England are prepared to play Ben Stokes as a batsman only when they defend their 50-over men’s World Cup title in India after the Test captain reversed his decision to retire from one-day internationals. The all-rounder, troubled by a longstanding left knee injury that restricted his bowling during the recent drawn Ashes Test series at
Jamal Collier, ESPNAug 28, 2023, 07:52 AM ET When James Harden exercised his player option for the 2023-24 season on June 29, it came with a caveat, one that has become familiar for the 10-time All-Star during the most recent stage of his career — a trade request. Harden expected the Philadelphia 76ers to trade
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 28, 2023, 08:30 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ATLANTA — Another tumultuous season on the PGA Tour has come and gone. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Norway’s Viktor Hovland won the Tour Championship at East Lake
Associated Press Aug 28, 2023, 11:18 AM ET The Washington Capitals have promoted Brian MacLellan to president of hockey operations to go along with his general manager duties. MacLellan has been the team’s GM since 2014 and previously held the title of vice president. The move announced Monday comes with longtime president Dick Patrick being
Aug 28, 2023, 11:04 AM ET A new study has diagnosed the degenerative brain disease Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) in more than 40 percent of youth, high school and college athletes – primarily football players – who were exposed to repetitive head impacts from contact sports and died before age 30. The study was conducted
Sta India batter Virat Kohli is all set for the upcoming ODI World Cup challenge. The tournament this year will be hosted in India. It will kick off on October 5 with the final match taking place on November 19. While admitting that pressure will be there during the mega event, Kohli said that not
Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterAug 28, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. It’s time once again for the Chaos Slam. None of tennis’ biggest tournaments boast the sheer unpredictability of the US Open. In the past nine years, 13 different men and 15 different women have reached the
Video assistant referee causes controversy every week in the Premier League, but how are decisions made, and are they correct? After each weekend, we take a look at the major incidents to examine and explain the process both in terms of VAR protocol and the Laws of the Game. – How VAR decisions have affected
The 2023 NFL season will kick off Sept. 7, and that means it’s time for our annual ranking of the league’s top 100 players. What can we expect from the game’s best this season? And how do they stack up against each other? To create our list, we asked a panel of dozens of ESPN
Jeff Wagenheim, ESPNAug 28, 2023, 08:07 AM ET If you’re a mixed martial arts promotion and your name doesn’t begin with “U” and end with “FC,” the fight business can rough you up. How does your second-fiddle company attract athletes the MMA fan base has heard of and cares about? How do your fights even
Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterAug 28, 2023, 07:15 AM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. A REPORTER’S QUESTION about physicality reminded Alabama football coach Nick Saban of a conversation he had earlier in the week with former All-Star and World Series champion Pete Rose. Saban said Rose once
Sam Bruce, Deputy Editor, espn.com.auAug 28, 2023, 04:25 AM Close Sam was brought up on long drives and the dusty fields of north-west New South Wales, where he developed his love of rugby from an early age. He joined ESPN after a five-year stint heading up Fox Sports Australia’s digital rugby coverage. The countdown to
Aug 28, 2023, 03:10 AM ET A brick hit Aston Villa‘s team bus as the side were travelling home from a Premier League clash at Burnley on Sunday. The Lancashire Police stated that a brick was thrown from a footbridge at the team bus as it travelled along the motorway, hitting the windscreen. Nobody was
File photo of Virat Kohli.© AFP Former West Indies pacer Curtly Ambrose feels that India’s legendary batter Virat Kohli is back in his groove. He added that the player could serve the Indian cricket for the next couple of years. 34-year-old Kohli, whose form dipped in the first half of the year 2022, has improved
ESPN News Services Aug 28, 2023, 01:29 AM ET American Jack Sock will retire from tennis after the US Open, the former world No. 8 said Sunday. Sock, 30, has won four ATP singles titles and 17 tour-level doubles trophies, with the most notable crowns being the 2017 ATP Masters 1000 title in Paris, as
DJ Bien-Aime, ESPNAug 28, 2023, 12:00 AM ET Close D.J. Bien-Aime covers the Houston Texans for ESPN. He is the newest reporter to join ESPN Nation, as he moved over to ESPN in July of 2022 after covering the New York Jets previously. He’s a former athlete that finished his college career at Louisville. You
Associated Press Aug 27, 2023, 10:52 PM ET VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Megan Khang needed an extra hole to win her first LPGA tournament in 191 career starts. Andrea Lee agonizingly watched the leaderboard for nearly an hour to see if she would play on the Solheim Cup team for the first time. It was
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 27, 2023, 07:38 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ATLANTA — When Oklahoma State golf coach Alan Bratton was recruiting Viktor Hovland in 2015, he remembers Hovland telling him that he couldn’t wait to get to