12:24 PM ET Associated Press John Rotz, a Hall of Fame jockey who won the Preakness and Belmont Stakes during his career, has died at 86. He died at his farm in Warrensburg, Illinois, southwest of Champaign, on Monday, according to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, which spoke to his family.
2:42 PM ET Former Denver Broncos offensive line coach Alex Gibbs, a key part of the staff that helped the Broncos win back-to-back Super Bowls in the late ’90s, had died at the age of 80, the team announced. The Broncos said Gibbs died from complications from a stroke and was surrounded by his family
12:17 PM ET The New Orleans Pelicans are progressing on a deal to hire Phoenix Suns assistant Willie Green as head coach, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. A 12-year NBA veteran, Green has been an assistant with the Suns for the past two seasons and spent the previous three seasons on the Golden State Warriors‘
12:39 PM ET Swiss tennis star Roger Federer has withdrawn from the Tokyo Olympics after suffering a knee injury during the grass-court season, he said Tuesday. “I unfortunately experienced a setback with my knee, and have accepted that I must withdraw from the Tokyo Olympic Games,” Federer said in a Twitter post Tuesday. “I am
12:32 PM BST Ireland will host New Zealand in one of four international tests announced by the Irish Rugby Football Union for Andy Farrell’s squad in October and November. The Irish will face the All Blacks at Aviva Stadium on Nov. 13 for the first time since losing to the New Zealanders in the quarterfinals
6:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Something is going to have to give when it comes to the crowded New England Patriots running back position in 2021. They can’t all make the final roster. Start with sure-fire No. 1 option Damien Harris, who Patriots coach Bill Belichick said is “off to a really good start
7:00 AM ET For years, the question has been: “Who is the face of baseball?” Ahead of the 2021 MLB All-Star Game though, three new superstars have proved there doesn’t need to be just one face of the sport. Fernando Tatis Jr. of the San Diego Padres, Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels and
8:00 AM ET We inevitably overreact to what we see in bowl season. It is the last real thing we see from teams for about eight months, and it’s really easy to get sucked into believing that whatever we saw then is what we’ll see for months on end when the next season begins. They
Yashpal Sharma was part of the Indian team that won the 1983 World Cup.© Twitter The BCCI on Tuesday condoled the death of former India batsman and World Cup winner Yashpal Sharma, saying the country has “lost one of our cricketing heroes”. Apart from representing India 79 times in the international arena, Yashpal was also
Patrick Konrad from Austria held off the chasing group to claim victory on stage 16 of the Tour de France. He attacked out of a breakaway on the Col de Portet-d’Aspet, the penultimate climb of the 169km stage. It is the 29-year-old’s first Tour stage and first professional win. Tadej Pogacar retained the yellow jersey
3:54 AM ET Ian DarkeESPN.com writer Close Darke, who called games for the network during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, is ESPN lead soccer voice in the United States. He has covered the Barclays Premier League and the Champions League since 1982, and has one of the world’s most recognizable soccer voices.
10:00 AM ET High school yearbooks for 2021 graduates have been handed out, with many of them including a section on class superlatives. We thought we would get in on the fun but with college football’s 2021 recruiting class. As these players transiition from prospects to incoming freshmen, we found it fitting to recognize several
“I shared a strange relationship with Malcolm Marshall. The moment I would come in, he would at least hit me twice on the chest,” the late Yashpal Sharma would narrate with a straight face while sipping tea at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground. On Tuesday, as Indian cricket lost one of its gutsiest soldiers to
6:01 PM ET You have to go back to the 1960s to find a comparison for what Novak Djokovic is accomplishing in 2021. In the ’60s, tennis was trying to figure out the cleanest way forward as tournaments were split into professional and amateur events (and “amateurs” sure seemed to be making pretty good money
Formula 1 driver Lando Norris was mugged and his team-issued watch was stolen after the Euro 2020 final at Wembley on Sunday. The 21-year-old was returning to his McLaren car in an official Wembley car park when he was attacked by two men. A McLaren statement said Norris, fourth in the world championship before this