Month: July 2024

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterJul 6, 2024, 12:36 PM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World. Open Extended Reactions After missing out on a pair of top-100 prospects this week, Ohio State landed
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Associated Press Jul 6, 2024, 09:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MUNICH — Bernhard Langer has bid farewell to the European tour on home soil in Germany 50 years after the two-time Masters champion made his debut. Langer, 66, missed the cut at the BMW International Open in Munich on Friday but said he will
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Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent at Silverstone 6 July 2024, 16:20 BST Comments Updated 24 minutes ago George Russell led a home one-two-three in British Grand Prix qualifying from Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton and McLaren’s Lando Norris. Russell beat Hamilton to pole position by 0.171 seconds with Norris, second to Russell after the first
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Jul 6, 2024, 11:49 AM ET Minnesota Vikings rookie cornerback Khyree Jackson was killed in a car crash overnight, the team announced Saturday. He was 24. Details of the crash were not immediately available. Jackson’s mother, Ebbony, told TMZ that her son died in his hometown of Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Jackson was selected by the
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Getty Images 6 July 2024 Norwegian cyclist Andre Drege has died following an accident during the Tour of Austria on Saturday. The 25-year-old, who had been with Norwegian team Coop–Repsol since 2021, was fatally injured on the descent of the Grossglockner, Austria’s highest mountain. A statement by the Tour of Austria said that Drege “sustained
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Getty Images 59 minutes ago Comments Biniam Girmay claimed his second win in the Tour de France in a sprint finish on stage eight as Tadej Pogacar retained the leader’s yellow jersey. Intermarche-Wanty’s Girmay, who won stage three to become the first black African to triumph on the Tour, timed his effort to perfection on
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French cyclist Julien Bernard has given a light-hearted apology after being fined for kissing his wife during a Tour de France time trial. The Lidl-Trek rider was made to pay 200 Swiss francs ($223; £174) by the International Cycling Union (ICU) for stopping briefly during stage seven of the race. The governing body said the
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ESPN News Services Jul 5, 2024, 12:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Nebraska sharpshooter Keisei Tominaga will get an opportunity to show whether he’s worth a turn in the NBA, as he agreed to an Exhibit 10 deal with the Indiana Pacers, a source told ESPN’s Jonathan Givony. Tominaga was named second-team All-Big Ten
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Associated Press Jul 6, 2024, 12:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Anthony Volpe stood in a quiet, mostly empty Yankees clubhouse and had a one-word description of the team’s shockingly sorry skid. “Brutal,” he said. “We play to win and we expect to win.” A major league-best 49-21 through June 12, New
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Canada claimed a 4-3 penalty shootout win over Venezuela on Friday to reach the Copa América semifinals in their debut appearance after an absorbing contest finished 1-1. With the teams all square after five attempts each, Wilker Ángel had his spot-kick saved by Maxime Crepeau in the shootout and Ismael Kone buried the winning penalty
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