4:35 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — At one point early in the NBA playoffs, Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers and head coach Steve Kerr had a conversation about how they didn’t feel their team was championship caliber. They saw themselves as a Western Conference finals team, maybe, but compared with the
10:30 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — In the spring of 2001, the defending Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens held their first minicamp with one notable absence. Tony Siragusa — a.k.a. “the Goose” — wasn’t in the defensive line meeting room. But, teammates heard he was planning to make a big splash. Then, a loud
9:44 AM ET Jeff Carlisle Close U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. This summer’s transfer window will have a slightly different flavor than those in previous years. With the
2:34 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — A day after Astros outfielder Jose Siri called his bat-flip home run celebration against the New York Mets “an error,” he seemingly backtracked Wednesday with a profane tweet that was later deleted. While not addressing the incident directly, Siri’s tweet said: “(expletive) bad opinions. have fun.” It was
9:06 PM ET The Tampa Bay Lightning showed some life in Game 3 of the 2022 Stanley Cup Final against the Colorado Avalanche on Monday. After getting blown out in Game 2, Tampa got goals from six different scorers in a 6-2 win. After allowing 11 goals in the first two games, Andrei Vasilevskiy was
4:27 PM ET If you’ve ever watched Monday Night Football, you have probably heard former Ohio State football players proudly announce their school as “The Ohio State University,” with an emphasis on the word “the,” pronounced with the long “e” like “thee.” That simple article has become part of Ohio State’s culture and the university
7:21 AM ET Sadio Mane has completed his move to Bayern Munich, ending a six-year spell with Liverpool in which he helped end their 30-year wait for a league title, as well as winning the Champions League. Sources told ESPN on Friday that Mane reached an agreement with Bayern, who won their 10th consecutive Bundesliga
3:23 PM ET Ohio State‘s recruiting roll with wide receivers continued on Wednesday, with Noah Rogers joining the fold. Rogers is the third ESPN 300 (No. 57) receiver to commit to the Buckeyes in as many days, joining Carnell Tate (No. 134) and Brandon Inniss (No. 25). 1 Related Rogers, a 6-foot-2, 185-pound wide receiver
6:35 PM ET Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay, who won a Super Bowl in February, will be honored with a statue in Miami University‘s “Cradle of Coaches,” the school announced Wednesday. There are currently nine bronze statues in the “Cradle of Coaches” outside Yager Stadium in Ohio, including Paul Brown, Bo Schembechler, Woody
4:49 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — O. Bruton Smith, who emerged from rural North Carolina and parlayed his love of motorsports into becoming a NASCAR Hall of Famer and one of its most eccentric and successful promoters, died Wednesday. He was 95. His death was announced by Speedway Motorsports LLC, the company formed
4:08 PM ET ESPN News Services Former NFL defensive tackle Tony Siragusa, known during his playing career as “The Goose,” has died at age 55. Siragusa’s death was confirmed by Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, who said in a tweet that he was “heart broken as is all of Colts Nation.” Siragusa, who played 12
6:13 PM ET The Detroit Pistons are trading forward Jerami Grant to the Portland Trail Blazers for a 2025 first-round pick via the Milwaukee Bucks, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The 2025 first-round pick via Milwaukee is protected Nos. 1-4, sources said. Detroit sends Grant into a $21 million trade exception, and the Pistons now
5:00 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The US Open will double the size of its men’s and women’s wheelchair singles and doubles tournaments, and add a junior championship at this year’s tournament. The expansion announced Wednesday means there will be 16 men and 16 women in the singles draws, along with eight men’s
2:19 PM ET Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa — A heartwarming tradition launched at Iowa home football games five years ago is getting another feel-good layer. The University of Iowa announced Wednesday that patients at UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital will get to pick the songs that accompany the Hawkeye Wave, in which fans at
2:55 PM ET If there was any doubt about the venom brewing between the PGA Tour and the rival LIV Golf Invitational Series, the latest salvo was delivered by the breakaway circuit on Wednesday. Just as PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan was unveiling increased purses, a revamped schedule and dramatic changes to the FedEx Cup
12:49 PM ET Four-time major winner Rory McIlroy offered some of the harshest criticism yet of PGA Tour players who have defected to the rival LIV Golf Invitational Series, saying Wednesday that some are “duplicitous” for backing out of their commitments to the tour. McIlroy, speaking to reporters at a news conference ahead of this
4:41 PM ET American League RBIs leader Jose Ramirez is back in the Cleveland Guardians‘ lineup Tuesday after missing his first two games this season with a sore right thumb. He is batting third and playing third base in Tuesday night’s game against the Minnesota Twins, who lead the Guardians by just one game in
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson hopes there will be “healing” at his former team Yorkshire on the eve of a third Test against England that was almost moved from the county’s Headingley headquarters because of a racism row. Pakistan-born former off-spinner Azeem Rafiq first raised allegations of racism and bullying in September 2020, related to