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The strongest field in men’s professional golf — including each of the top 100 players in the Official World Golf Ranking — heads to Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, this week for the PGA Championship, the season’s second major. There will be plenty of storylines, including the return of world No. 1 golfer Scottie

Associated Press May 12, 2024, 10:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MINNEAPOLIS — Nikola Jokic scored 16 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter, and Aaron Gordon had 27 points on 11-for-12 shooting to propel the Denver Nuggets to a series-tying 115-107 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday night in Game 4 of

Sara Coello, ESPNMay 12, 2024, 06:30 AM ET Close Sara Coello is a writer in ESPN’s investigative and enterprise unit. Before joining, they wrote about legal issues and crime for The Charlotte Observer, The Post and Courier and The Dallas Morning News. Coello studied sociology, journalism and Spanish at The University of Dallas. CHARLOTTE, N.C.

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 11, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions Vincent Trocheck counted off the dishes on his family’s dinner table back in Pittsburgh. There was chicken parmesan, rigatoni and arancini. There were meatballs, plates of linguine with shrimp and scallops and chicken cutlets. There was

ESPN News Services May 10, 2024, 04:24 PM ET Sean Burroughs, a winner of the Little League World Series, a 2000 Olympic gold medalist and a first-round pick in the MLB draft, has died at the age of 43. The Long Beach (Calif.) Little League said in a statement posted to Instagram that Burroughs “tragically

Harry Lyles Jr., ESPN Staff WriterMay 10, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions In an era of college football with roster turnover at an all-time high, Virginia Tech has worked to build a culture that stresses continuity. That continuity has led expectations to blossom in Blacksburg. A big reason for those expectations was a

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com May 9, 2024, 01:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Andrey Rublev fell onto his back, legs outstretched with his hands covering his face. Red clay covered his shirt and his legs as he stood up seconds later. He let out a deep exhale. He had arrived in Madrid without a match win

May 9, 2024, 04:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2023-24 Champions League semifinals are all wrapped up with plenty of drama, an upset and heartbreak. Borussia Dortmund delivered the final blow to beat Paris Saint-Germain on their own ground in France, leaving Kylian Mbappé without a European trophy as he prepares to make his

Associated Press May 8, 2024, 12:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Michael McDowell, a former Daytona 500 winner, said Wednesday he will not return to “Front Row Motorsports” after this season. McDowell, 39, has been with “Front Row Motorsports” since 2018. He won the Daytona 500 in 2021 and last year’s Cup

Associated Press May 7, 2024, 04:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Three horses are confirmed as headed to Baltimore for the Preakness Stakes, though the status of Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan remained unclear Tuesday, with no imminent decision expected. Mystik Dan is scheduled to return to the track Wednesday at Churchill Downs, site of

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 7, 2024, 09:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, announced Tuesday the signing of a “strategic agreement” between Riyadh Season and the UFC that extends their partnership. Alalshikh told ESPN there are plans to stage a major UFC event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 6, 2024, 11:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions For a brief moment — if only a sliver of time — Naoya Inoue appeared human. As the Japanese star fired a left hook in the opening round of Monday’s undisputed junior featherweight championship fight at the Tokyo Dome, Inoue dropped his right hand.

Sunaadh Sagar May 7, 2024, 05:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions August 7, 2021. It’s 5am in India and there’s already a buzz among sports fans. Aditi Ashok, ranked 200 in the world, started the fourth and final day of the Tokyo Olympic golf competition in second place. She’s tied with LPGA star Lydia Ko

Open Extended Reactions Jason Kidd has signed a multiyear contract extension with the Dallas Mavericks, the team announced Monday. The deal comes just days after ESPN’s Dave McMenamin reported that Kidd’s name was mentioned as a potential candidate for the Los Angeles Lakers‘ head coach job, which came open after the team fired Darvin Ham.

May 6, 2024, 12:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jannik Sinner has cast doubt on his French Open participation, with the world number two saying he will only compete at Roland Garros later this month if he fully recovers from a hip issue that forced him out of Madrid and Rome. Sinner sustained the injury

Multiple Contributors May 2, 2024, 06:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions With the 2024 NFL draft now in the rearview mirror, our focus has already started to turn to the 2025 prospects. Next year’s class looks to have another intriguing quarterback group, and the defensive side of the ball is sure to rebound after being

Open Extended Reactions It all comes down to this. After it looked like the Boston Bruins were going to breeze right by an imploding Toronto Maple Leafs team, the blue and white stormed back to take Games 5 and 6. Now it’s 3-3 in the series, and a trip to the second round is on

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterMay 3, 2024, 09:40 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Open Extended Reactions The

Anita Marks May 2, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 150th Kentucky Derby is set for May 4 with 20 of the best horses in the world facing off in the Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Each horse has been bred for speed and distance and for most

Open Extended Reactions LONDON, England — Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino will forever hold a special place in his heart for Tottenham Hotspur and he has one more reason to be thankful for his former club after his current club’s 2-0 win on Thursday night. A goal in each half from Trevoh Chalobah and Nicolas Jackson