Sam Bruce, Deputy Editor, espn.com.auAug 23, 2023, 07:15 AM Close Sam was brought up on long drives and the dusty fields of north-west New South Wales, where he developed his love of rugby from an early age. He joined ESPN after a five-year stint heading up Fox Sports Australia’s digital rugby coverage. Rugby Australia is
Aug 23, 2023, 09:34 AM England coach Steve Borthwick will be without number eight Billy Vunipola for the opening game of the Rugby World Cup against Argentina after he was handed a three-match suspension on Wednesday following a red card in the weekend loss to Ireland. Vunipola’s ban will be reduced to two games if
Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterAug 23, 2023, 08:45 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. The dog days of NHL summer are winding down. Which means it’s time to ramp up speculation about who is still (potentially) destined to be traded before fall is in full swing. Because unless you’re
Pete Thamel, ESPNAug 23, 2023, 09:00 AM ET USC star quarterback Caleb Williams has long viewed his path through college football in the same way as most five-star prospects — a three-and-done track to the NFL. While being recruited, Williams’ father, Carl, asked schools for specific plans to illustrate how his son could become the
The two-time winners India will face defending champions England and Netherlands.© BCCI India will play two official warm-up matches against England and the Netherlands, ahead of their ODI World Cup opener against Australia, the ICC said on Wednesday. The two-time winners India will face defending champions England in the first warm-up game on September 30
Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterAug 23, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. IT WAS AN early Saturday morning at Wrigley Field. Most of the Chicago Cubs‘ roster wouldn’t arrive for their game against the Kansas City Royals for hours. But at 8:30 a.m., about
Aug 23, 2023, 05:37 AM ET The United States women’s national team was not fully prepared heading into the World Cup, co-captain Lindsey Horan said, after the four-time champions produced their worst-ever performance at the tournament in Australia and New Zealand. The U.S. exited in the round of 16 after suffering a shock 5-4 shootout
Sam Bruce, Deputy Editor, espn.com.auAug 23, 2023, 01:20 AM Close Sam was brought up on long drives and the dusty fields of north-west New South Wales, where he developed his love of rugby from an early age. He joined ESPN after a five-year stint heading up Fox Sports Australia’s digital rugby coverage. Eddie Jones has
Hours after announcing Zimbabwe cricketer Heath Streak’s death on X, his former teammate Henry Olonga said in a second post that the legend is alive. Henry Olonga said in his new post that “rumours of Streak’s death were greatly exaggerated” and that he had heard from him. Speaking to Mid-Day, Streak even confirmed that he
Aug 22, 2023, 08:51 PM England captain Owen Farrell will miss the team’s first two matches of the Rugby World Cup after an independent disciplinary hearing upheld his red card on Tuesday, handing the flyhalf a four-match suspension including Pool D fixtures against Argentina and Japan. Farrell was sent off during their 19-17 win against
Aug 22, 2023, 12:43 PM ET One person died and another was injured when the suburban Charlotte home owned by Tennessee Titans cornerback Caleb Farley exploded overnight, per authorities in Mooresville, North Carolina. Farley was not home at the time of the explosion but was at the property speaking with police early Tuesday morning. Aerial
Kyle Bonagura Close Kyle Bonagura ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Paolo Uggetti Aug 22, 2023, 07:00 AM ET While the Pac-12 was the talk of college football much of the past month for all the wrong reasons, don’t let the venerable conference’s demise overshadow the immediate
Tim Bontemps, ESPNAug 22, 2023, 07:27 PM ET The National Basketball Players Association intends to file a grievance disputing the NBA’s $100,000 fine for James Harden over public comments he made earlier this month expressing displeasure after the Philadelphia 76ers failed to trade him. “We respectfully disagree with the league’s decision to discipline James Harden
Since the days when we first heard about “the Japanese Babe Ruth,” Shohei Ohtani has made even that lofty comparison obsolete, obliterating every expectation we could have reasonably had for him. No one, not even The Babe, has done what Ohtani has done in the big leagues as the first two-way baseball star of the
Aug 22, 2023, 02:03 PM ET United States women’s national team forward Megan Rapinoe said the kiss that Spain football federation chief Luis Rubiales planted on the lips of Women’s World Cup champion Jenni Hermoso marred Spain‘s success and signals a “deep level of misogyny and sexism in that federation and in that man.” Spain’s
Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterAug 22, 2023, 07:39 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. ANAHEIM, Calif. — It’s Aug. 7, the day of his 32nd birthday, and Mike Trout finds himself in a race against
Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterAug 22, 2023, 04:21 PM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Washington sophomore running back Cameron Davis will miss the upcoming season for the No. 10 Huskies due to a lower body injury suffered in practice last week, coach Kalen DeBoer announced Tuesday. “Cam
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 22, 2023, 12:21 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ATLANTA — Even though a PGA Tour spokesperson said the tour has not seen an increase in spectators attempting to distract golfers for betting purposes, Jon Rahm