Month: March 2024

ESPN News Services Mar 10, 2024, 06:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ORLANDO, Fla. — Scottie Scheffler became the No. 1 player in golf with his sublime tee-to-green game. He got hot with the putter Sunday in the Arnold Palmer Invitational and was simply unstoppable. Scheffler made every important putt to build a three-shot lead
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Associated Press Mar 10, 2024, 07:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AVONDALE, Ariz. — Christopher Bell and the rest of Joe Gibbs Racing have been through more than their share of heartbreak in the desert. Owner Joe Gibbs’ son, the team’s vice chairman, died unexpectedly in Phoenix two years ago. Last fall, a broken brake
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Associated Press Mar 10, 2024, 08:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TUCSON, Ariz. — Joe Durant took advantage of Stewart Cink‘s back-nine meltdown to win the Cologuard Classic on Sunday for his fifth PGA Tour Champions victory, closing with a 4-under 67 to beat three players by 2 strokes. The 59-year-old Durant rebounded from a
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Associated Press Mar 10, 2024, 07:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico — Brice Garnett holed a 15-foot birdie putt on the fourth playoff hole Sunday to win the Puerto Rico Open in his first tournament of the year, sending him to The Players Championship next week and giving him PGA Tour
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Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterMar 10, 2024, 07:20 PM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Philadelphia Flyers coach John Tortorella was suspended two games and fined $50,000 for refusing to leave the bench after receiving a game misconduct and a bench minor in Saturday’s 7-0 loss at
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Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterMar 10, 2024, 07:26 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions GLENDALE, Ariz. — Trevor Bauer‘s first time facing state-side professional hitters in nearly three years occurred on a
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Feb 1, 2024, 10:58 AM Maxime Lucu of France celebrates with teammates after scoring his team’s fifth try. Getty France put in a dominant second half performance to earn a 45-24 bonus point victory over Wales in Cardiff on Saturday in a seesaw contest in which the lead changed hands numerous times before the visitors pulled
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Mar 10, 2024, 05:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and quarterback Baker Mayfield agreed to a three-year deal for $100 million in total and $50 million guaranteed, sources told ESPN on Sunday. Mayfield is set to make $30 million guaranteed in 2024, $30 million (with $20 million guaranteed) in 2025 and
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James Regan Feb 1, 2024, 10:43 AM Marcus Smith celebrates scoring the winning drop goal for England. Getty England fly-half Marcus Smith scored a drop goal with the last kick of the game to give his side a dramatic 23-22 win over Ireland, whose hopes of back-to-back Grand Slam titles came tumbling down at Twickenham on
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Associated Press Mar 10, 2024, 04:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DENVER — Colorado Avalanche forward Logan O’Connor will undergo hip surgery this week and miss the rest of the season, coach Jared Bednar said Sunday. O’Connor has missed six games since the All-Star break all related to the injury. He had 13 goals and
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ESPN News Services Mar 10, 2024, 02:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The NBA on Sunday fined Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert $100,000 for making a money gesture at an official and criticizing officiating on Friday night. NBA executive vice president and head of basketball operations Joe Dumars announced that “… the fine takes into
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Open Extended Reactions Jurgen Klopp has said Liverpool were denied a “100% penalty” and questioned what VAR official Stuart Attwell “had for lunch” after Alexis Mac Allister was subjected to a 99th minute chest-high challenge by Manchester City’s Jérémy Doku in Sunday’s 1-1 draw at Anfield. Mac Allister’s second-half penalty, following a foul by City
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Pete Thamel, ESPNMar 10, 2024, 01:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Arizona State and Notre Dame quarterback Drew Pyne is transferring to Missouri, he told ESPN in a phone interview on Sunday. Pyne told ESPN he committed on a trip to Columbia this weekend, the only place he’s visited. He will enroll after the
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Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterMar 10, 2024, 01:19 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions MESA, Ariz. — Chicago Cubs righty Jameson Taillon may not be ready for Opening Day as he’ll undergo tests on his back after leaving Saturday’s spring training start during
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Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterMar 9, 2024, 08:39 PM Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions Marcus Smith celebrates his dramatic match-winning drop goal to give England victory over Ireland. Julian Finney/Getty Images
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Getty Images By Harry Poole BBC Sport Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard took overall victory at the Tirreno-Adriatico race, while Matteo Jorgenson triumphed at Paris-Nice. Denmark’s Vingegaard, 27, ended Italy’s seven-stage race one minute and 24 seconds ahead of Spain’s Juan Ayuso. American Jorgenson, 24, finished behind Remco Evenepoel on the final stage of
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