Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterMay 2, 2024, 04:00 PM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — The Steelers are declining the fifth-year option for the 2025 season for running back Najee Harris on Thursday, a source told ESPN,
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 2, 2024, 01:43 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Fifteen-time major champion Tiger Woods has accepted a special exemption to play in next month’s U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club in
Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 2, 2024, 01:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez, boxing’s top star, and his former promoter, Hall of Fame boxer Oscar De La Hoya, engaged in a heated verbal exchange at a Wednesday news conference ahead of Alvarez’s undisputed super middleweight championship defense vs. Mexican countryman Jaime Munguia
Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterMay 2, 2024, 02:02 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias pleaded no contest Wednesday to a misdemeanor domestic battery charge tied to his September
Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 7 hours ago Adrian Newey’s salary at Red Bull is in the region of £18m, according to sources in the know. That’s a lot of money for an engineer. But then Newey is very much not just any engineer. Many would argue that the 65-year-old, who has rocked Formula
Associated Press May 2, 2024, 03:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RALEIGH, N.C. — Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour said Thursday that he feels “really good” that he will reach a new contract with the team, mirroring optimism from president and general manager Don Waddell a day earlier. Brind’Amour — considered by many the face
ESPN News Services May 2, 2024, 03:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Iga Swiatek cruised to a straight-set win over Madison Keys to reach the Madrid Open final for the second consecutive year Thursday. Top-ranked Swiatek beat 20th-ranked Keys 6-1, 6-3 in the semifinals. “It was a pretty clean performance and really solid
Field Level Media May 2, 2024, 02:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Caddie Mike “Fluff” Cowan and Jim Furyk have parted ways amicably after 25 years of working together. Cowan, who was on the bag for Tiger Woods in the late 1990s, is returning to the PGA Tour. Cowan is working with Taiwanese pro C.T.
Associated Press May 2, 2024, 02:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Erik Jones was cleared by doctors and approved to return by NASCAR on Thursday, but his Legacy Motor Club team will hold him out of this weekend’s race at Kansas Speedway to allow him more time to recover from his
Associated Press May 2, 2024, 02:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has signed a multiyear contract extension with JTG Daugherty Racing, which he took to Victory Lane in the Daytona 500 two years ago, to continue driving the No. 47 car in the NASCAR Cup Series. The team
Open Extended Reactions LIVERPOOL, England — Sylvester Stallone is an Everton supporter and perhaps the most apt celebrity fan of any Premier League team. After all, the Hollywood actor built a career on rolling with the punches and hauling himself off the canvas as Rocky Balboa. His story has become the story of Everton, a
ESPN Insiders May 2, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The first round of the 2024 NBA playoffs has been nothing short of exciting, giving us everything from sweeps to back-and-forth battles on both sides of the bracket. In the Western Conference, the Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves and Oklahoma City Thunder have already secured
Getty Images Andrew Benson in Miami F1 Correspondent 28 minutes ago Lewis Hamilton says it would be a “privilege to work with” Adrian Newey if the designer joins Ferrari following his departure from Red Bull. Newey can start work for another team as soon as he leaves Red Bull in early 2025. Ferrari, who Hamilton
Bhuvneshwar Kumar did the star turn with a sensational final over as Sunrisers Hyderabad pulled off a heist, stunning Rajasthan Royals by just one run in a last-ball thriller to keep their IPL playoff hopes alive on Thursday. Needing two to win off the last delivery, Bhuvneshwar (3/41) trapped Rovman Powell (27) with a full
David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterMay 2, 2024, 11:57 AM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Open Extended Reactions Mike Tyson is an underdog against Jake Paul in their July 20 fight at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The heavyweight fight between Paul, 27, and Tyson, who will turn 58
Getty Images 1 hour ago Dutch rider Demi Vollering impressively rode away on the final climb to win stage five of Vuelta Femenina and take the leader’s red jersey. In the race’s first mountain stage, Vollering, of the SD Worx-Protime team, set the pace on the ascent from Jaca in north-eastern Spain before a solo
May 2, 2024, 10:41 AM Open Extended Reactions England will host world champions New Zealand on Sept. 14 ahead of this autumn’s WXV 1 tournament, the teams announced on Thursday. The Red Roses will also face France — who England beat in Bordeaux last weekend to secure their sixth consecutive Six Nations title — at
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterMay 1, 2024, 01:32 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions SCOTT MORTON HAS been watching Anthony Smith fight for the last 17 years, but on Dec. 9 in Las Vegas, he was certain that he never wanted