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12:01 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN When Julius Randle was eligible for an extension this offseason, he knew there was a chance he could make more money if he waited a year to sign a new deal with the New York Knicks. If Randle would have waited until 2022, when his contract expired, he would have
8:00 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com There will be no Serena Williams at this year’s US Open. Nor Roger Federer. Or Rafael Nadal. Or Venus Williams. The heralded foursome has a combined 17 career singles titles at the year’s final major, but all four players were forced to withdraw because of injury in 2021. Their collective
Venue: Tokyo, Japan Dates: 24 August-5 September Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Follow on Radio 5 Live and on the BBC Sport website Neil Fachie said it was “beyond our dreams” after he and wife Lora both won Paralympic cycling gold within the space of 16 minutes. The Fachies’ success was part of a
Aug 11, 2021 The start of the college football season is just a little more than two weeks away. All offseason, Bill Connelly has been providing ESPN+ previews of every division in every FBS conference, from the Sun Belt to the SEC. If you haven’t been following along, here’s your chance to catch up. In
7:34 AM ET JAKE PAUL ARRIVED at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida, just after 9 p.m. on April 24. He got to his front-row seat for UFC 261 during a preliminary fight between Alex Oliveira and Randy Brown. As Paul settled into his spot, a buzz came over the crowd. People around him
Formula 1 has cut its schedule to 22 races this season as a result of complications over the pandemic. A revised calendar has a vacant slot on 21 November that will be filled by the first Qatar Grand Prix. Qatar, which will be confirmed when the deal is finalised, will be the last of three
1:08 AM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — Yasmani Grandal homered twice and drove in eight runs in his return from the injured list, and the Chicago White Sox beat the sloppy Chicago Cubs 17-13 on Friday night. The eight RBIs for Grandal matched the franchise record and the career best for the switch-hitting catcher.
If one name has dominated trends on Twitter since Friday, it’s Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese superstar’s sensational return to Manchester United – coming within hours of reports suggesting that he was going to join rivals Manchester City – sent social media into a frenzy as United fans celebrated the ‘homecoming’ of the star attacker, who
11:00 PM ET NFL NationESPN The 2021 NFL season kicks off Thursday, Sept. 9, when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers play host to the Dallas Cowboys (8:20 p.m., NBC). Teams have been in training camp since late July, with three preseason games to help inform decisions about which undrafted free agents might be worth keeping, which
3:41 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Naomi Osaka addressed her decision to skip media obligations at the French Open earlier this summer during a news conference at the US Open on Friday and explained she didn’t think it would be become the firestorm that it ultimately did. “Honestly, I feel like there’s a lot of things
11:17 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles police officer briefly pressed a knee to the neck of Jaxson Hayes as the New Orleans Pelicans center gasped “I can’t breathe” seconds before another officer used a Taser on him during a struggle, according to body camera video released Friday. The officers went
8:45 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain will eye bids for Bayern Munich‘s Robert Lewandowski, Borussia Dortmund‘s Erling Haaland, and Everton‘s Richarlison should Kylian Mbappe make the move to Real Madrid. PSG have yet to fully agree a deal for the transfer of Mbappe after Madrid’s second offer of €180 million, and the discussions continued on Friday
9:46 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway was postponed Friday night because of heavy rain. The 100-lap event will resume at 12:30 p.m. ET Saturday, about seven hours before the Cup Series regular-season finale. The forecast Saturday calls for scattered thunderstorms and a 40%
9:10 PM ET Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild signed defenseman Jordie Benn to a one-year, $900,000 contract on Friday, adding another veteran option after an offseason of change on the blue line. Benn, 34, had one goal, nine assists and a plus-7 rating over 39 games with the Vancouver Canucks and
8:57 PM ET Associated Press GRAND BLANC, Mich. — Bernhard Langer shot his age on his 64th birthday Friday for a share of the lead with Marco Dawson in the suspended first round of the Ally Challenge. “I was texting with my family this morning because of the rain delay and I said, ‘My goal
6:54 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kurt Busch will drive next season for 23XI Racing, the NASCAR team owned by Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan, in a long-expected expansion move for the first-year organization. Hamlin, the three-time Daytona 500 winner, partnered with Jordan this year to start a team centered around Bubba Wallace.
2:45 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Phil Mickelson has never been shy about sharing his opinion, particularly when it comes to the USGA, golf’s governing body, and he decided to tweak his old foil yet again on Friday, going on Twitter and ripping the organization based on the speculation it plans to limit the