Paolo Uggetti, ESPNAug 13, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Malachi Nelson is back home for only a few days, but it doesn’t take long for him to get comfortable. It’s an idyllic weekday in July on the westside of Los Angeles where the weather can only be described as perfect.
File photo of Ian Bell© AFP Former England player Ian Bell was named Tuesday as Sri Lanka’s batting coach for the three-match Test series against England. Sri Lanka Cricket said the 42-year-old former right-hand batter was hired to draw on his experience of playing 118 Tests for England. “We appointed Ian to bring in a
The Rugby Championship returned with a bang last weekend as the Springboks flexed their world champion credentials and the Pumas created another memorable moment in the history of Argentine rugby. The South Americans’ shock upset of the All Blacks has certainly created a stir in New Zealand, with Scott Robertson now fully aware that there
Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterAug 13, 2024, 10:31 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Canadian junior hockey player Rylan Masterson filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against the NCAA and 10 universities on Monday night, alleging the NCAA is violating antitrust laws by preventing any player who
Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterAug 13, 2024, 11:13 AM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions The St. Louis Blues are not only making the rare move of using an offer sheet on another team’s player, they’re doubling up on the tactic. The team announced Tuesday that it
Rob Demovsky, ESPN Staff WriterAug 13, 2024, 09:26 AM ET Close Rob Demovsky is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Green Bay Packers. He has covered the Packers since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2013. Demovsky is a two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the NSSA. You can follow him
Associated Press Aug 13, 2024, 10:13 AM ET Open Extended Reactions GREENVILLE, S.C. — Frank Selvy, an All-America guard at Furman who scored an NCAA Division I-record 100 points in a game and later played nine NBA seasons, died Tuesday. He was 91. Selvy’s family announced that he died at his home in Simpsonville. The
File photo of the Indian cricket team© AFP Gwalior will host the opening T20 International between India and Bangladesh scheduled on October 6 instead of Dharamsala, where renovation work is being carried out by the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association, the BCCI stated on Tuesday. “The first T20I between India and Bangladesh, initially set to be
Open Extended Reactions Football is at a breaking point. If anyone doubts that, just ask Erling Haaland. Should all go to plan for the Manchester City forward during the 2024-25 campaign, his season will be 354 days long. Ready or not, the new football season will be the longest and most physically demanding ever. Haaland,
Associated Press Aug 12, 2024, 09:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ANAHEIM, Calif. — Will Wagner was inserted into the Toronto Blue Jays lineup at second base and batting sixth for his major league debut Monday against the Los Angeles Angels. The son of former left-handed pitcher Billy Wagner, a seven-time All-Star and a member
Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterAug 13, 2024, 07:07 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions The world’s longest offseason is almost over, and what might be the most anticipated college football season in ages is upon us. We’ve got new super megaconferences to sort through and an expanded
Getty Images 14 minutes ago Welsh rider Josh Tarling will make his Grand Tour debut in September’s Vuelta a Espana. Tarling has been named in a youthful Ineos Grenadiers squad for the three-week Spanish race and will be among the favourites for the opening-day time trial. The 20-year-old from Aberystwyth is the current European time
Former India great Harbhajan Singh believes that Virat Kohli with his supreme fitness can easily survive the rigours of international cricket for another five years while Test and ODI captain Rohit Sharma will last at least another couple of years. “Rohit can easily play for two more years. You never know with Virat Kohli’s fitness,
ESPN News Services Aug 13, 2024, 12:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Gavin Sheets matched a career high with four hits and drove in four runs, Korey Lee and Brooks Baldwin homered, and the Chicago White Sox gave interim manager Grady Sizemore his first win, pounding the New York Yankees 12-2 Monday night
Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterAug 12, 2024, 08:14 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Open Extended Reactions As rare as it was for LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant
Associated Press Aug 12, 2024, 10:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL — Alexei Popyrin of Australia, who turned pro in 2017, defeated fifth-seeded Andrey Rublev of Russia 6-2, 6-4 on Monday night to win the National Bank Open men’s singles title. Editor’s Picks The match took 90 minutes. Popyrin, who lost in the men’s
BBC Sport 26 minutes ago Comments Formula 1 is taking its summer break, but our correspondent Andrew Benson is still answering your questions… Read on for Andrew’s answers about which F1 races might drop off the calendar and whether teams should sacrifice this year and 2025 to prepare for the new regulations in 2026. Is
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. 1 hour ago A perspex barrier will be fitted around the Lee Valley VeloPark velodrome following a horrifying crash at the venue during the 2022 Commonwealth Games. A high-speed collision involving several riders resulted in England’s Matt