6:45 PM ET The NFL will open its new season where the last one kicked off — in Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium, as the Super Bowl-champion Los Angeles Rams host the Buffalo Bills on Thursday, Sept. 8, the teams announced. The Bills-Rams matchup features elite quarterback play between Matthew Stafford and Josh Allen, who has
Month: May 2022
6:13 PM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Steve Stricker shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday to take a 2-stroke lead over Miguel Angel Jimenez and Wes Short Jr. after the opening round of the Regions Tradition, the first of five PGA Tour Champions majors. Stricker, the 2019 champion, closed his bogey-free round with a
5:21 PM ET Former Memphis and Arizona quarterback Grant Gunnell has committed to North Texas, a source told ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Thursday. Gunnell, who transferred from Arizona to Memphis in December 2020, missed all of the 2021 season because of a leg injury. He reentered the transfer portal last month after participating in the
1:22 PM ET ESPN News Services Top-ranked Novak Djokovic faced little resistance Thursday at the Italian Open, posting a 6-2, 6-2 win over Stan Wawrinka, who was playing only his second tournament after undergoing two surgeries on his left foot. Djokovic needed just 1 hour, 14 minutes to finish off the match. Djokovic, a five-time
Sebastian Vettel says the global climate crisis has made him question whether racing in Formula 1 is the right thing to do. The four-time world champion, speaking on BBC Question Time, has become a campaigner on environmental issues in recent times. He wore a T-shirt in Miami last weekend to highlight the threat of rising
5:30 AM ET Let’s be honest: It hasn’t been the most exciting season in LaLiga. The drama Real Madrid and Villarreal have packed into their Champions League runs evidently didn’t leave much for domestic play. Real Madrid wrapped up their 35th title with four games to spare, and their odds of winning said title hadn’t
1:25 PM ET ESPN News Services Kentucky Derby long-shot winner Rich Strike will not run in the Preakness Stakes on May 21. Owner Rick Dawson said in a statement: “Our original plan for Rich Strike was contingent on the KY Derby, should we not run in the Derby we would point toward the Preakness, should
2:11 PM ET BYU will suspend its series against Utah State after a Sept. 29 game as it prepares to enter the Big 12 in 2023. The teams will meet Sept. 29 in Provo, Utah. BYU and Utah State were set to meet annually through 2026, but the contract allowed games to be voided because
2:28 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a welterweight matchup between Vicente Luque and Geoff Neal for Aug. 5, sources told ESPN Thursday. Contracts have not been signed but the bout has been verbally agreed to. The UFC has not announced an official location for the UFC Fight Night event on Aug. 6. Luque (21-8-1)
Mumbai Indians on Thursday snuffed out defending champions Chennai Super Kings’ faint hopes of making the Indian Super League play-offs with a five-wicket win in a low-scoring match in Mumbai. Opting to bowl, MI shot CSK out for 97 with pacer Daniel Sams (3/16 from 4 overs) running though the MS Dhoni-led side’s top-order with
1:25 PM BST DUBLIN, Ireland — Expect to hear the word “runway” a lot over the next decade in and around rugby corridors. That’s the crux of why World Rugby announced the hosts of the next five Rugby World Cups on Thursday — to give the sport enough time to plan their next global gatherings
12:18 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The city of Memphis and the University of Memphis will be spending at least $150 million to renovate the home of the annual Liberty Bowl before the 2025 season. The renovation announced Thursday could reach $200 million for the Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium. Memphis studied options of
10:22 AM ET Auston Matthews, Igor Shesterkin and Connor McDavid were announced Thursday as finalists for the NHL’s 2021-22 Hart Trophy, awarded annually to “the player adjudged to be most valuable to his team.” Members of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association vote for the Hart. All NHL award winners will be announced during the conference
8:00 AM ET Maya A. Jones It’s a Monday afternoon at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, and Suns center Deandre Ayton is locked in. He’s not focused on his team’s upcoming game against the Los Angeles Lakers the next day, thinking ahead to a playoff run, or worrying about his contract negotiations with the Suns.
11:25 AM ET Associated Press GENEVA — The challenger to the Russian incumbent in the presidential election at the troubled International Boxing Association was ruled ineligible Thursday, a day before the vote. Dutch boxing federation president Boris van der Vorst was taken out of Friday’s election by an independent candidate vetting panel after an investigation
France’s Arnaud Demare beat Australian Caleb Ewan in a photo finish to win stage six of the Giro d’Italia. Demare, victorious in Sicily on Wednesday, was pushed hard to the line in Scalea by Ewan and had to wait for confirmation he had snatched it. Britain’s Mark Cavendish, looking to claim his second stage of
9:42 AM ET Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby is dealing with an upper-body injury and remains set for evaluation ahead of Friday’s Game 6 against the New York Rangers, coach Mike Sullivan told reporters Thursday. Crosby was injured in the second period of Wednesday’s 5-3 loss after taking a high hit from Rangers defenseman Jacob
10:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots are finalizing a trade of backup quarterback Jarrett Stidham to the Las Vegas Raiders, a source confirmed to ESPN. The teams will flip late-round draft picks in the deal, according to a source. Stidham, who at one point was considered a top candidate to replace
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