Three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond is being treated for leukaemia. The two-time world champion – who won the Tour de France in 1986, 1989 and 1990 – said “a few weeks of fatigue” prompted him to go for a check-up. He is the only American to claim the Tour de France after Lance
9:00 AM ET We have started to see some of the quarterback dominoes fall in college football’s 2023 recruiting class, with ESPN 300 quarterback Malachi Nelson already committed to USC, Nico Iamaleava committed to Tennessee and Eli Holstein flipping from Texas A&M to Alabama. With those prospects already committed, the uncommitted prospects have started to
9:08 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. When Naoya Inoue faced Nonito Donaire in the World Boxing Super Series bantamweight final in November 2019 to unify two world titles, nobody expected it to be such a back-and-forth battle. Inoue, the younger fighter and one rapidly ascending the pound-for-pound rankings, was coming off eight straight stoppage victories.
6:43 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — American teenager Coco Gauff rose to a career-best No. 13 in the WTA rankings Monday after her runner-up finish to No. 1 Iga Swiatek at the French Open. Gauff, 18, of Florida, jumped 10 spots by getting to her first Grand Slam final before losing to Swiatek 6-1,
3:09 AM BST And then there were four. Super Rugby Pacific’s quarterfinals played out as expected over the weekend, but not before the Brumbies were forced to fight off a determined Hurricanes outfit in Canberra. Each game, in fact, saw the underdogs rally, with even the Highlanders – who had only four wins during the
Ben Sawyer has been named coach of New Zealand women’s cricket team© AFP Australian Ben Sawyer was Monday appointed head coach of the New Zealand women’s cricket team, with the Commonwealth Games next month his immediate priority. The 42-year-old assumes the role after serving for three years as the Australian women’s bowling coach. His departure further
7:26 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — Australian Minjee Lee won the 2022 U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club on Sunday by five strokes after shooting an even-par 71 in the final round to finish 13-under on the tournament and secure the second major victory of her career. Lee’s
11:53 PM ET Dan HajduckyESPN Close Hajducky is a reporter/researcher for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. Wayne Gretzky’s final Edmonton Oilers jersey, worn in Edmonton’s 1987-88 playoff run that saw them win their fourth of
11:58 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Curry, who said he lost sleep after the Golden State Warriors‘ Game 1 collapse, can toss and turn less when he goes to bed Sunday night following the Warriors’ 107-88 win in Game 2 of the 2022 NBA Finals. Coming off a 34-point outing in Game 1, Curry
9:21 PM ET CARDIFF, Wales — The Ukrainian dream of a World Cup appearance ended on a cold Sunday night in an unrelenting rainstorm. Head coach Oleksandr Petrakov stared out through the downpour and didn’t know what to do. A red flare landed on the pitch, and the air smelled like gunpowder. Smoke swirled up
7:58 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Turns out the New York Rangers haven’t cornered the market on having “no quit” in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Tampa Bay Lightning rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the second period to win Game 3 at home on Sunday night, 3-2, cutting the Rangers’ Eastern Conference Final lead
8:01 PM ET Associated Press MADISON, Ill. — Joey Logano jockeyed for the lead with Kyle Busch in overtime, got around him for good just before the white flag flew and cruised to the victory Sunday in the NASCAR Cup Series debut at World Wide Technology Raceway. Logano made it a banner day for Team
5:50 PM ET Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder has resigned after eight seasons with the franchise, the team announced Sunday. Jazz ownership and management spent several weeks trying to convince Snyder to return as coach — even offering a contract extension — but he simply decided that his time had come to step away from
8:24 PM ET Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa — Jerry Kelly birdied the first hole of a playoff with Kirk Triplett on Sunday to win the PGA Tour Champions’ Principal Charity Classic. Kelly hit his approach to 4 feet on the par-4 18th to set up the winning putt. The 55-year-old from Wisconsin has nine
7:01 PM ET Associated Press Jesus Ferreira failed to convert a pair of first-half chances as USMNT forwards kept up their goal-scoring struggles in a 0-0 draw against Uruguay on Sunday in their second of four World Cup warmup matches this month. The U.S. took the field three hours after learning Wales would be its
9:25 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Injured New York Mets ace Max Scherzer confirmed Saturday that his dog bit his pitching hand this week, but he says the wound won’t slow his recovery from an oblique strain. The New York Post reported earlier Saturday that the right-handed Scherzer was bitten by a dog
7:10 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A number of Tampa Bay Rays players decided not to wear rainbow-colored logos on their uniforms as part of the team’s annual “Pride Night” on Saturday that recognized the LGBTQ community. Rays manager Kevin Cash addressed it after Sunday’s game, saying he doesn’t think it’ll
6:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL: 1. Mac’s edge: Patriots owner Robert Kraft said in March that quarterback Mac Jones was “respectful of coming in as a rookie” last season and that he believed Jones “has a little more edge that we’ve seen.” It’s