4:43 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco will have surgery Tuesday on his right wrist. Franco has a hamate injury. He left Saturday’s 5-4 loss at Cincinnati after fouling off a 100.2 mph Hunter Greene pitch before striking out. Manager Kevin Cash said Monday that the 21-year-old
9:01 AM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – Tiger Woods blasted LIV Golf during a news conference at the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews on Tuesday, offering his sharpest criticism to date of PGA Tour players who were lured to the Saudi Arabian-financed circuit by lucrative signing bonuses. In some cases, high-profile players such as
Jun 28, 2022 What a treat we have in store for us this weekend. Every series is alive and headed to a decider after all four northern hemisphere nations bounced back last week, but who’ll come out on top? Can Ireland and Wales make history again to claim their series victory? Can the Wallabies overcome
8:30 AM ET NHL free agency officially begins on Wednesday at noon ET, but it’s already been an absolutely wild offseason in hockey. With the salary cap rising by only $1 million from last season, teams have been forced into difficult decisions, such as: Still, some potential free agents removed themselves from the market by
11:16 AM BST France displaced South Africa at the top of the world rankings on Monday, while New Zealand slumped to an all-time low of fourth after a stunning northern hemisphere sweep of the major July tests at the weekend. Fourteen months before they host the World Cup, France reached the pinnacle of the rankings
6:30 AM ET Liverpool are famed for embodying manager Jurgen Klopp’s philosophy of “heavy metal football,” but they will be bringing the spirit of house music to the Premier League with their new 2022-23 away kit. 2 Related The Reds have used their new alternate jersey to pay homage to the city’s famous music scene
Climate activists forced a 10-minute delay during the 10th stage of the Tour de France after trying to stop riders on the road. The race was paused 36km from the finish as the protestors sat on the road, with one of them wearing a t-shirt saying “We have 989 days left”. The activists were eventually
6:00 AM ET It’s one thing to knock Ohio State from its perch atop the conference. It’s another thing entirely to keep the Buckeyes pinned down. That’s become doubly true in the 2000s. They slipped at the end of the John Cooper era but went straight from 7-5 to 14-0 under Jim Tressel in 2002
7:42 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN CHICAGO — Although Zach LaVine said he went into NBA free agency this summer with an “open mind,” his decision to return to the Chicago Bulls turned out to be an easy one, especially once the team offered him a five-year max contract extension with a player option for the
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The Open celebrates its 150th anniversary at the home of golf this week, and its homecoming at St. Andrews couldn’t have come at a better time for the game. With LIV Golf threatening to splinter the professional tours even more, the drama takes a back seat, at least for a week,
Jasprit Bumrah produced a devastating spell of fast bowling on way to career best six-wicket haul, helping India skittle out England for 110 in the first ODI on Tuesday. Considering the overcast conditions and grass on the pitch, India decided to put the opposition in and the pacers, especially Bumrah, exploited the conditions perfectly. Bumrah
9:15 AM ET Any mixed martial arts fan will tell you that one of the best things about following this sport is the never ending string of storylines to follow. There is no off-season, and there is always something going on inside and outside the Octagon, and things can change instantly. Never a dull moment,
Former Formula 1 race director Michael Masi has formally left motorsport’s governing body, the FIA. Masi has “decided to leave the FIA and relocate to Australia to be closer to his family and take on new challenges”. There was no mention of the Abu Dhabi controversy in the FIA statement. Masi’s failure to follow the
8:02 AM ET Count Ben Roethlisberger among those who may not be fans of the new name of the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ stadium. The Steelers announced Monday that the stadium, known as Heinz Field since it opened in 2001, has been renamed to Acrisure Stadium. Roethlisberger, who played his entire 18-year career as the Steelers’ starting
5:23 AM ET Former world No. 1 Ash Barty has no regrets about retiring from tennis in March age 25 and does not plan to start playing golf professionally, ending speculation that she would now focus her career on that sport. Barty sent shockwaves around the tennis world when she unexpectedly announced her retirement at
4:05 PM ET New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso will participate in the Home Run Derby next week in Los Angeles. Major League Baseball made the announcement Monday on its official Twitter page, confirming the return of one of the Derby’s most successful hitters. “It’s a really fun event,” Alonso told reporters in the
7:31 PM ET ESPN News Services LAS VEGAS — Paolo Banchero showed the Orlando Magic plenty in his two Summer League contests. And the Magic decided that was enough. The No. 1 pick is getting the rest of summer league off, after averaging 20 points, six assists and five rebounds in his two games in
A brilliant century from Emma Lamb and an all-round performance from Nat Sciver powered England to a five-wicket win over South Africa in the first ODI of the three-match series at Northampton on Monday. With this, England have taken a 1-0 lead in the series. Batting first, South Africa were bundled out for 218 in