Month: September 2023

Sep 15, 2023, 01:12 PM ET Alabama appears to be making a change at quarterback. Sophomore Tyler Buchner is expected to start over Jalen Milroe when the 10th-ranked Crimson Tide play at South Florida on Saturday, sources told ESPN’s Chris Low. Buchner, who transferred from Notre Dame in the spring, took the majority of first-team
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Associated Press Sep 15, 2023, 05:40 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — Three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray wept Friday after revealing he missed his grandmother’s funeral to play in the Davis Cup Finals. Murray came from behind to beat Leandro Riedi 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-4 and give Britain a winning start in its 2-1 victory
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Associated Press Sep 15, 2023, 05:30 PM ET A shell-shocked Martin Truex Jr. has slumped into Bristol Motor Speedway fighting for his season. Truex won the regular-season title, but two bad races to open NASCAR’s playoffs has him on the brink of elimination headed into Saturday night’s race. The bottom four drivers in the 16-driver
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 15, 2023, 05:54 PM ET AJ McKee has found himself back in the Bellator lightweight tournament mix after all. Sort of. McKee, the former Bellator featherweight champion and one of the promotion’s biggest stars, will face Sidney Outlaw on Nov. 17 in a Bellator Lightweight World Grand Prix alternate bout,
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Associated Press Sep 15, 2023, 01:18 PM ET The U.S. Soccer Federation is planning to build a national training center in Atlanta with financial support from Arthur Blank. The USSF announced plans for the training center on Friday. Blank, who owns the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and MLS’ Atlanta United, is contributing $50 million for the
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Associated Press Sep 15, 2023, 02:38 PM ET BRISTOL, Tenn. — Daniel Hemric will return to the NASCAR Cup Series next year in a promotion with Kaulig Racing. Hemric is in his second full season racing in the Xfinity Series for Kaulig and third consecutive season overall. He won the Xfinity championship in 2021 driving
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Sep 15, 2023, 03:05 PM ET The Washington Wizards are re-signing veteran forward Taj Gibson to a one-year, $3.2 million contract. Agent Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports confirmed the 38-year-old free agent’s plans with ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Friday. The team announced the deal later in the day. “Taj has earned his reputation as a
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Associated Press Sep 15, 2023, 08:51 AM ET USA Basketball is back atop the FIBA men’s world rankings, even after failing to medal at the World Cup. The Americans flipped spots with Spain for No. 1 in the world in the updated rankings that were released Friday, reclaiming the top spot that they lost late
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Associated Press Sep 15, 2023, 02:28 PM ET BRISTOL, Tenn. — Bristol Motor Speedway is ditching the dirt. The Tennessee short track that has used a dirt surface the past three years for its NASCAR races will run both NASCAR weekends in 2024 on its traditional concrete surface. Bristol in 2021 covered the high-banked, .0533-mile
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South Africa’s Heinrich Klaasen celebrates after scoring a century during the 4th ODI vs Australia.© AFP South Africa defeated Australia by 164 runs in the fourth ODI match on Friday. The win helped South Africa level the five-match series 2-2 with a match to go. Talking about the fourth ODI, Heinrich Klaasen slammed 174 off
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Associated Press Sep 15, 2023, 09:05 AM ET The Baseball Hall of Fame is going Bananas. An exhibit dedicated to the sport’s wackiest team, the Savannah Bananas, will open Friday at the hallowed shrine in Cooperstown, New York. “I’m blown away,” Bananas owner Jesse Cole told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. “As a
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Sam Bruce, Deputy Editor, espn.com.auSep 15, 2023, 12:23 PM 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. SAINT-ETIENNE, France —
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