Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterSep 20, 2023, 09:30 AM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. LSU starting safety Greg Brooks was diagnosed last week with a brain tumor and underwent surgery Friday to remove the mass. Brooks’ family released a statement Wednesday updating his status, which was confirmed
D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Sep 20, 2023, 09:42 AM ET NEW YORK — As Coco Gauff received her $3 million check after winning the US Open title earlier this month, she glanced to the far side of the stage and couldn’t hide her gratitude. “Thank you Billie, for fighting for this,” she said as she looked
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNSep 20, 2023, 10:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. In a fantasy hockey draft, there are different kinds of satisfaction. It is absolutely gratifying to land the first overall pick to select Connor McDavid, because you know the Edmonton Oilers star is capable of proving all the offense
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 20, 2023, 08:30 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Longtime California swing coach George Pinnell has seen the look on Rose Zhang‘s face many times over the past nine years. Pinnell would give Zhang instructions before
Britain’s Zoe Backstedt produced a stunning ride to take gold at the Road European Championships women’s Under-23 time trial. The 18-year-old Welsh rider won by a huge 57.51 seconds from her nearest challenger, German Antonia Niedermaier. Finland’s Anniina Ahtosalo finished a further 35.96 sec back in third at the race in Drenthe, the Netherlands. A
Not too long ago, it might have seemed inconceivable that multiple NBA superstars would become aware of the goings-on in Saudi Arabian professional soccer. Yet over the summer, LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo both weighed in on Al Hilal’s pursuit of French star Kylian Mbappé, as reports emerged that the club was willing to commit
McLaren have extended their contract with Australian rookie Oscar Piastri until the end of 2026. The 22-year-old has impressed alongside British team-mate Lando Norris this season with performances that suggest he could be a star of the future. Norris is contracted to McLaren until the end of 2025. Team principal Andrea Stella said keeping Piastri,
Former Indian cricket team all-rounder Irfan Pathan was left disappointed after Sanju Samson did not feature in India’s squad for the upcoming ODI series against Australia. Samson was a back-up member of the squad for Asia Cup 2023 but he came back before the final and he was not included in the squad for the
Sep 20, 2023, 02:33 AM ET Spain‘s World Cup winning-squad agreed to end their boycott of the national team early on Wednesday after the country’s football federation (RFEF) said it would make “immediate and profound changes” to its structure. The decision was reached around 5 a.m. local time (11 p.m. ET) after more than seven
Sep 20, 2023, 02:08 AM Portugal winger Vincent Pinto has been banned for two games for kicking Wales’s Josh Adams in the head while jumping to catch a high ball in a World Cup match in Nice last weekend. Pinto was shown a yellow card, later upgraded to red, for the incident late in the
Associated Press Sep 20, 2023, 12:55 AM ET SAN DIEGO — NL Cy Young Award contender Blake Snell lowered his big league-leading ERA to 2.33 and struck out 10 in seven brilliant innings for the San Diego Padres, who took a combined no-hitter into the ninth before beating the Colorado Rockies 2-0 on Tuesday night.
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterSep 19, 2023, 09:43 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Dartmouth football coach Eugene F. “Buddy” Teevens, who introduced innovative methods to make the sport safer, died Tuesday as a result of complications from injuries sustained in a March bicycle accident. He was
Jake Trotter, ESPN Staff WriterSep 19, 2023, 01:38 PM ET Close Jake Trotter covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2011 covering college football. Before that, he worked at The Oklahoman, Austin American-Statesman and Middletown (Ohio) Journal newspapers. You can follow him on Twitter @Jake_Trotter. BEREA, Ohio — Browns coach Kevin Stefanski
Liam Napier Sep 19, 2023, 08:29 PM BORDEAUX, France — In a Rugby World Cup where set-piece strength could be the squeeze point axis on which success tilts, the All Blacks propping stocks are again thrust in the spotlight. Just as losing to France in the tournament-opening match in Paris did not cast their definitive
Sep 19, 2023, 06:02 PM ET Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani underwent a procedure Tuesday in Los Angeles to repair the torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, according to a statement from his agent, Nez Balelo. He is expected to make a full recovery and be ready to “hit without any
Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterSep 19, 2023, 01:39 PM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Colorado coach Deion Sanders condemned the recent death threats against Henry Blackburn in the wake of the Colorado State defensive back’s illegal hit Saturday on Buffaloes star Travis Hunter. “Henry Blackburn is a
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 19, 2023, 07:48 PM ET Any potential for an Alexa Grasso vs. Valentina Shevchenko trilogy might have to wait a bit. Shevchenko, the former UFC women’s flyweight champion, will need surgery on a fractured right thumb, she wrote Tuesday on Instagram. She suffered the injury in the Noche UFC main
Sep 19, 2023, 06:38 PM Lock Eben Etzebeth has been passed fit to play for South Africa against Ireland in their Rugby World Cup Pool B clash in Paris on Saturday as coach Jacques Nienaber opted for seven forwards on the bench for the fixture that could decide the group. Etzebeth, a major ‘enforcer’ in