3:15 PM ET ESPN News Services RIDGEDALE, Mo. — Phil Mickelson chose to make his PGA Tour Champions debut at Ozarks National this week so he could avoid a two-week break right in the middle of his preparations for the U.S. Open at Winged Foot. If he was going to show up, Mickelson thought, he
3:15 PM ET ESPN staff Wednesday’s NFL training camp practices brought a dose of FitzMagic in Miami, an injury scare in Philadelphia, a catching competition in Tampa Bay and a National Dog Day celebration in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, the Giants and Bears suffered costly injuries during their practices, and more Adam Gase-Le’Veon Bell drama surfaced
7:00 AM ET Scott Niedermayer was 19 years old when he appeared in his first NHL playoff game with the New Jersey Devils in 1993, staring at an arena of rabid Pittsburgh Penguins fans and hockey royalty across the ice. “You’re really naïve at that stage, which is probably a really good thing. When I
7:00 AM ET Editor’s note: In celebration of National Dog Day, we revisit Mark Schlabach’s incredible story about the time his dog ran onto the field during a Georgia-Kentucky football game. It was originally published on November 18, 2019. Last week, a black cat captivated the country by running onto the field during a Monday
3:24 AM BST South African rugby side Southern Kings will not take part in any competitions for the remainder of 2020, due to financial issues, officials confirmed on Tuesday. The Kings have faced crippling financial woes in recent months after a failed takeover bid, leading South Africa Rugby to assume control in June. The Kings,
10:22 AM ET Tiger Woods is attempting to play back-to-back events for the first time this year, hoping to make next week’s 30-man Tour Championship field — which would mean three straight tournaments for the first time since 2018. It is not an easy task, as lack of play and so-so results in 2020 have
Dwayne Bravo achieved the historic feat by dismissing Rakheem Cornwall in a CPL match.© CPL/Sportsfile (File photo) West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo scripted history on Wednesday as he became the first bowler to pick 500 wickets in the shortest format of the game. Bravo achieved this feat by dismissing Rakheem Cornwall of St. Lucia Zouks in
10:34 AM ET Vanderbilt returned to practice Wednesday morning after suspending all football activities last Friday. The school announced last Friday that it was made aware of “a small number” of positive coronavirus tests within the program, leading to Friday’s practice being canceled. Per the school’s safety protocols, the athletes who tested positive were placed
Pakistan coach Misbah-ul-Haq said he hoped England would tour the country “soon” after his side travelled to Britain during the coronavirus pandemic. England have not visited Pakistan since 2005/06. An attack by armed militants on Sri Lanka’s team bus in Lahore in 2009 ended major cricket tours for a decade. But other countries have since
Aug 24, 2020 WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has said champion Tyson Fury has “no restrictions” ahead of his undisputed bout against Anthony Joshua next year after Dillian Whyte’s stunning defeat to Alexander Povetkin. Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) was due to face Whyte (27-2, 18 KOs) in a mandatory defense early in 2021 but the latter’s
10:37 PM ET CHICAGO — White Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito threw his first career no-hitter on Tuesday night, shutting out the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-0, on 101 pitches. Giolito, 26, walked one while striking out 13 using a combination of his fastball and changeup to hold the Pirates in check en route to the shortened season’s
9:28 AM ET Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Mackensie Alexander, who left the team Tuesday after his father was reported missing, has been arrested in Florida on one count of battery. Alexander was arrested Tuesday by the Collier County Sherriff’s Office, according to jail records. Alexander, 26, was in custody as of Wednesday morning. An arrest report
McLaren will end its title sponsorship of cycling team Bahrain McLaren, the team Mark Cavendish rides for, at the end of the 2020 season. The British company, which also builds supercars, will return its focus to motorsport. In June McLaren agreed a £150m loan with the National Bank of Bahrain, to ease cash-flow problems related
5:31 PM ET Steve KimESPN AFTER ARRIVING IN Haikou, China, in the early hours of the morning of Thursday, Jan. 23, Viktor Postol and his team, who had just flown in for their Feb. 1 bout with WBC/WBO junior welterweight champion Jose Ramirez, woke up to some bad news. Because of the coronavirus outbreak that
9:21 AM ET Sid LoweSpain writer The letter (well, “burofax”) arrives, recorded delivery. That way, no one can pretend that they didn’t get it. Someone opens it — Barcelona president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, himself? — and reads it. What does it say? Wait, what? It says that Lionel Messi, the greatest player in the club’s
8:09 AM ET The coronavirus pandemic has no doubt had a major impact on the UFC. With travel restrictions and positive test cases having led to canceled fights, putting on a card hasn’t been easy for UFC president Dana White and the organization’s matchmakers. But fighters taking bouts on short notice has been common since
1:57 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders Dustin Johnson ran away with the first event of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs, cruising to an 11-shot victory at The Northern Trust on Sunday after finishing an astonishing 30 under for the week. There are now 70 players remaining in the hunt for the title as the
6:53 AM ET Tuesday night in the 2020 NHL playoffs included a doubleheader that brought the heat — including two of the nicest goals we’ve seen in the playoffs yet. And today, we get a triple threat: the return of afternoon hockey (yay!), the second of a back-to-back, plus a pivotal game for the Colorado