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Jan 4, 2023 Pinehurst Resort, already the site of nine top-quality 18-hole golf courses, is adding No. 10. The North Carolina resort, which has hosted the U.S. Open, U.S. Women’s Open, the PGA Championship and the Ryder Cup in the past, announced Wednesday it will be constructing an additional golf course slated to open when

9:00 AM ET The NHL season is nearing its midpoint, which means teams separating out into the hopeful and the hopeless. Here are the Stanley Cup Hope Tiers as they are currently constituted. The projected points and playoff probabilities are through Monday’s games and provided by FiveThirtyEight. The Stanley Cup champion probabilities are via Money

7:00 AM ET As the calendar turns to 2023, it’s time to start thinking ahead to the upcoming baseball season. We started by presenting one key number that will define 2023 for each of the National League teams, so now, let’s turn our attention to the Junior Circuit. Does anyone still refer to the American

3:25 PM ET BRENTFORD, England — Brentford sealed their first victory over Liverpool since 1938 with a 3-1 win at Gtech Community Stadium on Monday, which dealt a fresh blow to the Reds’ hopes of a top-four finish in the Premier League to qualify for the Champions League. Ibrahima Konate‘s 19th-minute own goal and Yoane

Dec 31, 2022 Mike CoppingerESPN Gervonta Davis allegedly struck a woman on the right side of her head with a “closed hand type slap,” leading to his arrest this week in Florida, according to a Broward County Sheriff’s Office incident report. According to the incident report, the woman, who doesn’t live with Davis and whose

9:18 PM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Rafael Nadal has ended an up-and-down 2022 with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 loss to Britain’s Cameron Norrie at the United Cup mixed teams tournament Saturday. Nadal won the Australian Open and French Open to take his career Grand Slam singles total to a leading 22. But foot, rib

Dec 30, 2022 Harlequins’ England prop Joe Marler has been given a two-week ban for comments made to a Bristol Bears player while playing for his club this week, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) said. The 32-year-old faced a hearing on Friday where he answered the charge of making comments “prejudicial to the game” during

8:51 PM ET ATLANTA — Reluctant to invite outside expectations surrounding his return date but clearly encouraged by the progress he’s made so far, Los Angeles Lakers star big man Anthony Davis spoke to reporters Friday for the first time since suffering a stress injury in his right foot two weeks ago. “Feeling a lot

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The Week 17 NFL schedule for the 2022 season is stacked with great matchups, and we got you covered with what you need to know heading into the weekend. Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the biggest keys to every game and a bold prediction for each matchup. Additionally, ESPN

Dec 30, 2022 The most disruptive year in the history of men’s professional golf is finally coming to an end, although the ongoing battle between the PGA Tour and the LIV Golf League doesn’t figure to come to a conclusion anytime soon. During the past 12 months, Tiger Woods returned to the course, Phil Mickelson

Dec 30, 2022 Jeff Wagenheim Seven appears to be the lucky number. Or unlucky, depending on whether or not you start the year with a UFC championship belt wrapped around your waist. Exactly a year ago, I made predictions for ESPN on what fighter would be champion at the end of 2022 in each of

4:07 PM ET Texas Tech senior linebacker Dimitri Moore responded Thursday to Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin’s accusations that Moore spit on and possibly used a racial slur in the direction of one of his players Wednesday during the TaxAct Texas Bowl. “I can’t state strongly enough that these accusations are false,” Moore said in

7:00 AM ET The Winter Classic is an annual outdoor hockey game with an annual timeline for fan arguments. They begin when the venue is announced — “Fenway Park … again?” — and continue when the participants are revealed — “The Pittsburgh Penguins … again?” But the arguments reach their apex when the uniforms for

Dec 27, 2022 As we navigate the holiday season, baseball fans can do so with a rare gift already in place. After a frenetic offseason, the heavy lifting of the hot stove campaign is arguably already complete. That’s almost unheard of for a sport that in recent years has seen offseasons move at a glacial

6:04 AM ET How do you solve a problem like Darwin Nunez? Liverpool‘s response to that dilemma has now been made clear by their move to sign Cody Gakpo in a £37 million transfer from PSV Eindhoven — a deal that has been done so quietly and efficiently that the Netherlands forward could be signed

Dec 24, 2022 Mike CoppingerESPN Jermell Charlo suffered a broken left hand, and his Jan. 28 undisputed junior middleweight title fight against Tim Tszyu has been postponed, Charlo announced Saturday. The fight for Charlo’s four 154-pound titles, which was set to take place in Las Vegas, will be rescheduled. “I was sparring and I threw

8:00 AM ET The NBA’s star-studded slate of Christmas Day games will pit the game’s best against the best in a high-stakes day of action between top contenders. The surging New York Knicks, with their newest star point guard, Jalen Brunson, and a revitalized Julius Randle, will host MVP candidate Joel Embiid, James Harden and

9:00 AM ET PHIL VILLAPIANO WALKS through the Pittsburgh airport. It is late Wednesday evening, three days before Christmas. Even at 73, he still looks like a linebacker — sturdy chest, stout shoulders, steel chin. His hair is white, but his eyes dance the way they have for decades. Villapiano should hate Pittsburgh. He was

4:16 PM ET A day after flipping his commitment from Notre Dame to Oregon, five-star safety Peyton Bowen shocked the recruiting world by signing with Oklahoma on Thursday. Bowen, the No. 14 overall recruit and No. 2 safety in the 2023 ESPN 300, is the highest-ranked defensive player to sign with Oklahoma since ESPN began

Dec 22, 2022 World Rugby will encourage elite competitions to have a shot clock for penalties and conversions from Jan. 1, with sanctions to be issued for time wasting as part of plans to speed up the game in 2023 – a World Cup year. The guidelines have been designed by the global governing body