11:38 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN After Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum had a rough NBA Finals, Brad Stevens had a simple message for his team’s franchise player. “I just told him to go on vacation,” Stevens, Boston’s president of basketball operations, said with a smile during a videoconference call with reporters after Boston’s season ended
Former Indian women’s cricket team captain Mithali Raj said goodbye to cricket last week after a 23-year-long cricket career. She quit as the leading run-scorer in women’s international cricket. Apart from her “Bradman-esque” contribution to women’s cricket, she’ll be remembered for all that she has done to bring the women’s game into the mainstream in
10:58 AM BST Leinster scrum-half Nick McCarthy has announced he is gay, and has thanked coaches Leo Cullen and Stuart Lancaster for their “unbelievable” support in what he said has been a difficult decision. McCarthy has 18 caps as an Ireland under-20 player and he captained the side in 2015 but said he contemplated quitting
10:01 AM ET Associated Press The United States will play Japan and Saudi Arabia in its last two World Cup warmups. The 15th-ranked Americans will play No. 23 Japan in an exhibition on Sept. 23 at a European site that is yet to be announced, the U.S. Soccer Federation said on Tuesday. – Stream ESPN
7:17 AM BST Despite his limited pro rugby experience, Suliasi Vunivalu says playing in four NRL grand finals with Melbourne means he can handle the pressure of a Wallabies debut in the England Test series next month. The 26-year-old winger is finally injury-free and eager to get his international career started ahead of next year’s
10:36 PM ET It’s that kind of season again for the New York Yankees. The Bronx Bombers are absolutely dominating the opposition this season, as they’ve reached 50 wins in 67 games for a winning percentage of .746. It puts them in a class of their own in MLB this season — the next closest
Jason Roy was bought by Gujarat Titans in the IPL mega auction but pulled out of IPL 2022 saying that the bio-bubble fatigue had taken a toll on him, and that he’d like to spent some quality time with his family. Soon after the England batter was handed a suspended two-match international ban by the
11:53 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — What a difference 48 hours and a venue change makes. Facing a 2-0 deficit in the 2022 Stanley Cup Final — and coming off of a 7-0 loss to the Colorado Avalanche that felt even more lopsided than that score — the Tampa Bay Lightning returned home and threw
8:15 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — San Diego Padres All-Star slugger Manny Machado wasn’t in the lineup a day after spraining his left ankle and acting manager Ryan Flaherty was optimistic his former teammate won’t need to go on the injured list. “He’s got some purple and blue in there but overall he’s
7:57 PM ET The reigning Stanley Cup champions might be on the ropes. The Tampa Bay Lightning, winners of consecutive titles, return home, down 2-0 to the Colorado Avalanche. It’s not just the two-game deficit in the Stanley Cup Final, it’s how the Avalanche have won. Colorado jumped out to early leads in both games
7:44 PM ET Scott Satterfield secured one of the biggest wins of his Louisville football coaching tenure on Monday when top running back recruit Rueben Owens II committed to the Cardinals. “I have always been a trailblazer, and aimed to create my own legacy on the road less traveled in hopes of inspiring others to
2:12 PM ET An emergency protective order filed last month against veteran NBA point guard Rajon Rondo in Louisville, Kentucky, has been dismissed. The protective order, which was filed against Rondo by a woman on May 13, was dismissed on Thursday after the “parties reached an agreement,” according to the document, which was obtained by
4:46 PM ET Ryan Giggs confirmed on Monday that he has resigned as coach of the Wales national team. The former Manchester United winger is awaiting trial after being charged with controlling and coercive behaviour and assault against his ex-girlfriend and her sister. Giggs has pleaded not guilty to all charges and remains on bail.
7:47 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — It’s been two years since the Bay Area hosted a championship parade, but the city, nor the Warriors, forgot how to take in the moment. Stephen Curry hopped on top of a banister at a Muni train station stop and started hitting the sign that was next
6:47 PM ET Will Zalatoris has withdrawn from this week’s Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut, a move announced by the PGA Tour a day after he finished as runner-up in the U.S. Open. Zalatoris, the world No. 12, missed a 14-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole that would have put him in a playoff
5:26 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN The University of Nevada is expected to hire LSU executive deputy athletic director/COO Stephanie Rempe as the school’s new athletic director, sources told ESPN. Rempe is one of the country’s most respected deputy athletic directors, as she played a prominent role in the recent spree of high-profile LSU hires –
6:06 PM ET Austin Lindberg Dan Hajducky Close ESPN Hajducky is a reporter/researcher for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. The Seattle Sounders received adulation from across Major League Soccer when they defeated Pumas to win
1:25 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN The Seattle Seahawks are giving defensive tackle Bryan Mone a two-year, $12 million extension, a source confirms to ESPN. Mone, 26, is now under contract through 2024 and can make up to $13.8 million with incentives over the next three seasons, according to the source. Mone’s extension, which was first