Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 14, 2024, 02:55 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler arrived at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee, this week with a newly won Olympic gold medal around his
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderAug 14, 2024, 05:41 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Nick Ball and Ronny Rios are in the process of finalizing
Associated Press Aug 14, 2024, 04:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASCAR ruled Wednesday that Austin Dillon‘s win at Richmond Raceway will not count toward eligibility for the Cup Series playoffs. Dillon will keep credit for his first victory of the season but his playoff eligibility was revoked because of “actions detrimental to to stock
Aug 14, 2024, 03:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former champions Naomi Osaka, Bianca Andreescu and Stan Wawrinka have received singles main draw wild cards into the US Open, the United States Tennis Association said Wednesday. Japan’s Osaka, who counts the 2018 and 2020 US Opens among her four Grand Slam titles, returned to competition
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 14, 2024, 01:34 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Hideki Matsuyama won’t have his regular caddie and swing coach at this week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship after the Japanese golfer and his team were robbed during
Field Level Media Aug 14, 2024, 02:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The PGA Tour released the 2025 FedEx Cup regular season and playoffs schedule on Wednesday. The 36-event regular season begins with the first of eight signature events, The Sentry in Hawaii from Jan. 2-5. The regular season concludes with the Wyndham Championship in
Field Level Media Aug 14, 2024, 11:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Toronto Maple Leafs named center Auston Matthews the 26th captain in franchise history Wednesday. The three-time NHL goals leader succeeds John Tavares, who has worn the “C” on his sweater since October 2019. “I’m incredibly humbled to be named captain of the
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 14, 2024, 12:18 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The final three-week stretch of the FedEx Cup season is here. Many of the best golfers in the world will not only have to
Aug 14, 2024, 04:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions South Africa’s Dricus du Plessis takes on Nigerian-New Zealander Israel Adesanya at UFC 305 on August 17/18 [depending on where you are in the world]. ‘Stillknocks’, the current middleweight champion, spoke to ESPN about his gym in Pretoria, his love for his country, and why he
Ben Solak, ESPNAug 14, 2024, 09:15 AM ET Close Ben Solak joined ESPN in 2024 as a national NFL analyst. He previously covered the NFL at The Ringer, Bleeding Green Nation and The Draft Network. Open Extended Reactions If the 2024 NFL offseason will be remembered for anything, it will be the tempest of wide
India ODI captain Rohit Sharma has leaped up to second spot in the ODI men’s batting rankings, trailing only Pakistan captain Babar Azam now. Despite India losing the ODI series against Sri Lanka 2-0, Rohit was the highest run-scorer, scoring 157 runs at a strike rate of 141.44, including two fifties. After Babar, Indian batters
Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterAug 14, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Open Extended Reactions College football like we’ve never experienced it is on the doorstep, with games less than two weeks away, so it’s time to unveil ESPN’s 2024 preseason All-America team.
Getty Images 49 minutes ago Dutch rider Puck Pieterse won stage four of the Tour de France Femmes as overall leader Demi Vollering took second place in a photo finish. Pieterse finished the 122.7km ride from Valkenburg to Liege in a time of three hours 12 minutes 28 seconds, as she pipped Vollering on the
Open Extended Reactions It’s not even a month since Spain captain Álvaro Morata and Argentina skipper Lionel Messi held aloft the Euro 2024 and Copa América trophies, yet we’re about to usher in the new Premier League season. It all kicks off on Friday when Manchester United host Fulham at Old Trafford, which will be
Nick ParkinsonAug 7, 2024, 04:45 PM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions There are some big boxing fights in the next few months, including undisputed title showdowns and fascinating rematches. While the first half of the year has given us incredible
Manu Bhaker made history at the Paris Olympics 2024 by becoming the first Indian since independence to win two medals in one edition of the game. In all India finished with six medals, with Manu winning two. She won a bronze in women’s individual 10m air pistol and also in the 10m air pistol mixed
ESPN News Services Aug 14, 2024, 07:11 AM ET Conservative populist and former NBA player Royce White defeated Navy veteran Joe Fraser in Minnesota’s primary election for the Republican nomination on Tuesday and will challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar in November. White was first-round pick by the Houston Rockets in 2012 but never played
Associated Press Aug 14, 2024, 02:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ANAHEIM, Calif. — George Springer knew he was going to be ejected for arguing after a replay call. That didn’t stop the Toronto Blue Jays outfielder from showing his frustration. Springer got into a heated argument with plate umpire Manny Gonzalez during the seventh