4:00 AM ET Ian DarkeESPN.com writer Close Darke, who called games for the network during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, is ESPN lead soccer voice in the United States. He has covered the Barclays Premier League and the Champions League since 1982, and has one of the world’s most recognizable soccer voices.
11:42 AM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Blackhawks have agreed to a one-year contract with Jack Johnson after the veteran defenseman helped Colorado win the Stanley Cup last season. The rebuilding Blackhawks announced the deal on Wednesday. Johnson’s contract carries a $950,000 hit to the salary cap. “Jack provides the team with a strong
1:11 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Vasiliy Lomachenko and Jamaine Ortiz have agreed to a deal for a lightweight fight that’s targeted for late October, sources told ESPN. No site has been finalized for the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN main event, sources said. Lomachenko, formerly ESPN’s pound-for-pound No. 1 boxer, last competed in December, recording
Colombian rider Nairo Quintana has been disqualified from the 2022 Tour de France for an in-competition drug infringement, the UCI has announced. Analysis of two blood samples from the 32-year-old showed the presence of banned drug tramadol. Quintana has now been stripped of his overall sixth-place finish, but has 10 days to appeal against the
9:22 AM ET Ian ParkerESPN The final event of the first round of the PFL playoffs will take place this Saturday, as the featherweight and women’s lightweight divisions have their semifinal matchups at Copper Box Arena in London (ESPN and ESPN+ at 2 p.m. ET, prelims on ESPN+ at 1 p.m.). The main event will
Aug 17, 2022 Gael Monfils has ruled himself out of the US Open due to a foot injury suffered last week in Montreal, he said Wednesday. Monfils, 35, who is No. 22 in the world rankings, returned to the ATP Tour last week for the first time since May after undergoing a minor operation for
Aug 17, 2022 ESPN Betting Analysts The FedEx Cup Playoffs continue this week with the 2022 BMW Championship from Wilmington Country Club in Delaware. The star-studded field will feature some of the best golfers in the world as they attempt to make the cut for the Tour Championship next week and win the Fed Ex
The BMW Championship, the penultimate event on the PGA Tour, takes place this weekend at the Wilmington Country Club in Delaware. The field of 68 players will compete for 30 spots in next week’s Tour Championship, as well as a share of the $15 million dollar purse. One of golf’s elite players won’t be in
11:33 PM ET The Atlanta Braves made another move Tuesday night to lock up their young core long term, agreeing to an eight-year, $72 million extension with outfielder Michael Harris II. The deal for 21-year-old Harris runs through the 2030 season and includes team options for 2031 ($15 million) and 2032 ($20M). Harris was the
ENG vs SA Live: Kagiso Rabada celebrates a wicket.© AFP ENG vs SA 1st Test, Day 1 Live: Kagiso Rabada has given South Africa the early advantage on Day 1 of the first Test between England and South Africa as he removed both the hosts’ openers inside the first hour of play. Rabada got Lees to
3:40 AM BST ESPN staff Ian Foster has been retained as All Blacks coach following a New Zealand Rugby board meeting on Wednesday. Foster’s position has been the subject of huge speculation following an inglorious start to 2022, which included a 2-1 series loss to Ireland on home soil. But the weekend’s 35-23 victory over
2:36 AM BST Corey Norman’s rugby league career could be over with the former Queensland State of Origin player being given a lengthy Super League ban for “inappropriate contact”. Norman has been hit with an eight-game ban after being found guilty of intentionally placing a hand between the buttocks of Warrington’s Oliver Holmes during a
1:18 AM ET Tim Tszyu’s undisputed world title fight in January will also serve as a reunion with father Kostya. The Australian boxer, set to clash with champion Jermell Charlo for all four super-welterweight belts in Las Vegas, hasn’t seen the former undisputed super-lightweight champion for almost three years. Russia-based Kostya has watched from afar
10:20 PM ET Patrick Reed is the latest member of LIV Golf to turn from the course to the courts, as the former Masters champion filed a defamation lawsuit against Golf Channel and commentator Brandel Chamblee on Tuesday. The claim central to Reed’s complaint is that Chamblee and Golf Channel conspired with the PGA Tour
3:25 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The New York Jets can exhale. Quarterback Zach Wilson‘s arthroscopic knee surgery Tuesday was deemed a success, with no surprises from the original diagnosis, sources told ESPN. Wilson was diagnosed with meniscus tear and a bone bruise after a non-contact injury last Friday night against the Philadelphia Eagles,
8:13 AM ET Crystal Palace defender Joachim Andersen said he has received death threats directed at him and his family after he was headbutted by Liverpool‘s Darwin Nunez in Monday’s Premier League 1-1 draw which resulted in the striker being sent off at Anfield. The striker was shown a straight red card after headbutting Andersen
8:37 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com MASON, Ohio — Serena Williams lost in the opening-round match of the penultimate tournament of her career Tuesday, but was still given a hero’s send-off following the 6-4, 6-0 defeat to Emma Raducanu at the Western & Southern Open. Moments after losing, the 2021 US Open champion was given a
7:43 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Cody Bellinger, the 2019 NL MVP whose production has fallen off dramatically since, was benched by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Bellinger might sit out the final three games of the team’s series at Milwaukee. “I just wanted to give him a