Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Jun 7, 2023, 03:59 PM ET Lionel Messi said he did not want to re-live his traumatic departure from Barcelona two years ago after revealing Wednesday he will join MLS side Inter Miami CF over the Catalan club. Messi, 35, left Barca in August 2021 as a free agent, signing for
ESPN News Services Jun 7, 2023, 05:50 PM ET PARIS — Alexander Zverev and Casper Ruud on Wednesday advanced to the French Open semifinals where they will meet on Friday. Third-seeded Novak Djokovic and top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz will meet in the other semifinal on Friday. Zverev rolled into the semifinals by beating unseeded Argentine Tomas
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 7, 2023, 11:03 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia TORONTO — Rory McIlroy said he’s resigned to the fact that the PGA Tour will have to accept money from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, but he’s
Jun 7, 2023, 02:43 PM ET Lionel Messi, possibly the greatest soccer player of all time, is taking his talents to South Beach. The former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain superstar announced on Wednesday that he is heading to MLS with Inter Miami CF as a free agent this summer. The prospect of a player who
ESPN News Services Jun 7, 2023, 04:46 PM ET Major League Baseball has announced it is postponing games in New York and Philadelphia on Wednesday night because of poor air quality caused by smoke from Canadian wildfires. A National Women’s Soccer League game in New Jersey and an indoor WNBA game set for Brooklyn were
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 7, 2023, 03:37 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia TORONTO — DP World Tour CEO Keith Pelley on Wednesday told his golfers that those who resigned their memberships to join the LIV Golf League probably won’t
The Los Angeles Kings have signed Vladislav Gavrikov to a two-year contract extension, securing one of the top defensemen who would have been available in free agency. A pending unrestricted free agent, Gavrikov’s contract has an average annual value of $5.875 million through the 2024-25 season. Most of his contract will be paid out in
SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers expect to have defenseman Radko Gudas in the lineup for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final after he was injured during their Game 2 loss in Las Vegas. Panthers coach Paul Maurice also confirmed Wednesday that goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky will be his starter for Thursday’s game after he
Rich Cimini, ESPN Staff WriterJun 7, 2023, 06:00 AM ET Close Rich Cimini is a staff writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He previously was a beat writer for
WAY BEFORE JIMMY BUTLER BECAME JIMMY BUCKETS, before he’d take a play-in No. 8 seed to the NBA Finals, before his voice could take over practices, games and news conferences, he was just a frustrated sixth man for a fringe NCAA tournament team. Then everything changed. It was 2009. Butler was a junior at Marquette
Associated Press Jun 7, 2023, 12:38 PM ET LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The IOC finally ran out of patience with the International Boxing Association on Wednesday and set a date to terminate its Olympic status this month. While boxing will still be on the program at the 2024 Paris Games, the International Olympic Committee said its
Travis Head struck like a tornado with a counter-attacking hundred that left an out-of-sorts Indian attack bereft of ideas as Australia made hay under bright sunshine by reaching 327 for 3 on the opening day of the World Test Championship final. The ploy of leaving out Ravichandran Ashwin backfired once there was bright sunshine as
Associated Press Jun 7, 2023, 12:05 PM ET NASCAR issued another set of penalties Wednesday for illegal modifications to its second-year Next Gen car, this time against Legacy Motor Club and driver Erik Jones. NASCAR said the team modified the greenhouse on the No. 43 Chevrolet and fined crew chief Dave Elenz $75,000 and suspended
Recent Giro d’Italia runner-up Geraint Thomas will return to action this month in the National Road Championships. Thomas is one of 37 WorldTour and Women’s WorldTour riders competing across three events from 21-25 June in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire. Fellow Welsh cyclist Elinor Barker also features, along with Katie Archibald, Fred Wright and Pfeiffer
Jun 7, 2023, 09:00 AM ET The PFL resumes its season this week with a fight card that was originally built on the enticing drama of last chances and no tomorrows. That was most prominently the case for the light heavyweight division, where 2022 champion Rob Wilkinson had won his first fight of the 2023
Jordan Reid, ESPNJun 7, 2023, 06:50 AM ET The 2023 NFL draft class saw a record 12 quarterbacks selected in the first five rounds, including three inside the top five picks. The 2024 class? Expect some similarities. The quarterback group begins with an interesting battle between USC’s Caleb Williams and North Carolina’s Drake Maye at
Nick Friedell, ESPN Staff WriterJun 7, 2023, 09:09 AM ET Close Nick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined ESPNChicago.com for its launch in April 2009. MIAMI — Jimmy Butler doesn’t mince words. As he
ESPN News Services Jun 7, 2023, 08:09 AM ET Beatriz Haddad Maia scored another comeback win at the French Open, upsetting Ons Jabeur 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1 on Wednesday to become the first Brazilian woman since 1968 to reach a Grand Slam semifinal. The 14th-seeded Haddad Maia shook off a slow start against the seventh-seeded