6:56 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The 148th running of the Kentucky Derby kicks off Triple Crown season. The race for the elusive crown begins this Saturday at Churchill Downs with Zandon as the 3-1 morning-line favorite. Our focus moves to pari-mutuel betting, which is different from the normal sports betting futures we are used
Month: May 2022
7:00 AM ET After back-to-back Stanley Cup championships for the Tampa Bay Lightning, coach Jon Cooper still couldn’t believe he was uttering these words: “We’re going for three.” The last time an NHL team won three straight Stanley Cups was from 1981-83, as part of the New York Islanders‘ run of four straight championships. “‘We’re
IPL 2022: Hardik Pandya has led GT incredibly well so far this season.© Instagram Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans (GT) have, so far, had a terrific journey in their debut Indian Premier League (IPL) season, winning 8 of their first 10 games. Even in tough situations, certain GT players showcased immense application and calmness to rescue
2:55 AM ET Associated Press Former Ryder Cup player Thorbjorn Olesen and Ryan Fox shared a one-shot lead following the first round of the British Masters on Thursday. Both shot rounds of 66 to finish the day on six under par, while a trio of players — Hurly Long, Richie Ramsay and Ashun Wu —
Owain Doull will start the Giro d’Italia feeling his new team has been “like a breath of fresh air” that has “rekindled that love of cycling”. He is in Budapest where the 2022 Giro starts on Friday, 6 May and relishing the chance to take on his former team. “I’m loving it, I have to
The Giro d’Italia starts in Budapest on Friday and concludes with an individual time trial in Verona on 29 May. The 21-stage race travels a 3,446km (2,141 miles) route across flat sprinter-friendly days, time trials and gruelling mountain climbs. Here, BBC Sport looks at everything you need to know about the race. What’s the significance
10:44 PM ET ESPN News Services PHILADELPHIA — The New York Mets erased a six-run deficit with seven runs in the ninth inning, capping the rally with Starling Marte‘s tiebreaking double to beat the flabbergasted Philadelphia Phillies 8-7 Thursday night. With the Mets trailing 7-1, Marte led off the inning with an infield single against
IPL 2022: Delhi Capitals eased to a 21-run win over SunRisers Hyderabad.© BCCI/IPL Rishabh Pant-led Delhi Capitals (DC) registered a comfortable 21-run win over SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Match 50 of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday. The win pushed DC to the fifth spot, having
8:38 PM ET NC State‘s offensive line received a boost Thursday when the NCAA granted an appeal from Chandler Zavala, giving him a sixth year of eligibility in 2022. Zavala, a transfer from Division II Fairmont State in 2021, played in five games last season with the Wolfpack before suffering a season-ending back injury. His
9:25 PM ET Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. — If three-time Stanley Cup winner Joel Quenneville is looking to return to coaching next season, he hasn’t told NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman of that plan. And Bettman would certainly be in the loop on that news. Quenneville resigned as Florida’s coach in October when specifics of how
6:17 PM ET Sergio Garcia‘s frustration over a ruling on a lost ball in the first round of the Wells Fargo Championship on Thursday might have caused him to reveal where he’s soon headed. After driving his tee shot on the 10th hole into a hazard at TPC Potomac in Potomac, Maryland, Garcia became frustrated
6:10 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Boston College star wide receiver Zay Flowers grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, as the 11th of 14 children. His mother died in 2005, leaving his father, Willie, to drive a truck for a medical device company to provide for the family. Flowers received a football scholarship to Boston College
6:00 AM ET The Champions League final will be between Liverpool and Real Madrid — a rematch of the 2018 final — in Paris on May 28 after two thrilling semifinal second-leg clashes ended with Manchester City and Villarreal eliminated. ESPN’s Gabriele Marcotti, Mark Ogden and Julien Laurens give us their thoughts on the knockout
6:32 PM ET LA Clippers forward Robert Covington has agreed to a two-year, $24 million contract extension, his agent, Andrew Morrison of CAA Sports, told ESPN on Thursday. Covington, who will avoid a summer free-agency marketplace that is limited in salary-cap space, returns to a loaded Clippers roster that will start the season among the
5:13 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Former Florida quarterback Emory Jones has found a new home. Jones has committed to transfer to Arizona State, a source told ESPN on Thursday. Jones entered the transfer portal earlier this spring after starting 12 games last year at Florida. Jones will be immediately eligible for the Sun Devils, and
7:00 AM ET BEREA, Ohio — The NFL draft came and went, and quarterback Baker Mayfield is still a member of the Cleveland Browns. The Browns couldn’t swing a trade with the Carolina Panthers, and according to multiple sources, never got close. As talks intensified during Friday’s second round, sources said Carolina wanted Cleveland to
7:00 AM ET Four weeks into the MLB season, we’ve seen coast-to-coast domination — as New York and the Los Angeles area are each home to a pair of division leaders. Have the New York Yankees, New York Mets or Los Angeles Angels beaten out the Los Angeles Dodgers — who have sat at the
Eritrean rider Biniam Girmay says it would be one of cycling’s “best moments” when the first black African rider wins a Grand Tour stage. Girmay, 22, makes his Grand Tour debut at Friday’s Giro d’Italia Grand Partenza, where he is expected to challenge for the stage victory. He became the first black African to win
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