Eli Lederman, ESPNJun 28, 2024, 03:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Four-star cornerback Dijon Lee Jr., the top prospect from California in the 2025 class, committed to Alabama on Friday, marking Kalen DeBoer’s latest recruiting win in the month of June. Lee, a standout defensive back at California’s Mission Viejo High School, is the No.
Associated Press Jun 28, 2024, 01:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Russian tennis players Karen Khachanov and Liudmila Samsonova have declined to play at the Paris Olympics, the IOC said Friday, and their next-highest-ranked compatriots were invited instead. The IOC said Pavel Kotov, the 50th-ranked men’s player, and Anna Kalinskaya, ranked No.
Kendra Andrews, ESPNJun 28, 2024, 01:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Golden State Warriors and guard Chris Paul intend to move the date to guarantee the $30 million on his 2024-25 contract to the start of free agency on Sunday, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The deadline to lock in Paul’s contract was originally
Gabriele Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCJun 28, 2024, 12:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BERLIN — Here’s a stat for you: Of the 24 teams competing at Euro 2024, just one, Spain, won all three group games. And here’s another: Not a single team lost all three. There’s a level of parity and possibility at
Eli Lederman, ESPNJun 28, 2024, 01:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The top uncommitted quarterback in the 2025 class came off the board Friday afternoon when Malik Washington, No. 255 in the ESPN 300, announced his pledge to Maryland. Washington, a 6-foot-5 passer from Severn, Maryland, opted for the in-state Terrapins over other finalists Virginia
File photo of Rohit Sharma (left) and Gautam Gambhir.© BCCI Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly has said that former India batter Gautam Gambhir is likely to be the Team India’s head coach after the T20 World Cup. “I think he will be the next coach (for Team India),” Ganguly told media persons. With Rahul Dravid’s
Andreas Hale, ESPNJun 28, 2024, 10:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Although his next two fights are against a bare-knuckle fighter and a 58-year-old former world champion, Jake Paul has made it clear that his pursuit of a world championship is still on. He plans on holding cruiserweight gold in 2025. “I believe in 2025
Jun 28, 2024, 11:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Dennis Walters remembers sobbing as his father cradled his head in his arms. It was late January 1975. The Bing Crosby National Pro-Am was playing on the TV in the Walters’ living room in Neptune Township, New Jersey. The celebrity-studded annual PGA event from Pebble Beach
Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent at the Red Bull Ring 3 hours ago Max Verstappen edged out Lando Norris by just 0.093 seconds to take pole position for the sprint race at the Austrian Grand Prix. Verstappen, the last of the front-runners to cross the line, despite being unhappy with his tyres as a
Getty Images Matt Warwick BBC Sport Senior Journalist 1 hour ago Comments Such is the dominance of the Olympics, the Tour de France is taking a literal detour, finishing in a time trial on Nice’s grand promenade instead of the traditional sprint on Paris’ Champs-Elysees. So perhaps it’s a relief, then, that Mark Cavendish will
D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jun 28, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it grass-court season and less than three weeks removed from the French Open, Wimbledon is already upon us. Editor’s Picks 2 Related The year’s third major gets underway on Monday at the All England Club in London, and there is already
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJun 28, 2024, 07:55 AM 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 MIAMI — Teofimo Lopez glides around the ring with palm trees
Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterJun 28, 2024, 07:20 AM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. — At the foothills of the North Shore mountains is an unassuming mid-century modern home that blends in with the other houses in the neighborhood. Inside this house is
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJun 28, 2024, 08:01 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions UFC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT champion Alex Pereira and his coach, Plinio Cruz, were preparing to board a plane from Newark, New Jersey, to Australia on the morning of
Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJun 28, 2024, 07:53 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions The independent ranks have swung and swayed in recent years. As recently as 2022, we had seven of them, but BYU joined the Big 12, and Liberty and New Mexico State gratefully joined
Associated Press Jun 27, 2024, 11:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tim Weah and other members of the U.S. national team were targeted with racist abuse on social media after the Americans were beaten 2-1 by Panama in the Copa América on Thursday night. U.S. Soccer Federation issued a statement saying it was “deeply disturbed
Jun 27, 2024, 11:06 AM ET Wide receiver Randall Cobb and his family escaped a fire at their Nashville, Tennessee, home this week, with his wife, Aiyda, posting, “we are lucky to be alive.” Aiyda Cobb posted to her Instagram story this week that a Tesla charger “caught fire in the garage late last night
Associated Press Jun 28, 2024, 06:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray both were placed in the Wimbledon bracket during Friday’s draw despite coming off recent operations. That’s no guarantee either 37-year-old past champion at the All England Club will actually compete at the event that begins Monday.