Month: March 2022

3:07 AM ET Coming into the final round with a one-shot lead, Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri fell short by a stroke to finish second at The Players Championship at Ponte Vedra Beach. Lahiri (69) needed a birdie on the 18th hole, the 72nd of the tournament, to force a play-off with Cameron Smith of Australia,
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12:40 AM BST ESPN staff Moana Pasifika are staring down the prospect of a fourth postponed Super Rugby Pacific match as COVID continues to wreak havoc with the New Zealand fixtures in the new-look tournament. The Highlanders on Tuesday cancelled training as they deal with an outbreak of cases across their squad, while the Blues
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5:12 PM ET The Los Angeles Chargers are giving former New England Patriots cornerback J.C. Jackson a five-year, $82.5 million deal that includes $40 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday. Jackson, who just concluded his fourth NFL season with the Patriots, earned his first Pro Bowl selection in 2021. His eight
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11:39 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN ANTONIO — Karl-Anthony Towns had a team-record 60 points — the most scored in the NBA this season — as the Minnesota Timberwolves outlasted the San Antonio Spurs 149-139 on Monday night. Towns shot 19-for-31 and grabbed 17 rebounds in surpassing his previous career best of 56 points
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12:43 AM ET Nelson Cruz going to the Washington Nationals on a one-year, $15 million contract is a bit of a surprising twist after rumors throughout Sunday that his likely destination was the Los Angeles Dodgers or the San Diego Padres, so the signing leads to two questions: 1. What do the Nationals, a team
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9:11 PM ET AUBURN, Ala. — While Auburn coach Bryan Harsin would have preferred to avoid an internal inquiry into his handling of the football program and the rampant speculation about his job security earlier this year, he said on Monday that he’s not bitter that it happened. “I wouldn’t say that anybody really wants
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10:35 PM ET SMU running back Ulysses Bentley IV, who led the American Athletic Conference in rushing in 2020 and started 14 games during the past two seasons, is set to enter the transfer portal. First-year Mustangs coach Rhett Lashlee told ESPN on Monday that he met with Bentley on Friday and wishes the running
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6:58 PM ET The Colorado Avalanche made the first major move ahead of next week’s NHL trade deadline, acquiring Anaheim Ducks defenseman Josh Manson on Monday in exchange for unsigned prospect Drew Helleson and a 2023 second-round draft pick. The two teams made the announcement on social media Monday night. Manson, 30, is a pending
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8:29 PM ET UFC president Dana White and some of the best fighters in the world — like UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and retired former lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov — wrote letters in support of Cain Velasquez to the Santa Clara County (California) Superior Court last week. Velasquez is being charged with attempted murder
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