George Russell was torn between realism and ambition after securing Mercedes’ first front-row qualifying result of the season at the Australian Grand Prix. The 25-year-old Briton admitted it would be “very difficult to fight” for victory with Max Verstappen, who took pole position for the Red Bull team who have swept all before them so
Month: April 2023
Live Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders Score: PBKS aim for winning start© BCCI IPL 2023, PBKS vs KKR, Live: Punjab Kings will take on Kolkata Knight Riders in their opening match of IPL 2023 on Saturday at the PCA Stadium Mohali. Led by Shikhar Dhawan, PBKS finished sixth previous season and will look for a better start
2:24 AM ET SAN DIEGO — Jake Cronenworth and the San Diego Padres are in agreement on a seven-year extension, a source confirmed to ESPN on Friday night. The deal, which will become official once it receives approval from Major League Baseball, would begin next year and keep Cronenworth with the Padres through the 2030
2:50 AM ET The NBA and National Basketball Players Association have agreed on a new seven-year collective bargaining agreement, clearing the way for labor peace through this decade, sources told ESPN on Friday night. The deal, which starts with the 2023-24 season, includes a mutual opt-out after the sixth year, sources said. The agreement landed
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took pole position for the Australian Grand Prix ahead of the Mercedes of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton. Verstappen beat Russell by 0.236 seconds as Mercedes had their best qualifying of the season. Hamilton was 0.136secs further adrift in third. Fernando Alonso was fourth in the Aston Martin ahead of Carlos
10:33 PM ET Associated Press PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. — Ruoning Yin had the low round of her LPGA Tour career, a 7-under 64 on Friday to share the 36-hole lead with Hyo Joo Kim at the DIO Implant LA Open. Yin, a 20-year-old from China in her second year on the LPGA Tour, turned
11:44 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — Devon Levi made 31 saves in his NHL debut to help the Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Friday night, and pull five points behind Pittsburgh for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference. Jeff Skinner scored at 1:50 of overtime to seal
4:31 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Tenth-seeded Jannik Sinner of Italy stunned top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz on Friday night in the Miami Open semifinals, rallying from a set down to beat the defending champion, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2 in a three-hour thriller. Sinner ended Alcaraz’s winning streak at 10 matches. Sinner’s powerfully steady
6:58 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — John Brockington, a former All-Pro fullback who ranks fourth on the Green Bay Packers‘ career rushing list, has died. He was 74. The Packers announced Brockington died Friday in San Diego. Brockington played for the Packers from 1971-77 and rushed for 5,024 yards during that stretch. The
5:40 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN The Seattle Seahawks have withdrawn the restricted free agent tender on safety Ryan Neal, according to ESPN’s Field Yates. The unexpected move makes Neal an unrestricted free agent and clears $2.627 million in much-needed salary cap space for Seattle. The Seahawks assigned Neal the low RFA tender earlier this month,
7:22 PM ET Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — Patrick Rodgers took a step toward his first PGA Tour victory — and his first Masters appearance — on Friday, shooting a 5-under 67 to take a 3-stroke lead midway through the second round of the weather-delayed Valero Texas Open. Rodgers, who finished his opening-round 66 on
8:17 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona have acknowledged they are in contact with Lionel Messi about bringing him back to the club when his contract with Paris Saint-Germain expires in June. Vice president Rafa Yuste confirmed Friday the club are looking into the possibility of re-signing Messi, who left for PSG in 2021,
2:28 PM ET Discussions on lowering the minimum age to enter the NBA draft are no longer a part of the league’s labor talks with the National Basketball Players Association, clearing the way for the “one-and-done” era to continue into the foreseeable future, sources told ESPN on Friday. Talks on lowering the minimum age limit