blake James called a “monumental step.” BC hasn’t won eight games in a season since 2009, and the
Pete Thamel, ESPNFeb 15, 2024, 04:36 PM ET LSU freshman tailback Trey Holly turned himself in to the Union Parish Sheriff’s Office on Thursday, as he faces a charge of attempted second-degree murder. That’s one of three felony charges he’s facing tied to a shooting last week in Farmerville, Louisiana. Sheriff Dusty Gates of the