Apr 9, 2024, 02:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Champions League soccer is back for the quarterfinals! Europe’s premier club competition returns with two high-stakes, heavy-weight matches on Tuesday, providing exciting storylines, top talent and drama. Enjoy the play-by-play from both of the matches as Arsenal play Bayern Munich and Real Madrid host title-holders Manchester
Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Punjab Kings in IPL 2024© AFP Sunrisers Hyderabad retained the fifth spot in the IPL 2024 points table with a narrow victory over Punjab Kings on Tuesday. Thanks to the two-run win, SRH are level on points with Kolkata Knight Riders, Lucknow Super Giants and Chennai Super Kings but their Net Run
Associated Press Apr 9, 2024, 12:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONACO — Novak Djokovic made light work of his return to clay and did not face a break point when beating Roman Safiullin 6-1, 6-2 to reach the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Tuesday. Serving for the match, Djokovic won on
Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterApr 9, 2024, 11:56 AM Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions Plans for a rugby Club World Cup where the best northern and southern hemisphere club sides
Apr 9, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ronald Acuña Jr. started 2024 as the best player in baseball, according to us. Who will end it as such? The Atlanta Braves superstar was No. 1 on our preseason MLB Rank Top 100 after winning National League honors with his historic 40-home run/70-stolen base 2024
The first and second rounds of the 88th Masters at Augusta National Golf Club will begin in pairings. Here are the tee times: 11:30 a.m. — Mike Weir, Ryo Hisatsune, Neal Shipley (a) 11:42 a.m. — Vijay Singh, Si Woo Kim, Emiliano Grillo 11:54 a.m. — Fred Couples, Adam Hadwin, Stewart Hagestad (a) 12:12 p.m.
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterApr 9, 2024, 07:50 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions AUGUSTA, Ga. — WITH THE FUTURE of men’s professional golf still hanging in the balance, all eyes are on the trio of superstars who
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNApr 9, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions When the New York Rangers clinched a playoff berth on March 26, there wasn’t a celebration. There was barely an acknowledgment of the feat in their dressing room after an overtime win against the visiting Philadelphia
Open Extended Reactions All 16 teams in the NHL’s Eastern Conference will have completed their 82-game seasons by the end of April 17. At that time — and perhaps not a moment earlier — we will officially know the identities of the eight Eastern clubs moving on to the Stanley Cup playoffs. Eight of Tuesday’s
Associated Press Apr 9, 2024, 11:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Spanish tennis player Aaron Cortes has been given a 15-year ban for match-fixing and other offenses. The International Tennis Integrity Agency said Tuesday that Cortes, 29, admitted 35 breaches of the tennis anti-corruption program between 2016 and 2018. The ITIA said that
Ryan HockensmithApr 9, 2024, 08:30 AM ET Close Ryan Hockensmith is a Penn State graduate who joined ESPN in 2001. He is a survivor of bacterial meningitis, which caused him to have multiple amputation surgeries on his feet. He is a proud advocate for those with disabilities and addiction issues. He covers everything from the
Zenia D’Cunha Apr 9, 2024, 10:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions This time last year, Sumit Nagal was trudging his way through qualifiers at the clay court ATP Challengers in Europe, losing in the first qualifying round in the first two weeks of April, 2023. This April, he started with a first-round win at an
Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterApr 8, 2024, 09:47 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions GLENDALE, Ariz. — NCAA president Charlie Baker said he’s focused on creating a “consumer protection system” for collegiate athletes and their families so they can have a better
Apr 9, 2024, 09:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Safety Logan Ryan, who played in six conference championship games and won two Super Bowl rings over his 11 NFL seasons, announced his retirement Tuesday. “I am officially retiring from the NFL,” Ryan said in a video posted to X, formerly Twitter. “What a great career.
Andrew Lopez, ESPNApr 11, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Before the San Antonio Spurs moved into the practice facility at their new $500 million campus complex this season, they still had a bit of business to take care of at the old facility. The same building where Tim Duncan, David Robinson, Tony Parker,
SRH have named Vijayakanth Viyaskanth as a replacement for Wanindu Hasaranga.© X (Twitter) Sunrisers Hyderabad on Tuesday roped in young Sri Lanka leg- spinner Vijayakanth Viyaskanth as a replacement for the injured Wanindu Hasaranga in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League. The 22-year-old Vijayakanth, who has played one T20I for Sri Lanka, is
Julien Laurens, CorrespondentApr 9, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Three years on from their last encounter in the round of 16, a new chapter in the rivalry between Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona will be written on Wednesday when they face each other in the Champions League quarterfinals. This time, there is no Lionel
ESPN News Services Apr 9, 2024, 01:38 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN FRANCISCO — It all felt pretty strange for Blake Snell. No spring training with his new team to work out the kinks. Finally facing big league hitters for the first time in April. He couldn’t wait to get back out there. Lane