Lenny Martinez became the new Vuelta a Espana leader, but a frantic stage six saw the race swing Jumbo-Visma’s way. Jumbo-Visma’s US rider Sepp Kuss won Thursday’s mountain stage, ahead of Martinez and a large breakaway group. Jonas Vingegaard and Primoz Roglic – both team-mates of Kuss – gained 32 seconds on 2022 winner Remco
Aug 31, 2023, 12:35 PM ET United States two-time World Cup winner and Angel City FC star Julie Ertz officially announced her retirement from international and club play on Thursday. “With immense emotion and processing, I’ve decided it is time to hang up the boots,” Ertz said on her social media post. “I’ve been blessed
Lewis Hamilton says his decision to sign a new contract with Mercedes was motivated by the fact he and the team have “unfinished business” in Formula 1. Hamilton has been stuck on seven championships since then, and been forced to watch as Verstappen and his Red Bull team have swept all before them, having grasped
Sadeera Samarawickrama and Charith Asalanka made resolute fifties after Matheesha Pathirana’s hostile bowling as Sri Lanka slayed Bangladesh by five wickets in their Asia Cup opener in Pallekele on Thursday. Pacer Pathirana’s 4 for 32 restricted Bangladesh to 164. The home side then rode on Samarawickrama’s 54 off 77 balls and Asalanka’s unbeaten 62 off
Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterAug 31, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Katherine Terrell came back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer of 2022. She left the company in 2019 after joining in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native,
Jamal Collier, ESPNAug 31, 2023, 07:24 AM ET CHICAGO — ON MADISON STREET just outside the United Center, during a summer day more than two months before the Chicago Bulls will play their first game of the 2023-24 season, Jevon Carter is about to get his first challenge as a Bull. It’s the weekend of
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNAug 31, 2023, 09:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Whenever I think about how an offseason signing in the NHL can impact the following trade deadline, I think of Taylor Hall. Please recall back in 2020 when the talented left wing didn’t find the long-term contract he wanted
Lewis Hamilton and George Russell will continue as Mercedes’ driver line-up for at least the next two years. Hamilton has signed a new contract that will extend his period with the team to 13 years and keep him in F1 well past his 40th birthday. And Russell, who joined Mercedes in 2022, has also signed
Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterAug 31, 2023, 07:26 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books MANILA, Philippines — Tyrese Haliburton recites this night on the 2023-24 NBA’s upcoming schedule from memory instantly. Jan. 30, 2024. Indiana at Boston, 7:30 p.m. “It’s also my girl’s
Less than 24 hours after landing in South Africa, leg-spinner Tanveer Sangha was handed his debut Australia cap during the first T20I against the Proteas in Kingsmead, Durban. Shipped into the playing XI after veteran leggie Adam Zampa fell ill, Sangha registered record figures to help Australia thrash South Africa by 111 runs. The 21-year-old’s
ESPN News Services Aug 31, 2023, 12:01 AM ET NEW YORK — When Caroline Wozniacki finished off the biggest victory of her still-fresh comeback following 3½ years away from tennis, she sat in her US Open sideline chair, leaned forward and covered her face with both hands. Then she leaned back, glanced over at her
Lionel Messi finally had an off night — by his standards — as Inter Miami CF was held to a 0-0 draw by Nashville SC at DRV PNK Stadium on Wednesday night. The Argentina star had played nine games for Miami since joining MLS in July and all nine had resulted in wins — six
Ferrari have put Charles Leclerc through the mill in the past few years – and at times vice versa, too, it has to be said – but the driver some in Formula 1 believe to be the fastest of all over one lap says his commitment to a future with the Italian team is absolute.
Brittany Mitchell, ESPN Assistant EditorAug 30, 2023, 10:17 PM Close Brittany Mitchell has been a sports fan from an early age, with a keen interest in netball, cricket and rugby. Brittany interned at Rugby Magazine and the Australian Rugby Union before joining ESPN. The countdown to Rugby World Cup 2023 has entered its final weeks,
Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterAug 30, 2023, 03:07 PM ET Close Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals
Stephen Holder, ESPNAug 30, 2023, 07:01 PM ET Close Stephen joined ESPN in 2022, covering the Indianapolis Colts and NFL at large. Stephen finished first place in column writing in the 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors competition, and he is a previous top-10 winner in explanatory journalism in the Associated Press Sports Editors national
Buster Olney, ESPN Senior WriterAug 30, 2023, 06:49 PM ET Close Senior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com Analyst/reporter ESPN television Author of “The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty” With the Yankees now focused on seasons beyond the disaster of 2023, they have informed top outfield prospect Jasson Dominguez he will be activated on Friday, sources confirmed,
Jeff Passan, ESPNAug 30, 2023, 05:31 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” A special prosecutor in the Dominican Republic is investigating a second formal complaint that Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco engaged in a relationship with a minor, the latest