Branden J. Peters Aug 10, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Editor’s Note: In honor of hip-hop turning 50, ESPN tapped the culture’s top voices to write about their favorite athlete name-drops in hip-hop history. “Did it happen in one day? (Nope)/ Came a long way? (Yup)/ Never know what kind of angle (Nope)/ Crossover, break your
Morgan Jerkins Aug 10, 2023, 08:30 AM ET Editor’s note: In honor of hip-hop turning 50, ESPN tapped the culture’s top voices to write about their favorite athlete name-drops in hip-hop history. “Ric Flair drip, go ‘woo’ on a b—- / Fifty-seven ninety, spent a coupe on my wrist” — Offset on “Ric Flair Drip”
Aug 10, 2023, 07:00 AM ET With a little less than two months of regular-season baseball left to play, the postseason picture is slowly starting to take shape. While certain teams look like they’re getting closer to punting on the season — such as the Angels, who dropped six spots in our standings this week
Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterAug 10, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Caleb Williams is the best player in college football. He won the Heisman in 2022 by throwing for 4,537 yards and an eye-popping 42-to-5 TD-to-INT ratio. He puts off more Mahomesian vibes than anyone in college
Great Britain’s former Giro d’Italia winner Tao Geoghegan Hart will join Lidl Trek on a three-year deal from next season. He started riding for Ineos Grenadiers in 2017, winning the 2020 Giro and this year’s Tour of the Alps. Geoghegan Hart, 28, is currently recovering from a broken hip sustained in a crash at this
Emma Finucane has set her sights on “smashing” the Paris Olympics next summer after becoming the fastest woman in world cycling. Finucane beat Germany’s Lea Friedrich to win sprint gold at the Cycling World Championships in Glasgow. The 20-year-old became only the third British winner in the discipline and the first since fellow Welsh rider
File photo of Rohit Sharma (right) and Virat Kohli.© AFP Former Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal was left in awe of Suryakumar Yadav‘s brilliance after the India batter guided his side to a seven-wicket win over West Indies in the third T20I of the five-match series in Guyana on Tuesday. Suryakumar was back to his disdainful
Aug 10, 2023, 02:41 AM ET Netherlands‘ forward Lineth Beerensteyn had a blunt reaction when she first heard that the United States had been bundled out of the World Cup: “Yes, bye.” The USWNT’s efforts to secure three-straight World Cup wins were ended by Sweden on Sunday, knocked out of the tournament after Lina Hurtig‘s
Associated Press Aug 9, 2023, 07:09 PM ET MONTREAL — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek overcame a first-set scare to beat Karolina Pliskova 7-6 (6), 6-2 on Wednesday in the second round of the National Bank Open. “Well, for sure it’s nice to have some challenges and overcome them,” said Swiatek, coming off a victory last week
Associated Press Aug 9, 2023, 11:56 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Weston Wilson braved a blood clot in his shoulder that derailed his career, endured a year out of pro ball and survived a stint driving for a food service – oh, and all 2,836 minor league plate appearances – to finally get the call to
Pete Thamel, ESPNAug 9, 2023, 09:55 PM ET The ACC presidents met Wednesday night, and the pursuit of Stanford and Cal for conference membership has “hit significant roadblocks,” sources told ESPN. There had always been long odds the schools would join the conference because there wasn’t a significant value add. SMU also had been bandied
Rich Cimini, ESPN Staff WriterAug 9, 2023, 03:59 PM ET Close Rich Cimini is a staff writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He previously was a beat writer for
ESPN News Services Aug 9, 2023, 08:52 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Michael Lorenzen threw the 14th no-hitter in Philadelphia Phillies history, a dazzling performance in only his second start with his new team, which beat the Washington Nationals 7-0 on Wednesday night. Lorenzen, 31, struck out five, walked four and improved to 2-0 since he
Associated Press Aug 9, 2023, 07:11 PM ET TORONTO — Second-seeded Daniil Medvedev returned to competition Wednesday in the National Bank Open, beating Matteo Arnaldi 6-2, 7-5. The 2021 winner in Toronto, Medvedev played his first match since losing in the Wimbledon semifinals. Editor’s Picks “I felt great,” Medvedev said. “I could have done a
Ian Darke, ESPN.com writerAug 9, 2023, 10:21 AM ET Close Darke, who called games for the network during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, is ESPN lead soccer voice in the United States. He has covered the Barclays Premier League and the Champions League since 1982, and has one of the world’s most
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterAug 9, 2023, 03:37 PM ET Bellator is stacking the deck for a landmark show coming this fall. Ryan Bader will defend his Bellator heavyweight title against Linton Vassell in the main event of Bellator 300 on Oct. 7 in San Diego, one of four title fights on the historic card,
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 9, 2023, 05:09 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia One last major championship. One last shot at glory for women’s professional golfers this season. The final major championship of the 2023 season, the AIG Women’s Open,
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterAug 9, 2023, 06:38 PM ET The plaintiffs seemingly earned a strategic victory in an antitrust lawsuit against the UFC in 2020. Nearly three years later, that win has been made official. Federal judge Richard F. Boulware granted the plaintiffs class certification on Wednesday, according to a document from the U.S.