Month: April 2024

Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 29 minutes ago Nico Hulkenberg will join the Sauber team for the 2025 season before their transformation into the factory Audi team in 2026. The 36-year-old German is the first driver to sign for Audi as they build up to their debut season in Formula 1. Their other prime
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Apr 25, 2024, 09:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Atlanta Falcons selected quarterback Michael Penix Jr. with the eighth overall pick in the NFL draft on Thursday. The Falcons made the pick despite signing Kirk Cousins to a four-year, $180 million contract in free agency. Penix went through the draft process as one of
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Associated Press Apr 25, 2024, 06:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a tiebreaking two-run homer for his first major league hit, and the Chicago Cubs swept the Houston Astros with a 3-1 victory on Thursday. Houston has lost a season-high five straight and eight of nine overall. At 7-19, it
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Tim Bontemps, ESPNApr 25, 2024, 10:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Not only did Joel Embiid set a playoff career high with 50 points to drag the Philadelphia 76ers back into their first-round series against the New York Knicks with a 125-114 victory in Game 3 on Thursday night, but he did it
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Greg Wyshynski, ESPNApr 25, 2024, 11:45 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions ELMONT, NY — New York Islanders goalie Ilya Sorokin got the start in Game 3 as a rested goalie seeking to give his team a fresh start after trailing the Carolina Hurricanes 2-0 in their opening
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Associated Press Apr 25, 2024, 11:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Frankie Capan III shot a 13-under 58 on Thursday in the Veritex Bank Championship at Texas Rangers Golf Club to tie the Korn Ferry Tour record for relation to par and match the second-lowest score in tour history. Capan played an
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Associated Press Apr 25, 2024, 09:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGLES — Grace Kim shot a 7-under 64 at Wilshire Country Club to take the first-round lead Thursday in the LPGA Tour’s JM Eagle LA Championship. Playing in the morning session, the 23-year-old Australian capped her bogey-free round with a chip-in birdie on
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Apr 25, 2024, 10:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Quarterback Jaden Rashada is committing to play for Georgia after spending one season at Arizona State, according to his agent Henry Organ of Disruptive Sports. Rashada will join the Bulldogs after appearing in three games for the Sun Devils last season, passing for 485 yards with
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Associated Press Apr 25, 2024, 01:45 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — The man who fatally shot retired New Orleans Saints star Will Smith during a confrontation following a car crash in 2016 received a 25-year prison sentence Thursday in a New Orleans courtroom. It was the second time Cardell Hayes, 36, had faced sentencing in
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ESPN News Services Apr 25, 2024, 01:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Rafael Nadal didn’t need much effort as he cruised to a 6-1, 6-0 victory over American teenager Darwin Blanch in the first round of the Madrid Open on Thursday. Nadal looked in good form in what was only his third match since returning
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ESPN News Services Apr 25, 2024, 02:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Charlie Woods, the 15-year-old son of Tiger Woods, failed in his first attempt to qualify for a U.S. Open, shooting a 9-over 81 on Thursday. The teen’s scorecard included one birdie, four bogeys and three double bogeys at the Legacy Golf & Tennis
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Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterApr 25, 2024, 03:10 PM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Boston Bruins coach Jim Montgomery thinks goaltender Jeremy Swayman‘s dominance against the Toronto Maple Leafs — before and during their current first-round Stanley Cup playoff series — has started to
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