Remco Evenepoel sprinted to victory on stage 18 of the Vuelta a Espana to extend his overall race lead. The Belgian accelerated past Spain’s Enric Mas after they caught Dutch rider Robert Gesink 400m from the mountain-top finish on the Alto de Piornal. Australia’s Jay Vine had to abandon and was taken away in an
10:49 AM ET Chelsea have announced Graham Potter as their new manager, replacing Thomas Tuchel, who was sacked on Wednesday. Potter, who joins from Brighton & Hove Albion, becomes the 30th manager in Chelsea’s history — the first managerial appointment under new American owner Todd Boehly, who sacked Tuchel after 100 games in charge. –
10:29 AM ET Clemson coach Dabo Swinney agreed to a new 10-year, $115 million contract Thursday, the largest college football coaching contract by total compensation. The new, enhanced contract runs through the 2031 football season and averages $11.5 million over 10 years. In 2022, Swinney is set to earn $10.5 million, just behind Alabama coach
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton will start the Italian Grand Prix at the back because of a grid penalty for using too many engine parts. The seven-time champion has been given his fourth power unit of the season – one more than is permitted. Hamilton’s brand-new third engine was damaged when he crashed into Alpine’s Fernando
8:30 AM ET ESPN NFL Staff TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht had a hunch it was coming. It was Super Bowl Sunday last February, and he had been celebrating his birthday at home with family when he glanced down at his phone and saw a text message from quarterback Tom
Sep 6, 2022 Projected No. 1 pick Victor Wembanyama will travel to Las Vegas next month for a pair of highly anticipated games, matching up with projected No. 2 pick Scoot Henderson, a source told ESPN. Metropolitans 92 from Paris will take on G League Ignite on Oct. 4 and Oct. 6 in a pair
7:50 AM ET The LGPA returns to Ohio after more than a 30-year hiatus with the inaugural Kroger Queen City Championship in Cincinnati. The 144 players will compete over the weekend for a share of the $1.75 million purse. Gaby Lopez, who is coming off her third LPGA title at the Dana Open, is among
7:00 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com NEW YORK — Caroline Garcia and Ons Jabeur were both 16 years old when they first played against one another at a Grand Slam event. A year later they met again with a spot in a major junior final on the line. As heralded young players who frequently made deep
7:46 AM ET THE PROMOTER, TRAINER and fighter were in a chauffeur-driven car heading to a press conference in London earlier this year, and Dmitry Salita couldn’t help himself. He’s always been a big James Brown fan, and the serious promoter with a wry sense of humor found a chance to offer some levity with
12:09 AM ET ESPN News Services Struggling San Diego Padres slugger Juan Soto left Wednesday night’s 6-3 win against the Arizona Diamondbacks with a right shoulder contusion. Manager Bob Melvin disclosed the injury after the series finale in San Diego but said he thinks Soto should be ready when the Padres open a key series
3:05 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — This was a match that would not end. Should not end, one might say. Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, two of the brightest young stars of men’s tennis, traded shots of the highest quality and countless momentum swings across five sterling sets for 5 hours, 15 minutes
Rohit Sharma’s India have been slammed for “chopping and changing” as they failed to make the final of the Asia Cup Twenty20 tournament with a game to go. Pakistan’s win over Afghanistan on Wednesday knocked out India from the tournament, which was a warm-up for next month’s T20 World Cup. India, who won the previous
7:10 PM ET Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez says he is already running out of praise for the “spectacular” Robert Lewandowski after the striker’s hat trick in Wednesday’s 5-1 Champions League win against Viktoria Plzen. Lewandowski, 34, took his tally for Barca to eight in five games since his €45 million move from Bayern Munich, while
3:49 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Pinpointing the Kansas City Chiefs‘ top wide receiver figures to be a weekly headache for fantasy football players. Patrick Mahomes confirmed as much. Mahomes warned fantasy football players that predicting his favorite receiver from week to week will be difficult as Kansas City’s passing game adjusts to life
4:34 PM ET Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark isn’t bashful about his expansion strategy. He wants to go west. Speaking Wednesday during a visit to future Big 12 member Cincinnati, Yormark told reporters that the league would be interested in adding members from the Pacific time zone. The new commissioner has taken a bold approach
3:07 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — With a job as a television analyst waiting and a desire to move on to the next stage of his life, wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders, 35, formally announced his retirement from the NFL on Wednesday. Sanders, who spent most of six of his 12 NFL seasons in Denver, was
9:20 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Iga Swiatek‘s game is most effective, her mind most at ease, on red clay courts, where her two Grand Slam titles so far arrived. She sure seems to be getting the hang of this hard-court thing at the U.S. Open, though. The No. 1-ranked Swiatek moved into
1:10 PM ET As Aaron Judge continues his pursuit of home run history, the New York Yankees continue to prepare for their offseason contract negotiations with the superstar outfielder. Team president Randy Levine said during a recent interview that Judge is “an all-time Yankee” and emphasized that the franchise “will be extraordinarily competitive” in its