Stephen Holder Close Stephen Holder ESPN Stephen joined ESPN in 2022, covering the Indianapolis Colts and NFL at large. Stephen finished first place in column writing in the 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors competition, and he is a previous top-10 winner in explanatory journalism in the Associated Press Sports Editors national contest. He has
Month: July 2024
File image of India skipper Rohit Sharma and Pakistan skipper Babar Azam© AFP The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday made it clear that it has made no proposal to play an offshore T20I series against India, and its current focus is on the smooth conduct of the Champions Trophy. There have been talks about
Jul 22, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions In 2001, Barry Bonds had arguably the greatest offensive season in MLB history: He hit .328 and broke the single-season record with 73 home runs. Or maybe his greatest season was 2002, when he hit .370/.582/.799. Or maybe it was 2004, when he hit .362/.609/.812, drawing
Getty Images 10 minutes ago Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar has pulled out of the Olympic Games because of “extreme fatigue”, the Slovenian Olympic Committee has said. Pogacar completed victory in this year’s Tour by taking Sunday’s final stage, which was a time trial, to win the illustrious 3,498km race for a third time.
Associated Press Jul 22, 2024, 10:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Tokyo Olympics tennis silver medalist Marketa Vondrousova withdrew from the Paris Games on Monday because of a hand injury. The 25-year-old from the Czech Republic won Wimbledon last year despite being unseeded and was the runner-up at the French Open — played
Jul 22, 2024, 07:36 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Practically all of the other sports whose athletes fill the ESPN 100 have long histories, much of which had to be set aside because this survey narrows its focus to just the 21st century’s greatest performers. For mixed martial arts, though, the past 25 years encompass
Getty Images 12 minutes ago Great Britain’s most successful Paralympian Sarah Storey says being selected for a ninth Games was a “pinch-me moment” after she was named on Monday in a 23-strong cycling squad for Paris 2024. The 46-year-old made her debut as a swimmer in Barcelona in 1992 aged 14 before switching to cycling
David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterJul 22, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions The most-discussed document in college sports is stored away in an office in Charlotte, North Carolina, far from the prying eyes of the public or, as it turns
Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterJul 21, 2024, 03:00 PM ET Close Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Open Extended Reactions ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — The connection between Patrick Mahomes and Xavier Worthy established itself in the first full-squad practice at Kansas City Chiefs training camp. Mahomes completed a
Jul 22, 2024, 07:37 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Reigning Olympic champion Alexander Zverev is hopeful the knee injury he suffered at Wimbledon will not impact his chances of gold in Paris, but he said it is not yet healed. The German slipped and hurt his knee during a third-round victory over Cameron Norrie at
Jul 22, 2024, 07:36 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Practically all of the other sports whose athletes fill the ESPN 100 have long histories, much of which had to be set aside because this survey narrows its focus to just the 21st century’s greatest performers. For mixed martial arts, though, the past 25 years encompass
Jul 22, 2024, 03:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The match in the Norwegian top-flight between Rosenborg BK and Lillestrom was suspended on Sunday after fans showed their displeasure with the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) by throwing fishcakes on the field. The protests started from kickoff and after a two-minute bombardment of fishcakes, the referee
India head coach Gautam Gambhir on Monday said he expects senior batters Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to be available for most of the ODIs and Tests after retiring from T20 Internationals, expressing hope that they would “keep their fitness” to be in the reckoning for the 2027 50-over World Cup. Both Rohit and Kohli
Jeff Passan, ESPNJul 21, 2024, 09:30 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions The Mariners placed first baseman Ty France on outright waivers Sunday, sources told ESPN, cutting ties with the 30-year-old amid a teamwide offensive slump that has
Associated Press Jul 21, 2024, 09:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TRUCKEE, Calif. — Nick Dunlap became the first player in PGA Tour history to win as an amateur and a professional in the same year, rallying Sunday for a two-point victory in the Barracuda Championship. In January at The American Express in La Quinta,
Ravindra Jadeja wasn’t picked for Sri Lanka tour© AFP As the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the squads for the tour of Sri Lanka, some bold decisions were taken. The decision to pick Suryakumar Yadav over Hardik Pandya as the T20I skipper left many stunned while the absence of Ravindra Jadeja
Associated Press Jul 21, 2024, 07:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Kyle Larson left Indianapolis in May in the middle of one of the most agonizing days of his racing career. In his return Sunday, Larson finished one of the most memorable races of his career with one of sports’ more revered celebrations
Bradford Doolittle, ESPN Staff WriterJul 21, 2024, 05:40 PM ET Close Sports reporter, Kansas City Star, 2002-09 Writer, Baseball, Baseball Prospectus Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus Member, Baseball Writers Association of America Member, Professional Basketball Writers Association Open Extended Reactions COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Texas Rangers great Adrian Beltre set the tone on Sunday as the Baseball
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