7:00 AM ET The NHL free-agency frenzy of 2021 started 27 days later than the usual opening day of July 1, but it was as wild as any in recent memory, with more than $500 million spent on deals on the first day alone. A number of valuable players remain who have yet to make
Month: August 2021
7:00 AM ET The Kansas City Chiefs may have lost Super Bowl LV, but they are still the NFL team to beat this season, according to the new ESPN Football Power Index (FPI) projections for 2021. FPI, which launched Monday, is a forward-looking projection model that includes ratings and projections for every team, from projected
BMX freestyle could have its first national competition after “capturing the attention” of the UK at Tokyo 2020. BMX made its Olympic debut, with Charlotte Worthington and Declan Brooks winning medals in the freestyle event. More than £1m is also being invested in community facilities at five UK sites. “We have begun the serious business
6:45 AM ET Associated Press Second seed Andrea Petkovic of Germany hoisted a WTA singles championship trophy for the first time in more than six years as she defeated Egyptian Mayar Sherif, 6-1, 6-1, to triumph at the inaugural Winners Open in Cluj-Napoca in Romania on Sunday. Former world No. 9 Petkovic collected her seventh
7:53 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. – For the better part of two months, nothing has been easy for Bryson DeChambeau. The latest example occurred on Sunday at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, where the eight-time PGA Tour winner saw a chance to win evaporate with a couple of balls in the water on the back
1:45 AM BST The scope of Dave Rennie’s challenge was perhaps best evident after the final whistle of Saturday night’s opening Bledisloe Cup match at Eden Park. There was Aaron Smith, the World Cup winner and veteran scrum-half, receiving a New Zealand cap to mark his 100th Test appearance in the black jersey. Later in
10:33 PM ET James Jackson Free-agent guard Isaiah Thomas remains an impressive shot-maker despite being four years removed from his All-NBA days. The two-time All-Star scored 81 points in the Crawsover Pro-Am in Seattle on Sunday. His point total, of course, matches the second-highest single-game mark in NBA history set by the late, great Kobe
6:00 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email From a tearful Lionel Messi bidding farewell to the only club he has ever known, to an emotional atmosphere at the annual Joan Gamper trophy clash — which just happened to be against Messi’s great rival Cristiano Ronaldo and Juventus! — this was a day
10:33 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — American Danielle Collins captured her second career title in just a two-week span, holding off No. 4 seed Daria Kasatkina of Russia 6-3, 6-7 (10), 6-1 after a thrilling second-set tiebreaker Sunday in the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic. Collins, seeded seventh, won her first championship at
9:58 PM ET Associated Press TRUCKEE, Calif. — Erik van Rooyen won the Barracuda Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, finishing with 50 points in the modified Stableford scoring system. Van Rooyen, the 31-year-old former University of Minnesota player from South Africa, eagled the par-4 eighth and closed with a birdie on
10:25 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The IBF is expected to rule that Triller must stage the undisputed lightweight championship fight between Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos in the United States rather than Australia, multiple sources told ESPN on Sunday. The decision is expected to be handed down as soon as Monday, sources said, while also
England skipper Joe Root on Sunday said that his bowlers could have created opportunities in case they had a shot for at least 40 overs at the Indian batters on the washed out final day of the first Test. The match ended in a draw after India were 52 for 1, chasing 209 in the fourth
10:15 PM ET The Colorado Rockies said they are investigating after a racial slur was used by a fan during an at-bat by Miami Marlins outfielder Lewis Brinson, who is Black, on Sunday at Coors Field. Microphones on the television broadcast picked up a fan yelling the N-word multiple times after the second pitch during
7:00 PM ET CANTON, Ohio — The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2021, headlined by three players who were in their first year of eligibility, closed out the Hall’s biggest enshrinement weekend Sunday night in Tom Benson Stadium. Seven members of the class were scheduled to take to the podium during the evening,
5:54 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAS VEGAS — The NBA announced Sunday afternoon ahead of the start of its annual Summer League here that it will begin enforcing the rule changes enacted this offseason to curb players attempting to use non-basketball moves to draw fouls. In a series of tweets from its NBA Official account
8:17 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Vasiliy Lomachenko, one of the world’s best pound-for-pound boxers, is in advanced talks for a Dec. 11 lightweight fight with former titleholder Richard Commey, multiple sources told ESPN. And super middleweight prospect Edgar Berlanga is in talks to fight in the chief-support bout, according to sources. No matter whom he
6:48 PM ET Associated Press HARRISON, N.Y. — Kentucky junior Jensen Castle won the U.S. Women’s Amateur on Sunday, beating Arizona junior Hou Yu-chiang of Taiwan 2 and 1 in the 36-hole final at Westchester Country Club. Castle, from West Columbia, South Carolina, won after surviving a 12-for-2 playoff late Tuesday to get into the
7:41 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Abraham Ancer of Mexico won the FedEx St. Jude Invitational on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, beating Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama and Sam Burns with a 6-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole. Ancer won the World Golf Championships event at TPC Southland after
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