Associated Press Jul 6, 2024, 06:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SILVIS, Ill. — Davis Thompson made birdie on half of his holes Saturday on a soft and defenseless TPC Deere Run, matching his career low with a 9-under 62 for a two-shot lead going into the final round of the John Deere Classic. Thompson
Associated Press Jul 6, 2024, 03:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Kyle Larson has won the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series street race in downtown Chicago, beating Ty Gibbs by one-hundredth of a second. Larson posted a fast lap of 87.836 seconds in the second round of qualifying on the 12-turn, 2.2-mile
Associated Press Jul 6, 2024, 06:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Shane van Gisbergen raced to his third Xfinity Series victory of the season Saturday, making a successful return to the NASCAR street course in downtown Chicago. Van Gisbergen started on the pole before dropping back after a pit stop. He then made
Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterJul 6, 2024, 06:11 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Eight days after taking him with the No. 1 pick, the San Jose Sharks signed Macklin Celebrini to his entry-level contract Saturday. Celebrini, 18, said before and after the NHL draft that
Jul 2, 2024, 05:41 PM Tom Wright scored a fantastic try for Australia. DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images Australia coach Joe Schmidt kicked off his tenure in charge with a 25-16 win over Wales in Sydney on Saturday, their first win over a tier one nation since they beat the Welsh in Cardiff in late 2022.
Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterJul 6, 2024, 06:25 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Open Extended Reactions NEW
Jul 6, 2024, 03:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Free agent forward Miles Bridges is returning to the Charlotte Hornets on a three-year, $75 million deal, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Saturday. Bridges pleaded no contest to a felony domestic violence charge in Nov. 2022 that took place earlier that year, and while he
The Associated Press Jul 6, 2024, 12:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Turkish supporters making their way to the European Championship quarterfinal against the Netherlands on Saturday have been making the same nationalistic hand gesture that saw a Turkey player banned from the match. Berlin police said on X on Saturday that the gesture was
ESPN News Services Jul 6, 2024, 05:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Novak Djokovic shrugged off a slow start to power past unseeded Australian Alexei Popyrin 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(3) and into the Wimbledon fourth round Saturday. Djokovic’s bid for a record-extending 25th Grand Slam title looked under threat when Popyrin took a
D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 6, 2024, 02:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Iga Swiatek‘s quest to conquer grass will have to wait another year. On Saturday, the five-time major champion and world No. 1 was defeated in the third round at Wimbledon by Yulia Putinseva 3-6, 6-1, 6-2. Swiatek looked to be on her way
Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent at Silverstone 1 hour ago George Russell says he and Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton expect a “good fight” for victory in the British Grand Prix with Lando Norris and Max Verstappen. Russell beat Hamilton to secure an all-Mercedes front row, while Norris took third on the grid in his
Pakistan will host Bangladesh, England and West Indies for the Test series in the 2024-2025 season. The season will kick off in August and will go till January 2025. Earlier, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the dates and schedule for their upcoming home season. Babar Azam-led Pakistan will start their home season by hosting
Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterJul 6, 2024, 12:36 PM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World. Open Extended Reactions After missing out on a pair of top-100 prospects this week, Ohio State landed
Associated Press Jul 6, 2024, 09:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MUNICH — Bernhard Langer has bid farewell to the European tour on home soil in Germany 50 years after the two-time Masters champion made his debut. Langer, 66, missed the cut at the BMW International Open in Munich on Friday but said he will
Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent at Silverstone 6 July 2024, 16:20 BST Comments Updated 24 minutes ago George Russell led a home one-two-three in British Grand Prix qualifying from Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton and McLaren’s Lando Norris. Russell beat Hamilton to pole position by 0.171 seconds with Norris, second to Russell after the first
Jul 6, 2024, 11:49 AM ET Minnesota Vikings rookie cornerback Khyree Jackson was killed in a car crash overnight, the team announced Saturday. He was 24. Details of the crash were not immediately available. Jackson’s mother, Ebbony, told TMZ that her son died in his hometown of Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Jackson was selected by the
Associated Press Jul 6, 2024, 12:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Part of the experience of a NASCAR race is hearing the engine roar, the rumble of each car’s approach and the zip of it whizzing past at more than 150 mph. NASCAR unveiled its first electric racecar Saturday in Chicago but it doesn’t thunder
Jul 2, 2024, 05:37 PM England fell agonisingly short of a famous victory over the All Blacks in New Zealand on Saturday, losing 16-15 in Dunedin. There was a whiff of an upset in the air under the roof at Forsyth Barr Stadium as Steve Borthwick’s England went toe-to-toe with the World Cup finalists and