6:52 AM ET Well, LaLiga brought no shortage of drama in 2021-22 both on and off the field, with Real Madrid running away comfortable title winners and Barcelona surviving a historic crisis, rallying to finish second despite turbulence and turnover. But what else caught our eye this season? From the brilliant to the profane, from
6:22 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com It had been four-and-a-half hours of battling and sliding on the court. But in the end, Carlos Alcaraz, the Spanish teenager with sky-high expectations, outstretched his arms, first placing them atop his head, and then pointing them towards the crowd. For several seconds, he stood on the court, embracing every
5:45 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. — Washington Capitals right winger Tom Wilson is expected to miss six to eight months after undergoing surgery to reconstruct the torn ACL in his left knee. The team announced Wednesday that Wilson had a successful ACL replacement procedure a day earlier — four weeks after injuring the
4:00 PM ET Colin Kaepernick, who last played professional football in 2016 — the year he started kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice, is scheduled to work out this week for the Las Vegas Raiders, league sources told ESPN. It will mark Kaepernick’s first workout with an NFL team since being exiled,
3:15 PM ET NFL quarterbacks Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers will face off against Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen in Capital One’s The Match on June 1 on TNT. The four quarterbacks participated in a media event Wednesday, and they showed a glimpse of what fans might expect on the television broadcast of the 12-hole
1:07 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins placed starting pitcher Joe Ryan on the COVID-19 injured list on Wednesday, bumping the surging rookie from his upcoming turn. Ryan was scheduled to pitch on Thursday against Kansas City. Manager Rocco Baldelli said Ryan was “doing OK.” The 25-year-old right-hander, who made five starts
2:49 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN MIAMI — In three of the first four games of the Eastern Conference finals, the team leading at the end of the first quarter has come out on top each time. So, as the Boston Celtics prepare to take on the Miami Heat in Game 5 here at FTX Arena
5:30 AM ET Ian DarkeESPN.com writer Close Darke, who called games for the network during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, is ESPN lead soccer voice in the United States. He has covered the Barclays Premier League and the Champions League since 1982, and has one of the world’s most recognizable soccer voices.
2:44 PM ET Lamar Jackson is missing the first week of the Baltimore Ravens‘ organized team activities, marking the first time that the former NFL MVP quarterback hasn’t been present at the voluntary spring workouts. ‘We’ve been down this road many times through the years,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said after Wednesday’s practice. “I’ll just
8:45 AM ET Hanif Abdurraqib If I am being honest with myself, I probably do not love beautiful basketball as much as I’ve convinced myself I do over the past handful of my adult years. Of course, what registers as beautiful is subjective, but in this instance, I am talking specifically about the kind of
1:19 PM ET The players at the French Open are having to manage the unexpected at Roland Garros. The weather flips in an instant — from blinding sunshine to rain. Air horns from the crowd sound at random moments. And Stan Wawrinka was taken aback by the temperature of his water. Then there are the
Rajat Patidar en route to scoring a ton for RCB vs LSG.© BCCI/IPL Rajat Patidar owned the big stage with a magnificent hundred as Royal Challengers Bangalore beat debutants Lucknow Super Giants by 14 runs in the IPL Eliminator here on Wednesday.RCB will now take on Rajasthan Royals, losers of first qualifiers, in qualifier 2,
Britain’s Simon Yates has withdrawn from the Giro d’Italia because of an ongoing knee issue. The 29-year-old had won two stages in Italy, including one after crashing on stage four to Mount Etna. However, the Team BikeExchange-Jayco rider has struggled with persistent pain and pulled out on stage 17. “Despite daily therapy and Simon’s tenacity,
9:00 AM ET We’re past the halfway point of each second-round series in the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs, and one conference semifinalist has already begun its offseason, as the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Florida Panthers were swept by the Tampa Bay Lightning. What have the first four games of each series taught us? And how will those
12:46 PM ET Blake Baumgartner As the Nick Saban-Jimbo Fisher saga continues, Saban struck a blow on Tuesday with Eli Holstein’s commitment to Alabama on Tuesday. Holstein, a 6-foot-3, 215-pound quarterback out of Zachary High School in Zachary, La., is No. 59 on the ESPN 300. Holstein originally committed to Fisher and Texas A&M in
8:00 AM ET As we gear up for this UFC main event on Saturday between … between … hold up. Am I seeing this right? No UFC this weekend? For the first time since April 2, the UFC does not have an event this week. That won’t be the case again for a while, as
8:00 AM ET SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Every Tuesday this spring, Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman met with the team’s quarterbacks. Tuesdays with Marcus provided Freeman, a career defensive assistant, the chance to connect with those competing for the most important job on the field. “We just talk ball, we watch practice, I want
Former Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Hafeez Former Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Hafeez is known for calling a spade a spade as he has on several occasions taken on the PCB regarding cricketing matters. On Wednesday, the former all-rounder took to Twitter to give a glimpse of problems faced by the “common man” in Pakistan and also tagged