6:30 AM ET As accelerated as the college football recruiting process might be, it is still early, and many factors from coaching changes to transfer portal moves and further remaining player ranking updates will continue to shape the class rankings for the 2024 cycle. At this stage, defending national champion Georgia leads the pack with
7:52 AM ET Nate Diaz and Jake Paul have been exchanging trash talk on social media and in the press for over a year. Their two teams got into a physical altercation backstage during one of Paul’s fights. Paul called Diaz out on several exchanges, including in his postfight interview after beating Anderson Silva last
7:31 AM BST Michael Hooper is flirting with a career change, move abroad, an Olympic rugby sevens stint and even joking of a code switch as the Wallabies star weighs up his next move. The most-capped Australian skipper is off contract beyond this year’s Rugby World Cup and is adamant he has no idea what
British Cycling has appointed Jon Dutton as its new chief executive. Dutton, who will start the role later in April, recently concluded his tenure as chief executive of the 2022 Rugby League World Cup in England. He replaces Danielle Every, who has been acting chief executive since Brian Facer left the governing body in October
5:00 AM ET Tor-Kristian Karlsen The list of high-profile players whose contracts expire this summer is impressive, but there are a number who look set to remain at their clubs. Real Madrid veterans Karim Benzema, Luka Modric and Toni Kroos are all reportedly close to agreeing another year, with forward Marco Asensio ready to sign
Rajasthan Royals survived late MS Dhoni scare as Sandeep Sharma held on to his nerves to deny the Chennai Super Kings captain a last-ball six in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match on Wednesday. Dhoni, who had already hit 2 sixes in the over, couldn’t hit a third to take his team across. the
11:59 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN TORONTO – As Fred VanVleet stepped up to the free throw line with 52 seconds remaining in the third quarter of Wednesday’s play-in game between the Chicago Bulls and Toronto Raptors, the home crowd went silent as the Raptors guard took a few hard dribbles and spun the ball in
3:24 AM ET The war in Ukraine and the plight of its tennis players must be at the forefront of discussions at Wimbledon, not the Grand Slam’s decision to reverse its ban on Russian and Belarusian players, former world No. 1 Andy Murray said. Wimbledon was the only Grand Slam to ban competitors from Russia
1:41 AM ET Associated Press HONOLULU — Natthakritta Vongtaveelap eagled the par-5 fifth and closed with a chip-in birdie in fading light on the par-3 ninth for a 6-under 66 and a share of the first-round lead Wednesday in the LPGA Tour’s LOTTE Championship. “Very surprised. Excited,” the 20-year-old Thai player said about the closing
10:51 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — Chad Smith‘s first major league win came courtesy of a rarely applied official scoring rule. It was an unusual twist at the end of a long day for the Oakland reliever. Smith pitched the final two innings of the Athletics’ 8-4 victory over Baltimore on Wednesday night, holding
10:28 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays won their 12th straight game to start the season, one short of the best major league start since 1900, as Randy Arozarena hit a three-run homer in a 9-7 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night. The 1987 Milwaukee
9:57 PM ET ELMONT, NY — The New York Islanders defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-2 on Wednesday night to clinch the final Stanley Cup Playoff berth and eliminate the Pittsburgh Penguins, ending their streak of 16 straight playoff appearances. Brock Nelson had two goals, while goalie Ilya Sorokin made 17 saves. The last time Pittsburgh
5:08 PM ET Jeff Bezos is not going to bid on the Washington Commanders, a source close to him said Wednesday, ending a pursuit that struggled to mount any momentum. Bezos had some interest in buying the franchise and his presence hovered over the proceedings, despite never having made a bid. He even hired a
10:11 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Zach LaVine scored 39 points, DeMar DeRozan had 23 against his former team and the Chicago Bulls overcame a 19-point deficit to beat the Toronto Raptors 109-105 in a play-in tournament game Wednesday night. The Bulls will visit the Miami Heat on Friday night for the chance to
Jon Rahm arrived at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, on Tuesday with a second major championship victory and a new green jacket. The new Masters champion admits it’s going to be difficult to refocus after a marathon week at Augusta National Golf Club. That’s life in the new era of designated events on the PGA
7:18 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — The father of a former NFL player who fatally shot six people before killing himself two years ago is suing the alma mater where his son played football. An autopsy eventually diagnosed Phillip Adams with an unusually severe form of the degenerative brain disease commonly known as
11:00 AM ET New York Giants star running back Saquon Barkley does not plan to sign his franchise tender before the team’s offseason program begins Monday, according to Newsday and ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The Giants designated Barkley as their franchise player last month but have continued contract negotiations with the former No. 2 overall draft
6:50 PM ET Franchon Crews-Dezurn will be making the first defense of her undisputed super middleweight title, but her opponent will be different from the one initially ordered. A source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday that Crews-Dezurn will fight Savannah Marshall in June in the United Kingdom on a Ben Shalom BOXXER card instead of