Associated Press Jun 30, 2023, 06:40 AM ET WIMBLEDON, England — Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams will begin her 24th appearance at the tournament against 2019 semifinalist Elina Svitolina, while Friday’s draw put two-time titlist Andy Murray up against wild-card entry Ryan Peniston in an all-British first-round matchup. Williams, who is 43 and has played
Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterJun 30, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. DENNIS SCHRODER — fists cuffed, arms flexed, brow furrowed, eyes bugged and mouth stretched open —
Dates:1 July – 23 July Coverage: Live text commentary on each stage on the BBC Sport website and app The Tour de France starts on Saturday in Bilbao – with defending champion Jonas Vingegaard and two-time winner Tadej Pogacar expected to battle it out for victory in cycling’s greatest race. But will anyone else be
Pete Thamel, ESPNJun 30, 2023, 07:00 AM ET LINCOLN, Neb. — With an elk’s head mounted on the wall and the Farm Service Credit of America luncheon on the calendar, Elks Lodge #1790 in Ainsworth, Nebraska, seems like an unusual place for a blueprint for the revival of Nebraska football to reveal itself. Forget restoring
Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterJun 29, 2023, 07:48 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. The Texas Rangers are sending a franchise-record four starters to the All-Star Game in Seattle next month, the most of any MLB team. The top team in the AL West will have
Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJun 30, 2023, 07:11 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. When Oklahoma and Texas leave the Big 12 for the SEC next year, it will obviously impact ticket sales for their soon-to-be former conference mates. The conference’s new media rights deal, though solid, doesn’t have quite
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNJun 30, 2023, 07:39 AM ET Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk, Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua comprise the core of boxing’s glamor division, but three of those heavyweights will be 35 years of age and older by the time August rolls into September. Joshua turns 34 in October and hasn’t won a major fight
Eritrean Biniam Girmay can bring cycling to “every single country in Africa”, according to his former coach Jean-Jacques Henry. International Cycling Union’s (UCI) Jean-Jacques Henry was Girmay’s first coach in Europe and believes more success awaits at the Tour de France which gets under way on 1 July in Bilbao. “The general classification, I don’t
Another week, another seven days closer to the kick-off of Rugby World Cup 2023. Excitement is starting to ramp up around the globe as the competing nations start to drop their respective kits, and supporters learn what jerseys they’ll be wearing as they cheer on from the stands across France. The feedback to the All
Red-ball specialist batter Kraigg Brathwaite will continue to lead West Indies.© AFP Red-ball specialist batter Kraigg Brathwaite will continue to lead the side as Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Friday announced an 18-member squad for the preparatory camp ahead of the two-match Test series against India. The camp begins at CCG in Antigua on Friday
Henry Martín scored on a diving header 44 seconds into the second half, and Mexico beat Haiti 3-1 Thursday night to clinch a berth in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals. Martín headed Uriel Antuna‘s cross past goalkeeper Alexandre Pierre for his 11th international goal. Haiti’s Ricardo Adé gave Mexico a 2-0 lead with an own
ESPN News Services Jun 29, 2023, 09:47 PM ET A co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers acquired what was described as “certain assets” of the Premier Hockey Federation on Thursday, clearing the way for a long-anticipated single pro women’s hockey league in North America, sources told ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski. Players for the Professional Women’s Hockey
Jun 21, 2023, 07:30 AM ET For the third time in history, the Midsummer Classic is headed to Seattle. The 2023 festivities will kick off July 7 and culminate in the 93rd edition of the All-Star Game at T-Mobile Park on July 11, with the American League looking to take home a 10th consecutive win
Associated Press Jun 29, 2023, 09:21 PM ET STEVENS POINT, Wis. — Retief Goosen got right to the point after the first round of the U.S. Senior Open at punishing SentryWorld. “You got to hit the fairways, otherwise, you’ve got no shot,” the two-time U.S. Open champion said Thursday after a 1-under 70 that left
Associated Press Jun 29, 2023, 08:02 PM ET DETROIT — Taylor Moore and Monday qualifier Peter Kuest shot 8-under 64s to share the first-round lead in the Rocket Mortgage Classic on Thursday, with a slew of players chasing in what’s expected to be a shootout. Dylan Wu had the third albatross on the PGA Tour
Tim Bontemps, ESPNJun 29, 2023, 06:57 PM ET BOSTON — When Kristaps Porzingis finally fell asleep around 4 a.m. last Thursday morning, he still wasn’t sure whether a trade to the Boston Celtics was going to take place. The initial three-team deal Porzingis had believed would bring him to Boston involving the LA Clippers had
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJun 29, 2023, 06:58 PM ET Former UFC double champion Henry Cejudo announced Thursday he has a partially torn right shoulder and is out of his scheduled UFC 292 matchup with Marlon “Chito” Vera on Aug. 19 in Boston. Cejudo made the announcement on his YouTube page and Twitter. He said