Associated Press May 20, 2023, 04:52 PM ET ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The winner of the PGA Championship will be getting $3.15 million. The PGA of America released its prize fund Saturday at $17.5 million. That’s up from $15 million last year, and $500,000 less than what the Masters offered last month. The purses in the
Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondentMay 20, 2023, 05:37 PM ET BARCELONA — Real Sociedad closed in on a place in next season’s Champions League as they beat LaLiga champions Barcelona 2-1 at Spotify Camp Nou on Saturday. Mikel Merino opened the scoring early on and Alexander Sorloth added the second after the break as Barca lost
Associated Press May 20, 2023, 08:52 AM ET TAMPERE, Finland — The United States shut out Denmark 3-0 on Saturday to stay perfect at the ice hockey world championship. Alex Tuch scored one goal and added two assists as the United States earned its fifth victory in five games. Cutter Gauthier broke the deadlock midway
May 19, 2023, 05:30 PM ET Former Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown has died at the age of 87, his family announced on Friday. Brown led the NFL in rushing yards in eight of his nine seasons in the league. No other running back in NFL history has led the league in rushing more
Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterMay 20, 2023, 01:13 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Virginia athletic director Carla Williams delivered the keynote commencement address during graduation ceremonies Saturday on a day when the university and football program also remembered three players killed in an on-campus shooting
Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderMay 17, 2023, 05:25 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 The Milwaukee Bucks conducted an interview for the franchise’s head-coaching opening with University of Houston coach Kelvin Sampson, sources told ESPN. Sampson, the first known high-profile college coach to meet with Milwaukee about the vacancy,
Lucknow Super Giants survived a late Rinku Singh onslaught to secure a thrilling one-run win and seal their second successive play-offs berth in the Indian Premier League at Eden Gardens on Saturday. Pooran held the LSG innings together with a counter-attacking 30-ball 58 (4×4, 5×6) to propel them to a fighting 176/8 after being invited
Britain’s Geraint Thomas has lost the leader’s overall pink jersey at the Giro d’Italia after stage 14. Thomas finished in the peloton 21 minutes behind the breakaway, meaning France’s Bruno Armirail has the lead. Armirail, 29, is not expected to be a threat for victory, as Thomas and the peloton chose to conserve energy. The
Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterMay 19, 2023, 10:01 AM ET Close Covered the NFL since 2013 Previously covered the Saints for the Times-Picayune and The Athletic Bengals beat writer for ESPN from 2016-19 Additional betting analysis provided by Anita Marks. File has been updated to account for news of No. 8 horse First Mission. The
Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterMay 20, 2023, 10:07 AM ET Close Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Cecilia Braekhus, the former world No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter, is out of her challenge for the WBA junior middleweight title against champion Terri Harper on Saturday
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentMay 19, 2023, 05:30 PM ET Manchester United are confident Marcus Rashford will commit his future to the club, according to manager Erik ten Hag. Rashford will enter the final year of his contract over the summer and if fresh terms aren’t agreed, the striker could leave Old Trafford for free in 2024.
Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Deepak Chahar brought their ‘A’ game to the fore as Chennai Super Kings cantered to a 77-run crushing victory over Delhi Capitals to seal an IPL play-off berth in Delhi on Saturday. Playing a must-win game, Conway (87 off 52) and Gaikwad (79 off 50) smashed brilliant half-centuries to help
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 20, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. RALEIGH, N.C. — Parents typically don’t want to see their children be miserable. Which makes the Eastern Conference final of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs a very stressful time for Henry and Linda Staal. “It’s tough for them. They’ve
Tim Bontemps, ESPNMay 20, 2023, 01:53 AM ET BOSTON — Over the past two postseasons, the Boston Celtics have repeatedly responded well after losses. They have also repeatedly struggled in close situations late in games. In control for significant portions of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Miami Heat on Friday night,
Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterMay 20, 2023, 01:37 AM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. LAS VEGAS — Brett Howden‘s game-winning goal less than two minutes into overtime gave the Vegas Golden Knights a 4-3 win Friday night against the Dallas Stars in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.
Nick Friedell, ESPN Staff WriterMay 20, 2023, 02:26 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. BOSTON — Miami Heat star forward Jimmy Butler has
DC are already out of IPL playoff race.© AFP After inflicting a huge blow to the Punjab Kings’ hopes of making their place into the Indian Premier League (IPL) playoffs, Delhi Capitals (DC) assistant coach Shane Watson on Friday said that DC will ruin some seasons in the cricket extravaganza. In the pre-match conference, Watson
Associated Press May 19, 2023, 06:41 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — The Chicago Cubs placed outfielder Cody Bellinger on the injured list Friday, sent struggling reliever Keegan Thompson back to Triple-A Iowa and designating former All-Star first baseman Eric Hosmer for assignment. To fill the roster gaps by the moves, Chicago activated infielder Nico Horner from