Month: May 2023

Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterMay 20, 2023, 04:16 PM ET Five-star quarterback Michael Van Buren, a top-20 prospect in 2024, committed to Oregon on Saturday. Van Buren, from St. Frances Academy (Maryland), is ranked 18th overall in the 2024 class and is the second-best pocket passer in the class behind Georgia commit Dylan Raiola (No.
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Associated Press May 20, 2023, 05:33 PM ET ROME — Holger Rune‘s run at the Italian Open has already been extraordinary. And it’s not done yet. The 20-year-old Dane recorded his second victory over Novak Djokovic in little more than six months in the quarterfinals. Then he rallied past Casper Ruud 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-2
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Associated Press May 20, 2023, 04:52 PM ET ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The winner of the PGA Championship will be getting $3.15 million. The PGA of America released its prize fund Saturday at $17.5 million. That’s up from $15 million last year, and $500,000 less than what the Masters offered last month. The purses in the
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ESPN News Services May 20, 2023, 02:22 PM ET The New York Yankees designated Aaron Hicks for assignment on Saturday and signed fellow outfielder Greg Allen to a major league contract and added him to the roster. Hicks has more than two years left on a seven-year, $70 million contract signed in 2019. He is
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Associated Press May 20, 2023, 08:52 AM ET TAMPERE, Finland — The United States shut out Denmark 3-0 on Saturday to stay perfect at the ice hockey world championship. Alex Tuch scored one goal and added two assists as the United States earned its fifth victory in five games. Cutter Gauthier broke the deadlock midway
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Tim Bontemps, ESPNMay 20, 2023, 01:53 AM ET BOSTON — Over the past two postseasons, the Boston Celtics have repeatedly responded well after losses. They have also repeatedly struggled in close situations late in games. In control for significant portions of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Miami Heat on Friday night,
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May 20, 2023, 02:28 PM ET Manchester City have been crowned Premier League champions following Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat away to Nottingham Forest on Saturday, moving Pep Guardiola’s side one step closer to completing a remarkable treble. City are now just two finals away from becoming the first English side since Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United
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Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterMay 20, 2023, 01:13 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Virginia athletic director Carla Williams delivered the keynote commencement address during graduation ceremonies Saturday on a day when the university and football program also remembered three players killed in an on-campus shooting
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Lucknow Super Giants survived a late Rinku Singh onslaught to secure a thrilling one-run win and seal their second successive play-offs berth in the Indian Premier League at Eden Gardens on Saturday. Pooran held the LSG innings together with a counter-attacking 30-ball 58 (4×4, 5×6) to propel them to a fighting 176/8 after being invited
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Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterMay 20, 2023, 10:07 AM ET Close Previously covered University of Michigan for ESPN.com and AnnArbor.com Also covered Notre Dame for Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Cecilia Braekhus, the former world No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter, is out of her challenge for the WBA junior middleweight title against champion Terri Harper on Saturday
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Nick Friedell, ESPN Staff WriterMay 20, 2023, 02:26 AM ET Close Nick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined ESPNChicago.com for its launch in April 2009. BOSTON — Miami Heat star forward Jimmy Butler has
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