File photo of Hardik Pandya© Twitter Former Indian cricket team head coach Ravi Shastri believes that all-rounder Hardik Pandya will not be able to cope with Test cricket after his injury and he should focus more on white-ball cricket. Pandya showed brilliant captaincy skills for Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and Shastri
Jon Arnold Jun 25, 2023, 01:38 AM ET CHICAGO — The United States wants to be the team to beat at the 2023 Gold Cup. After all, it is the defending champion and the title-holders of the recently completed Concacaf Nations League. But it spent most of its tournament-opening match Saturday against Jamaica chasing instead
Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterJun 25, 2023, 12:57 AM ET Close Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals
Mike Coppinger, ESPNJun 25, 2023, 01:32 AM ET Carlos Adames scored a ninth-round stoppage of Julian Williams on Saturday in Minneapolis and now wants to be recognized as the WBC middleweight champion. Adames (22-1, 17 KOs), who holds the WBC interim middleweight title, told ESPN on Thursday that Jermall Charlo “needs to be stripped immediately”
ESPN News Services Jun 25, 2023, 12:40 AM ET DENVER — Mike Trout hit his 17th home run of the season, one of five long balls and a franchise-record 28 hits on Saturday night, as the Los Angeles Angels authored an historic 25-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Los Angeles’ run total
Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterJun 24, 2023, 08:40 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Colorado football coach Deion Sanders had successful surgery Friday to fix blood clots in his left leg, according to Instagram posts from both him and his fiancée, Tracey Edmonds. The school had no
Associated Press Jun 24, 2023, 09:41 PM ET MONTREAL — Dahrran Diedrick, the Canadian running back who starred at Nebraska and won three Grey Cup titles in a 10-year Canadian Football League career, died Saturday after fighting cancer. He was 44. The Montreal Alouettes, the team Diedrick helped win two Grey Cups, confirmed the death
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentJun 24, 2023, 05:16 AM ET Chelsea have rejected Manchester United‘s latest bid for Mason Mount but have offered face-to-face negotiations in an effort to get the deal over the line, sources have told ESPN. United made a bid of £55 million ($69.9m) plus add-ons on Friday, which was knocked by Chelsea. –
Andrew Lopez, ESPNJun 24, 2023, 03:05 PM ET SAN ANTONIO — Victor Wembanyama has had a long week. After arriving in the United States on Monday, Wembanyama rode the subways in New York City for the first time and threw out the first pitch at a Yankees game during a jam-packed start to his week.
Associated Press Jun 24, 2023, 07:27 PM ET LEBANON, Tenn. — A.J. Allmendinger pulled away on the second overtime restart Saturday to win his second NASCAR Xfinity race this year and 17th of his career at the Nashville Superspeedway in the Tennessee Lottery 250. The 41-year-old Allmendinger pitted on Lap 145 and used fresher tires
Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderJun 24, 2023, 09:22 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Josh Hart and the New York Knicks have agreed to extend a midnight ET deadline on Saturday for his $12.9 million player option until Thursday, sources told ESPN. Hart, a priority to retain on a
ESPN News Services Jun 24, 2023, 08:04 PM ET CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Reds‘ longest winning streak in 66 years was stopped at 12 games when Raisel Iglesias struck out Jonathan India for the final out as the Atlanta Braves prevailed 7-6 Saturday in an eight-homer slugfest. Each team homered four times, taking their combined
Associated Press Jun 24, 2023, 07:55 PM ET CROMWELL, Conn. — Keegan Bradley shot a 6-under 64 on Saturday to break the tournament 54-hole scoring record at 21 under in the Travelers Championship, while Rickie Fowler had the second 60 of the week at TPC River Highlands. The previous three-round mark was 18 under, set
Associated Press Jun 24, 2023, 06:45 PM ET SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Leona Maguire birdied the final hole for her eighth straight round in the 60s and took a 1-shot lead over fast-closing Jenny Shin on an unexpected sunny Saturday heading into the final round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Maguire, the halfway leader who
Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterJun 24, 2023, 06:14 PM ET Four-star cornerback Bryce West committed to Ohio State on Saturday. West (No. 27 overall in the 2024 ESPN 300), who attends Glenville High School in Cleveland, pledged to Ryan Day and the Buckeyes while on his official visit to Columbus this weekend. He previously took
Jun 24, 2023, 05:42 PM ET LEBANON, Tenn. — Ross Chastain smiled and conceded he had no idea how having the No. 1 pit box selection would be for Sunday’s Ally 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway. “I’d never had it before,” he said. Chastain earned it with honors Saturday, claiming the Busch
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJun 24, 2023, 06:30 PM ET The UFC has one of its next big international stars — and its first from Spain. With Spanish soccer legend Sergio Ramos cheering him on from cageside, the undefeated Ilia Topuria dominated Josh Emmett for the biggest win of his MMA career in the main
ESPN News Services Jun 24, 2023, 05:30 PM ET The Arizona Coyotes acquired defenseman Sean Durzi from the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday in exchange for a 2024 second-round pick. Durzi, 24, was a second-round pick of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2018 NHL draft but played the past two seasons with the Kings