2:09 PM ET Jeff Carlisle Close U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Austin Lindberg From the beginning of the 2022 campaign, Austin FC has drawn plenty of attention. Following a difficult expansion campaign, the goals have flowed in its sophomore season, and so have the wins.
3:44 PM ET Associated Press Philadelphia Flyers goaltending prospect Ivan Fedotov, who reportedly was picked up by law enforcement in Russia last week ahead of a planned move to the U.S., is now at a remote military base in northern Russia, his agent said Tuesday. The agent, J.P. Barry, spoke with The Associated Press amid
3:57 PM ET ESPN News Services PHILADELPHIA — Injured slugger Bryce Harper had three pins inserted in his fractured left thumb, he told reporters before the Philadelphia Phillies took on the Washington Nationals on Tuesday. Harper, hit by a pitch in San Diego last month, said the pins will be there for four weeks, and
5:48 PM ET Alabama offensive lineman Javion Cohen revealed in an Instagram post on Tuesday that he spent the past month at a rehabilitation facility in Massachusetts for mental health reasons. “[T]he pressure we feel as athletes is insurmountable and can be too much at times,” Cohen wrote. “[I] don’t want to focus on the
4:40 PM ET The Colorado Avalanche re-signed veteran forward Andrew Cogliano to a one-year contract on Tuesday. One of the feel-good stories in the Avalanche’s march to the Stanley Cup, Cogliano, 35, an in-season acquisition from the Anaheim Ducks, didn’t make as much noise up front as many of the Colorado forwards did in the
4:16 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — Jody Allen, the de facto owner of the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks and NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers, said in a statement Tuesday that the teams are not currently for sale but eventually will be. Allen’s statement comes on the heels of last month’s report from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that
2:57 PM ET Tiger Woods closed with a 2-over 74 to finish tied for 39th on Tuesday at the JP McManus Pro-Am, a star-studded event in Limerick, Ireland, serving as a tuneup for next week’s Open Championship. The good news for Woods was that Tuesday’s round marked a slight improvement from his opening 77 on
10:17 AM ET Reuters Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Spain midfielder and women’s Ballon d’Or winner Alexia Putellas has injured her knee ahead of the women’s European Championship, the Spanish football federation (RFEF) said on Tuesday. Putellas, who was also named the FIFA Best Women’s Player earlier this year, was at the heart of
12:17 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — It says a lot about Novak Djokovic that a two-sets-to-none hole at Wimbledon on a day he was hardly at his best never seemed insurmountable. Not to him. Not to anyone watching. It says a lot about his history of overcoming that sort of deficit. A lot about
10:00 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN The only certainty in conference realignment is uncertainty, much like the only constant in college athletics is change. Decisions can whipsaw on the whims of a board member or a president pressured into a ready-fire-aim strategy. When diagnosing the travails of modern college sports, the fact that university decision-makers have
1:12 PM ET Billy Horschel became the latest PGA Tour player to criticize members who have been lured to the Saudi Arabian-financed LIV Golf Invitational Series by lucrative signing bonuses and $25 million purses. During a news conference ahead of the Scottish Open on Tuesday, Horschel said he didn’t have “ill will” toward players who
7:30 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com LONDON — Amanda Anisimova won her fourth-round match at Wimbledon on Monday, and then asked her coach how her fellow American players were faring at the tournament. He broke the news to her: She was the only countrywoman left standing and one of two Americans remaining in the singles draws,
1:34 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Bellator MMA lightweight champion Patricky Freire was scheduled to make his first title defense this month, but an unspecified injury has postponed his July 22 fight with Sidney Outlaw. The title bout was to headline Bellator 283 in Tacoma, Washington, but a source with knowledge of the fight booking confirmed
England defeated India in thrilling fashion to win the Covid-delayed fifth Test at Edgbaston on Tuesday by seven wickets. Set 378, more than any other England team have made in the fourth innings to win a Test, the hosts achieved their target with more than two sessions to spare as Joe Root (142 not out)
12:25 PM BST Ireland captain Johnny Sexton has been passed fit to play in the second test of their three-match series against New Zealand in Dunedin on Saturday. Sexton was taken off with a suspected concussion during their 42-19 defeat to the All Blacks in the series opener in Auckland last weekend but Ireland assistant
The two rugby hemispheres come back together this year July, with several massive series taking place across the globe. Can Ireland win a first Test on New Zealand soil? Will Australia at last end this losing run to England? Can a struggling Wales spring an upset in South Africa? It really is a tantalising few
Wout van Aert’s sensational escape in the final 10km of stage four gave him his first win at this year’s Tour de France and extended his overall lead. The Belgian had finished second in each of the first three stages of this year’s race but this time his plan worked to perfection. A breathtaking attack
9:42 PM ET ESPN News Services MILWAUKEE — With one swing of the bat, Victor Caratini turned a forgettable performance into one of the most memorable moments of his career. After striking out in each of his first four plate appearances, Caratini hit a three-run homer off Scott Effross with two outs in the 10th