4:22 PM BST England scored seven tries — but conceded a worrying four — as a virtual reserve team beat a spirited United States 43-29 in an entertaining though ragged Twickenham clash on Saturday. England were without 13 players on Lions duty and several others being rested, and starting with eight debutants, they led 26-3
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1:34 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN ATLANTA — As the Atlanta Hawks‘ season came to an end with a 118-107 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals, Trae Young walked off the court after the final buzzer sounded and shouted one message to the fans crowded around the tunnel next
2:22 PM ET Sportsbooks have installed the Phoenix Suns as favorites over the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA Finals. The Suns opened at -175 at Caesars Sportsbook by William Hill, with the Bucks listed as +150 underdogs. Phoenix is a 5.5-point favorite over Milwaukee in Game 1 on Tuesday. The Game 1 line and series
2:00 PM ET ESPN staff Expect the unexpected? Well, that has certainly been the case at Wimbledon this year. With six of the top 10 players out of the tournament, it’s anyone’s game among the remaining 16 on the women’s side of the draw. On the men’s side, things are lining up for Novak Djokovic
Tom Curran followed in brother Sam’s footsteps against Sri Lanka only for rain to deny England a series clean sweep in the third and final one-day international at Bristol on Sunday. Having won the preceding T20 series 3-0, England were on course to end the ODI campaign with a similar scoreline after dismissing Sri Lanka
9:00 AM ET Euro 2020 has reached the final four after a quarterfinal stage that saw England thrash Ukraine 4-0, Denmark beat Czech Republic 2-1, Italy edge out Belgium 2-1 and Spain see off Switzerland on penalties after a 1-1 draw in normal time. Our writers have their say in response to some big questions.
7:15 AM ET Joon Lee Close ESPN Previously a Staff Writer at Bleacher ReportCornell University graduate Marly Rivera Close ESPN Writer Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. The New York Mets have the lowest-scoring offense in major league baseball in 2021, but thanks in part to underperforming division rivals and a historic
1:34 PM ET The Tampa Bay Lightning can raise the Stanley Cup over Montreal ice after Game 4 on Monday as they lead the Canadiens 3-0 in their series. While seeing an opponent celebrating a championship in Bell Centre isn’t ideal, defenseman Jeff Petry kept the bigger picture in mind. “We don’t want to see
1:17 PM ET SMU got a commitment from five-star wide receiver Jordan Hudson on Sunday, making him the highest-ranked SMU prospect since ESPN started its rankings in 2006. Hudson is a 6-foot-1, 190-pound receiver out of Garland (Texas) High School. He’s ranked the No. 12 prospect overall and had a top list of Alabama, SMU
1:09 PM ET Associated Press THOMASTOWN, Ireland — Australian golfer Lucas Herbert completed a wire-to-wire victory at the Irish Open on Sunday, shooting 4-under 68 in the final round to win by three strokes and also secure a place at the British Open. It was Herbert’s second title on the European Tour, after the Dubai
Australia’s Ben O’Connor produced a brilliantly composed ride to win stage nine of the Tour de France but fell short of taking the yellow jersey. The AG2R Citroen rider conquered the bruising mountainous finish in Tignes and is second behind defending champion Tadej Pogacar in the overall standings. O’Connor looked as if he would overtake
7:00 AM ET MIAMI LAKES, Fla. — It’s a humid, 88-degree day and the line outside at La Traila Barbeque is more than a hundred people deep an hour after doors opened for the first time on the Saturday before Memorial Day. People happily waited (roughly two hours) with anticipation of something many had not
6:15 AM ET The conference finals have come to an end, as the Phoenix Suns and the Milwaukee Bucks will face off in the NBA Finals. For the Suns, Chris Paul‘s virtuoso 41-point performance in Game 6 sealed the fate of a short-handed LA Clippers squad that fought valiantly in defeat. Paul, who will make
8:00 AM ET Simon Cambers LONDON — It is one of the oldest traditions in sport: “Middle Sunday” at Wimbledon, a day when competition stops and the tennis world slows down for a moment, a chance to rest and reset before the hustle and bustle of Week 2. But from 2022 on, Middle Sunday will
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen dominated at his team’s own track for the second time in a week to take control of the drivers’ title race. Verstappen’s victory in the Austrian Grand Prix was his fourth in five races and moves him into a 32-point lead over championship rival Lewis Hamilton. The Mercedes driver had a
Umpires gave a shocking decision in the 19th over.© Fancode South Africa greats AB de Villiers and Dale Steyn reacted to an on-field umpire’s decision as a short-pitched delivery that finished well outside the leg stump of SA batsman Wiaan Mulder was not ruled a wide in the final T20I between West Indies and South
7:14 AM ET UFC 264 is expected to produce the next challenger to lightweight champion Charles Oliveira, as Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor complete their trilogy in the main event. But could there be a wrinkle in those plans? Few doubt Poirier will pursue the title if he wins. He could already have fought for
Geraint Thomas has said he will make a decision during Monday’s rest day on whether he will continue in this year’s Tour de France. The 2018 Le Tour champion was expecting another tough ride in the mountains on Sunday. “To be honest I can’t see today being much different than yesterday,” Thomas said in a