Jeff Passan, ESPNJun 23, 2024, 11:17 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions Toronto Blue Jays infielder Orelvis Martinez was suspended 80 games Sunday for violating Major League Baseball’s performance-enhancing drug policy, just two days after his big league
Getty Images 23 June 2024 Round 11 of the Formula 1 season heads to the Red Bull Ring for the Austrian Grand Prix from 28-30 June. In Barcelona, Max Verstappen secured his third consecutive Spanish Grand Prix victory as he prevailed in a tense, strategic battle with Lando Norris. McLaren’s Norris, who started on pole,
Jun 23, 2024, 11:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — American fifth seed Tommy Paul won his first grass-court title by beating Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti 6-1, 7-6 (8) in the Queen’s Club Championships Sunday. The 27-year-old’s third career crown will take him above Taylor Fritz in the ATP rankings, making him the highest-ranked American
Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 1 hour ago Lando Norris still has hopes of challenging Max Verstappen for the Formula 1 title this year despite losing out to the Red Bull driver in a grand prix he felt he should have won for a second consecutive time. The McLaren driver crossed the line at
England beat USA by 10 wickets on Sunday.© AFP Skipper Jos Buttler led the way with a 38-ball 83 not out after Chris Jordan‘s four-wicket burst, including a hat-trick as defending champions England stormed into the T20 World Cup semi-finals with a 10-wicket rout of USA in Bridgetown on Sunday. Buttler smashed six fours and
Jun 23, 2024, 10:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Italian world No. 1 Jannik Sinner won his first grass-court title by edging his doubles partner, Hubert Hurkacz, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (2) in the Halle Open final in Halle, Germany, on Sunday. The win marks the 22-year-old Australian Open champion’s 14th career singles title. Poland’s Hurkacz
Jun 23, 2024, 12:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has not yet made a decision on his participation at this year’s tournament, Britain’s Davis Cup captain Leon Smith said just hours after the ATP announced that the 37-year-old will miss the grass-court competition following back surgery. The professional men’s tour’s
Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 23 June 2024, 15:41 BST Comments Updated 1 hour ago Red Bull’s Max Verstappen prevailed in a tense, strategic battle with McLaren’s Lando Norris to win the Spanish Grand Prix. Verstappen’s seventh victory in 10 races this year hinged on a decisive opening phase of the race from the
Neil PaineJun 23, 2024, 09:55 AM ET Close Neil Paine writes about sports using data and analytics. Previously, he was Sports Editor at FiveThirtyEight. Open Extended Reactions A week and a half ago, hockey fans were wondering whether the 2024 Stanley Cup Final would end in a sweep for the first time since 1998. Now,
Associated Press Jun 22, 2024, 09:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAMMAMISH, Wash. — Amy Yang shot a 1-under 71 on Saturday to take a two-shot lead into the final round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship as she chases her first major victory. Yang was at 7-under 209 at Sahalee Country Club, remaining steady
Open Extended Reactions Now that the United Football League season has concluded with the Birmingham Stallions winning their third consecutive spring football championship, its players will be looking to make their way into NFL camps. With training camps starting in late July, the next month should be fast and furious with signings. We’ll chronicle the
Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterJun 23, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Close Mike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. You can
Jeremy Woo, ESPNJun 23, 2024, 07:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions IT’S RARE THAT the viewing interests of fans and scouts ever completely align, but as circumstances would have it, last season’s most-watched jump ball came at the outset of the men’s national title game in Glendale, Arizona. UConn’s 7-foot-3 Donovan Clingan, anchoring a defense
Associated Press Jun 23, 2024, 06:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DENVER — Ryan McMahon drew a bases-loaded walk on a full-count, pitch-clock violation by Kyle Finnegan as the Colorado Rockies scored two runs in the ninth inning for an 8-7 victory over the Washington Nationals on Saturday night. It was the first game decided
Legendary India batter Sunil Gavaskar has come under attack on social media after his contrasting analysis of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli‘s dismissals during the 2024 T20 World Cup match against Bangladesh left fans unhappy. Rohit Sharma had scored a quickfire 11-ball 23 to get India off to a flying start in the powerplay. On
Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentJun 22, 2024, 09:09 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions When the U.S. men’s national team bowed out of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in the round of 16, there was disappointment, but also excitement about what could lie
Associated Press Jun 22, 2024, 09:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CROMWELL, Conn. — Tom Kim made enough birdies on a soft, vulnerable course to stay in front Saturday in the rain-delayed Travelers Championship, getting up-and-down for par on the last hole in near darkness for a 5-under 65 and a one-shot lead over Scottie
Bangladesh’s seasoned all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan became the first player to take 50 wickets in the T20 World Cup. On a night when Bangladesh were outplayed in all facets of the game by their neighbours, India, Shakib managed to etch his name in the history books. Shakib was expensive in his three-over spell, giving away