8:57 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price has won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, awarded to the NHL player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication. The league announced Price as the winner of the Masterton on Friday night prior to Game 2 of the Eastern
8:52 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — Three-time champion Annika Sorenstam missed the cut at this year’s U.S. Women’s Open after shooting a second-round 81 on Friday and finishing 13 over for the tournament at Pine Needles. With her husband, Mike McGee, caddying for her and their youngest son, William, walking alongside them,
4:06 PM ET Orlando Magic executive Matt Lloyd has agreed to become senior vice president of basketball operations for the Minnesota Timberwolves, sources told ESPN on Friday. Lloyd, who spent a decade with Orlando as assistant general manager and VP of basketball operations, is the first significant hire by Timberwolves’ president of basketball operations Tim
9:11 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — Jin Young Ko never seems to stress. Nor does she let up. The world’s No. 1 player vaulted into contention for a third major championship Friday, playing the final five holes in 3 under to pull within 3 shots of second-round leaders Minjee Lee and Mina
6:17 PM ET Associated Press WIMBLEDON, England — Serena and Venus Williams did not appear on the women’s singles entry list released by Wimbledon on Friday. It is possible that either player could request a wild-card invitation to the Grand Slam tournament, which begins on June 27. Serena Williams has won seven of her Open
2:10 PM ET By the time Diego Alonso’s Uruguay squad arrived in Glendale, Arizona, he had come to some important conclusions about the balance of his side. After beating Mexico 3-0 at State Farm Stadium on Thursday, La Celeste can now move forward with confidence to Sunday’s meeting with the United States in Kansas City,
3:15 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN At long last, Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford are on the verge of a summit meeting at 147 pounds. Spence, who holds three welterweight titles, and Crawford, owner of one 147-pound belt, are closing in on a deal for an October fight in Las Vegas for the undisputed welterweight
1:12 PM ET Associated Press IRVING, Texas — The Big 12 Conference is distributing a record $426 million of revenue to its 10 schools for the 2021-22 school year, a nearly 25% increase over last year and 10% higher than its peak before the pandemic. Texas Tech president Lawrence Schovanec, chairman of the Big 12
8:00 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — A year ago, Boston Celtics owners Wyc Grousbeck and Steve Pagliuca executed an audacious move: They made their successful coach a rookie team president and replaced him with a rookie coach. Had anyone on the dais the day the move to elevate Brad Stevens was formalized — June 2,
4:15 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN SOUTHERN PINES, North Carolina — Michelle Wie West woke up on Friday morning and decided to solve a puzzle. On the day that would eventually feature her final LPGA round of the year, Wie West grabbed her phone and gave Wordle a shot for the very first time. With her
1:18 PM ET Slugger Yordan Álvarez and the Houston Astros agreed to a six-year, $115 million contract extension, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The deal will begin next season and buys out three of Álvarez’s free-agent years, sources said. It represents the biggest contract ever for a player whose primary position is designated hitter and
3:06 PM ET ESPN News Services Coco Gauff has a chance to leave Roland Garros with two trophies. Gauff and Jessica Pegula advanced to the women’s doubles final at the French Open by beating Madison Keys and Taylor Townsend 6-4, 7-6 (4) in an all-American semifinal Friday. The 18-year-old Gauff meets top-ranked Iga Swiatek on
10:28 AM ET The summer transfer window is approaching, and there’s plenty of gossip swirling about who’s moving where. Transfer Talk brings you all the latest buzz on rumours, comings and goings and, of course, done deals! TOP STORY: Pogba, Juventus near deal Juventus are entering the final stages of completing a three-year deal for
1:34 PM ET Simon Cambers PARIS — After two weeks of play, tennis got “the best women’s final” possible at Roland-Garros, where on Saturday, world No. 1 Iga Swiatek and 18-year-old American Coco Gauff will meet for the title. Swiatek, the French Open 2020 champion, is looking for consecutive win No 35, which would equal
1:31 PM ET Demetrious Johnson gets a chance at revenge — and a second opportunity for gold — this summer. Johnson, one of the best MMA fighters of all time, will have a rematch with Adriano Moraes for the ONE Championship 135-pound title Aug. 27 in Singapore, the promotion announced Friday. Moraes knocked out Johnson
Daryl Mitchell and Tom Blundell were both eyeing coveted hundreds at Lord’s after batting New Zealand into a commanding position on Friday’s second day of the first Test against England. In a match where bowlers on both sides had previously been on top, the pair’s unbroken partnership of 180 took the World Test champions to
1:21 PM ET Associated Press Chase Young doesn’t know exactly what he needs to see or feel to know he’s ready to play football again. “I’m just going to have to feel it,” he said. Young isn’t there yet, though the star pass-rusher has returned to the Washington Commanders‘ practice facility to continue rehabbing a
1:42 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is starting to let his guard down, head coach Mike McDaniel told reporters after the team’s second day of mandatory minicamp Thursday. Tagovailoa completed a pair of deep passes to wide receiver Tyreek Hill — for 45 and 55 yards — and made clear