12:15 PM ET ESPN News Services St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Jack Flaherty will make his season debut Wednesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He will be limited to 60 pitches. Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol made the surprise announcement before the first game of a day-night doubleheader against the Pirates on Tuesday. Flaherty had been scheduled to
7:00 AM ET Jiri Prochazka became a champion in just his third Octagon appearance, dethroning Glover Teixeira in a wild light heavyweight title bout in the UFC 275 headliner Saturday in Singapore. Along with the shiny belt that was wrapped around his waist, the entertainingly inventive Czech fighter also has earned a spot in the
Stephen Williams held onto the Tour de Suisse lead as ex-world champion Peter Sagan celebrated his first win of 2022 on stage three in Grenchen. The Slovak, 32, held off challenges from Bryan Coquard and Alexander Kristoff as the 177km stage ended. After his first win for nine months, Sagan said: “It’s nice to be
10:32 AM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — Rory McIlroy said he is disappointed that some PGA Tour players took the “easy way out” and joined the rival LIV Golf Invitational Series, and in how six-time major champion Phil Mickelson helped create the new circuit. McIlroy, speaking at a news conference Tuesday ahead of this week’s U.S.
8:00 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — The highlights of the Stephen Curry 3-pointers, Robert Williams’ blocked shots and, now, Andrew Wiggins‘ dunks, continue to run as the premier moments in the 2022 NBA Finals. Celtics coach Ime Udoka keeps trying to tell everyone they’re missing the point. The Golden State Warriors are one win from
7:51 AM ET Serena Williams strongly hinted at a return to tennis this month at Wimbledon in a social media post Tuesday. Williams, 40, hasn’t competed since injuring her right leg last year at Wimbledon and did not appear on the women’s singles entry list released last Friday by the grass-court Grand Slam. But Williams
8:43 AM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — The year’s third major comes with plenty of drama. Tiger Woods, who limped his way through the Masters and most of the PGA Championship before withdrawing, is sitting this one out to let his body recover. Phil Mickelson, who has not played in the United States in more than
10:19 AM ET ASHBURN, Va. — Washington Commanders receiver Terry McLaurin won’t report to the mandatory three-day minicamp this week as discussions on a contract extension continue, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN. McLaurin attended workouts earlier in the spring, but skipped the voluntary OTA sessions that took place over the past three weeks. McLaurin’s rookie
7:30 AM ET Kevin Van Valkenburg Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior Writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine Born and raised in Western Montana Spent 11 years as a feature writer for The Baltimore Sun Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the
6:21 AM ET Tottenham are close to finalising a £25 million deal for Brighton midfielder Yves Bissouma, sources have told ESPN. The 25-year-old is expected to undergo a medical later this week as the finishing touches are put to a five-year contract which will see Bissouma become the club’s third summer signing after Ivan Perisic
6:59 AM ET ESPN staff It’s all come down to this in the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs: The Colorado Avalanche and Tampa Bay Lightning are poised to square off for the sport’s ultimate prize. Will it be a three-peat for the Lightning? Or the first Cup in over 20 years for the Avs? Our ESPN
7:00 AM ET I WAS STANDING behind home plate on Feb. 24 at Buford High School in Georgia watching right-hander Dylan Lesko, the best prep pitching prospect in the 2022 MLB Draft, arguably the best prep pitching prospect in years. A scouting director of a team picking in the middle of the first round took
7:00 AM ET The 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs are down to the final two teams. The Western Conference champion Colorado Avalanche will host the Eastern Conference champion Tampa Bay Lightning for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday (8 p.m. ET, ABC and ESPN+). Tampa Bay can become the first three-peat Cup champion
6:00 AM ET EAST LANSING, Mich. — After a practice this spring, Michigan State coach Mel Tucker sat in the lounge area of his office, which overlooks Spartan Stadium and the school’s athletic campus. Four months earlier, Tucker had agreed to a 10-year, $95 million contract with Michigan State. The deal made headlines around college
6:51 AM BST Former rugby international David Pocock has traded the ruck for the Australian senate after winning a seat in the upper house of parliament representing the territory surrounding the capital Canberra. One of a string of independent candidates who successfully challenged the major parties in last month’s federal election, Pocock unseated former minister
It has been a big pay day for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as the lucrative media rights for the Indian Premier League has raked in the expected billions for the cricket board. After the fate of the all important packages A (TV rights) and B (Digital rights) were decided on
5:37 AM BST Liam Napier Debate inevitably rages following every All Blacks squad announcement. With six rookies selected for three Tests against Ireland next month, and incumbents making way for those inclusions, there is a new flavour as Ian Foster seeks to usher in swift improvement after successive defeats, and a sense of trepidation, ended
12:12 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — The NBA Finals allow for the slimmest margins of error. Opponents are too elite and opportunities too precious to squander in a seven-game series. For the Boston Celtics, sins of commission in Game 5 were too numerous to overcome a Golden State Warriors team with a championship pedigree on