5:26 PM ET Tom Van Haaren Rocket Mortgage has ended its sponsorship deal with Bryson DeChambeau due to his reported commitment to the Saudi-funded LIV Golf Invitational Series. The controversial tour had its first event Thursday outside of London, and the field featured Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia and 45 other golfers. A source
12:27 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady was adamant Thursday that he did not have any sort of rift with former head coach Bruce Arians, who announced his retirement shortly after Brady announced he was returning. He did not, however, deny reports that he spoke with the Miami Dolphins about joining their
7:00 AM ET BOSTON — Klay Thompson has run the gamut of the NBA experience in his 11 years in the league. He’s seen the tremendous highs of winning three championships in four years and the lows of having to sit out more than two seasons due to injury. As the five-time All-Star assessed the
1:25 PM ET He may only be one fight into his UFC career proper, but Jack Della Maddalena says he is ready to emerge as the next star MMA athlete from Oceania and follow the path being forged by Alexander Volkanovski, Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker. Della Maddalena gets his first taste of a UFC
11:58 AM ET Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Austin Lindberg With greats like Claudio Reyna, Landon Donovan, Clint Dempsey and now Christian Pulisic, who’s the best to ever play for the U.S. men’s national team? Illustration by ESPN With the United States men’s national
1:31 PM ET Associated Press Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray defeated seventh-seeded Alexander Bublik 6-3, 7-6 (4) on Thursday to reach the Stuttgart Open quarterfinals. The 35-year-old Murray dropped his intensity in the second set but saved three set points as he rallied from 5-2 down to win in 1 hour, 42 minutes. 1 Related
Afghanistan completed a 3-0 whitewash of Zimbabwe on Thursday in a one-day international series in Harare, but made heavy weather of chasing a modest target due to some lacklustre batting. Set just 136 to win, the tourists scored slowly and lost wickets to be in trouble at 60-4 after the last ball of the 20th
11:50 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Wimbledon will offer a record total of 40.3 million pounds ($50.5 million) in player compensation, but the singles champions will receive less than the pre-pandemic amount. The prize money excluding per diems totals a record 38.9 million pounds ($48.8 million), the All England Club announced Thursday. The men’s
7:15 AM ET Jordan ReidESPN Need a quarterback? Look no further than the 2023 NFL draft class. After we saw just one first-round passer — and no other QBs taken before pick No. 74 — in 2022, next year’s class promises to have more talent at the position. Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud and Alabama’s Bryce
Grace Brown’s sprint finish secured victory on stage four of the Women’s Tour and the overall lead. The Australian’s first stage win, a 144.7km route through mid-Wales, began in one market town, Wrexham, and ended in another, Welshpool. The FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope rider and two others broke away from the pack late on. Holding off
9:20 PM ET ESPN News Services ANAHEIM, Calif. — Centerfielder Enrique Hernandez, who capped off a comeback victory Tuesday night with a putout in a rare appearance at shortstop, was placed on the 10-day injured list Wednesday by the Boston Red Sox. Hernandez has been bothered recently by a right hip flexor strain, Boston manager
10:23 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN One of the most prominent members of USC’s athletic department is leaving for the NFL. Brandon Sosna, USC’s chief of staff for athletics who oversees the football program, is taking a job with the Detroit Lions, sources told ESPN. Sosna began informing co-workers of his decision earlier this week, sources
7:39 PM ET THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — The Los Angeles Rams signed wide receiver Cooper Kupp to a three-year, $80 million contract extension, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday. The contract includes $75 million guaranteed and is worth $110 million over the five years of the deal, sources said. It’s the highest amount of
8:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — The moment Billy Donovan learned what kind of competitor Al Horford is remains as clear in his memory as if it happened this week — and not 20 years ago. “I’ll never forget it,” says Donovan, Horford’s coach at the University of Florida who is now in charge
9:41 AM ET Players and tournaments will share profits 50-50 from 2023 on the men’s ATP Tour while total prize money will surge thanks to an agreed expansion of top-tier tournaments, the global governing body of the men’s circuit announced on Thursday. The ATP said its strategic plan for widespread reform has received the green
9:40 AM ET The PGA Tour has suspended the 17 members who are competing in the inaugural LIV Golf event, announcing the punishment in a memo to players Thursday, a copy of which was obtained by ESPN. Players who resigned their membership before starting the LIV Golf event being held outside London starting Thursday are
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10:21 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — While Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue was winning his title bout against Nonito Donaire, burglars were breaking into his home. Inoue stopped Donaire in the second round Tuesday night, unifying three bantamweight world titles. That same evening, two men broke into his home southwest of Tokyo, knowing Inoue and