May 29, 2023, 07:52 AM ET It’s Memorial Day, MLB fans! And that means you are free to officially look at the MLB standings. The saying goes, among baseball fans, that you should avoid checking the standings until Memorial Day, which puts us two months into the season. That gives teams time to play enough
Remember Game 3 of the Western Conference finals? And the questions that followed? Were the Vegas Golden Knights really about to sweep the Dallas Stars? Or was it more likely the Golden Knights would close out the series at T-Mobile Arena in Game 5? What could the Stars do to avoid being swept? How could
Lindsey Thiry, ESPNMay 29, 2023, 06:00 AM ET Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball LOS ANGELES — For more than a decade, a three-ring royal blue binder labeled “Peyton Manning” sat on the office bookcase of Los Angeles
Heavy rain and thunderstorms in Ahmedabad on Sunday forced the Indian Premier League final between holders Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings into a reserve day for the first time in the competition’s history. Fans had arrived at the venue in big numbers, looking to watch the legendary MS Dhoni in action, potentially for the
May 28, 2023, 01:29 PM ET Leicester City and Leeds United have been relegated from the Premier League on the final day of the season after Everton ensured their own survival with a narrow victory on Sunday. Leicester put together one of the all-time underdog sports stories when they lifted the Premier League title in
Tim Bontemps, ESPNMay 28, 2023, 06:26 PM ET BOSTON — The extensive Last Two Minute report from the chaotic final moments of the Boston Celtics‘ heart-stopping 104-103 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals Saturday night revealed two missed calls — both of which went against Boston — while
May 28, 2023, 11:57 PM ET Jessica Korda will not compete on the LPGA Tour for the foreseeable future while she deals with a back injury, she announced on social media Sunday night. Korda wrote that the past year has been challenging due to the back ailment. “Following the advice of my doctor and the
Eddie Jones made a triumphant return to Twickenham as the Barbarians defeated a World XV 48-42 in a match when controversial former Wallabies fullback Israel Folau was booed repeatedly by fans not happy with his selection in the exhibition match. Selected on the wing right wing by World XV coach Steve Hansen, Folau had several
Associated Press May 28, 2023, 10:26 PM ET NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Pajaree Anannarukarn of Thailand capped off the longest week on the LPGA Tour with a 3-and-1 victory Sunday to win the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play over Ayaka Furue of Japan. Anannarukarn, who beat Linn Grant of Sweden in the semifinals
ESPN News Services May 28, 2023, 10:47 PM ET Michael Soroka will start for the Atlanta Braves on Monday night at Oakland, manager Brian Snitker announced, marking the right-hander’s return to the big leagues after almost three years and two Achilles tears. Soroka, 25, last pitched in the majors on Aug. 3, 2020, three games
Associated Press May 28, 2023, 10:46 PM ET KAMLOOPS, British Columbia — Logan Stankoven had a goal and four assists, Connor Levis had a goal and two assists and the Kamloops Blazers routed the Ontario Hockey League champion Peterborough Petes 10-2 in the Memorial Cup on Sunday. The win came after Kamloops defenseman Kyle Masters
Britain’s Geraint Thomas says finishing second at the Giro d’Italia is still “raw” but he is targeting more success later this season. Thomas, who turned 37 on Thursday, led for much of the final week. But he lost first position to Primoz Roglic in a dramatic mountain time trial on Saturday’s penultimate stage. After the
Associated Press May 28, 2023, 07:26 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Steve Stricker beat Padraig Harrington on the first hole of a playoff in the Senior PGA Championship on Sunday, giving Stricker a sweep of the first two senior majors of the season. Harrington forced the playoff with a short birdie putt on the par-5
Associated Press May 28, 2023, 07:45 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — Emiliano Grillo made a 5-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole at Colonial to get his first PGA Tour victory in more than 7½ years, after blowing a two-stroke lead with a double bogey on the 72nd hole Sunday. Grillo curled in
Associated Press May 28, 2023, 07:07 PM ET STERLING, Va. — Harold Varner III won his first LIV Golf event Sunday when he two-putted from about 35 feet for birdie on the par-5 18th hole at Trump National in LIV Golf-DC. Varner won by 1 shot over Branden Grace of South Africa, who moments earlier
Associated Press May 28, 2023, 05:44 PM ET CONCORD, N.C. — Charlotte Motor Speedway has announced the Coca-Cola 600 has been postponed until Monday due to wet weather. The Cup Series race will begin at 3 p.m. ET. NASCAR has moved the Xfinity Series race up to an 11 a.m. start on Monday. The Xfinity
Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterMay 28, 2023, 07:38 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Chicago White Sox reliever Liam Hendriks will be reinstated to the active roster Monday, the team announced, after he missed the first two months of the season while being treated for non-Hodgkin
May 28, 2023, 05:04 PM ET The NBA has opened an investigation into longtime referee Eric Lewis involving a Twitter account that responded to numerous posts on league officiating and defended Lewis and other NBA referees, league sources confirmed to ESPN. The account in question, which has since been deleted, was listed under a username