8:45 AM ET Hanif Abdurraqib If I am being honest with myself, I probably do not love beautiful basketball as much as I’ve convinced myself I do over the past handful of my adult years. Of course, what registers as beautiful is subjective, but in this instance, I am talking specifically about the kind of
Rajat Patidar batted with brilliance in the IPL 2022 Eliminator.© BCCI/IPL Royal Challengers Bangalore needed an innings of character, spunk and adventure to create an impact in the Eliminator against Lucknow Super Giants at the hallowed turf of the Eden Gardens in Kolkata and it came from the blade of Rajat Patidar. The RCB number
Britain’s Simon Yates has withdrawn from the Giro d’Italia because of an ongoing knee issue. The 29-year-old had won two stages in Italy, including one after crashing on stage four to Mount Etna. However, the Team BikeExchange-Jayco rider has struggled with persistent pain and pulled out on stage 17. “Despite daily therapy and Simon’s tenacity,
9:00 AM ET We’re past the halfway point of each second-round series in the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs, and one conference semifinalist has already begun its offseason, as the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Florida Panthers were swept by the Tampa Bay Lightning. What have the first four games of each series taught us? And how will those
12:46 PM ET Blake Baumgartner As the Nick Saban-Jimbo Fisher saga continues, Saban struck a blow on Tuesday with Eli Holstein’s commitment to Alabama on Tuesday. Holstein, a 6-foot-3, 215-pound quarterback out of Zachary High School in Zachary, La., is No. 59 on the ESPN 300. Holstein originally committed to Fisher and Texas A&M in
8:00 AM ET SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Every Tuesday this spring, Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman met with the team’s quarterbacks. Tuesdays with Marcus provided Freeman, a career defensive assistant, the chance to connect with those competing for the most important job on the field. “We just talk ball, we watch practice, I want
10:07 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers are expected to name Omar Khan the next general manager, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. After interviewing more than a dozen candidates for the general manager position, the Steelers selected Khan, who’s been with the organization for more than two decades. He started with the Steelers as
8:00 AM ET As we gear up for this UFC main event on Saturday between … between … hold up. Am I seeing this right? No UFC this weekend? For the first time since April 2, the UFC does not have an event this week. That won’t be the case again for a while, as
2:22 AM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Joc Pederson homered three times and drove in a career-high eight runs, including a tying single with two outs in the ninth inning, and the San Francisco Giants outslugged the New York Mets 13-12 in a wild game Tuesday night. Brandon Crawford hit a game-ending single off
In his short international career, Hardik Pandya has seen it all — highs and lows, injuries, surgery, being embroiled in controversies — but he says he faces them with a smiling face. Putting behind all these, Pandya has shone not just as an all-rounder but as a leader, taking an under-rated Gujarat Titans to the
1:43 AM ET The Calgary Flames needed a small miracle. They almost got it, too. The Flames trailed the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 in the third period of Game 4 in their second-round playoff series when Rasmus Andersson fired a puck 132 feet from the Flames’ blue line that somehow beat Oilers goaltender Mike Smith to
2:28 AM ET Todd Boehly’s ownership bid for Chelsea has been approved by the government and the Premier League. AFP via Getty Images The United Kingdom government has issued a licence that grants the sale of Chelsea to the Todd Boehly/Clearlake Consortium, it was announced on Wednesday. The club were put up for sale after Roman
1:54 AM ET DALLAS — Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic doesn’t necessarily see any honor in avoiding being swept in the Western Conference finals. He remains focused on beating the Golden State Warriors in the series, regardless of the long odds. The Mavs are attempting to become the first team in NBA history to overcome a
6:00 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — Last July, Jalen Tolbert never could have imagined his trip to The Star was a precursor to his future with the Dallas Cowboys. The receiver and some friends were just visiting his buddy, Bubba Thompson, an outfielder in the Texas Rangers farm system, who was playing essentially across the
10:03 PM ET ESPN News Services Former Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker won Georgia’s GOP Senate primary on Tuesday. Walker defeated five fellow Republicans: Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black, former Trump administration official and Navy veteran Latham Saddler, retired brigadier general Jon McColumn, contractor and Air Force veteran Kelvin King, and former state Rep. Josh
9:09 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN DALLAS — Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr didn’t want to talk about basketball in his pregame news conference heading into Game 4 of the Western Conference finals against the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night. Basketball, he said, didn’t matter. “Since we left shootaround, 14 children were killed, 400 miles
6:36 PM ET CHICAGO — White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson says there was no inside joke between he and New York Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson regarding Donaldson calling Anderson “Jackie” over the weekend, in reference to Jackie Robinson. Anderson, speaking publicly on Tuesday for the first time since Major League Baseball punished Donaldson with
7:42 AM ET PARIS — Jo-Wilfried Tsonga bid an emotional farewell to tennis in a special presentation on Court Philippe Chatrier at Roland Garros after losing his first-round match Tuesday at the French Open to Casper Ruud. Tsonga, 37, announced last week he’d bow out after this year’s tournament, bringing an end to a career