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
Adriana Garcia Aug 22, 2023, 05:17 PM ET Liverpool have had a €30 million ($32.5m) offer for Fluminense midfielder André rejected by the Brazilian club, sources have confirmed to ESPN Brasil. The Merseyside club want André to join them before the transfer window closes on Sept. 1 but Fluminense are reluctant to let the Brazil
Aug 22, 2023, 05:00 PM ET The 2023 FIBA World Cup kicks off Friday with 32 teams playing in the Philippines, Indonesia and Japan. Defending champions Spain will be among the favorites alongside the United States, who are looking to bounce back after a disappointing seventh-place finish in 2019. Earlier this spring, we assembled a
Aug 22, 2023, 04:03 PM ET Serena Williams and her husband, Alexis Ohanian, have announced the birth of their second child. Williams and Ohanian posted on Instagram and TikTok on Tuesday celebrating the arrival of Adira River Ohanian. The couple welcomed their first child, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., on September 1, 2017. “I’m grateful to
Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur believes it would be “strange” to change the results of the 2008 world championship 15 years later. Former Ferrari driver Felipe Massa is taking legal action against Formula 1 bosses and is seeking compensation for the ‘crash-gate’ scandal. Massa’s lawyers claim he lost the title to Lewis Hamilton because Renault
Mike Coppinger, ESPNAug 22, 2023, 02:53 PM ET Boxing star Ryan Garcia filed a motion to dismiss Golden Boy Promotions’ complaint against him Monday in U.S. District Court of Nevada, a copy of which was obtained by ESPN. Garcia argued his contract with Oscar De La Hoya’s promotion stipulates that any disagreement be mediated before
Jeff Wagenheim Aug 22, 2023, 12:55 PM ET For the third straight playoff semifinal card, the PFL faces the potential for a bizarre conclusion to its season after one of its competitors for Wednesday’s fight card in New York missed weight on Tuesday. That creates a circumstance in which a fighter can lose a semifinal
Nepal’s cricket squad on Tuesday headed to Pakistan for the ODI Asia Cup without its star spin bowler, who must stay home to stand trial for alleged rape, officials said. Sandeep Lamichhane, 23, was once the poster boy for the rise of cricket in Nepal, but he is accused of raping a 17-year-old girl in
Aug 22, 2023, 11:52 AM ET PGA Tour golfer Erik Compton is facing domestic battery and robbery charges in Florida. Police said they arrested Compton, 43, at his home in Miami on Saturday after an argument with his wife. According to Miami-Dade police, Compton and his wife were having a verbal dispute when she began
Nick ParkinsonAug 22, 2023, 08:53 AM ET Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Despite recent setbacks and visits to the canvas, Daniel Dubois is confident of his chances of pulling off an upset to win
Jenna Laine, ESPN Staff WriterAug 22, 2023, 10:52 AM ET Close Jenna Laine covers the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for ESPN. She started covering the Bucs for ESPN in 2016, but she has covered the team since 2009. Follow Jenna on Twitter: @JennaLaineESPN. With one preseason game to go, Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles named