Apr 7, 2024, 07:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is out for Sunday night’s home game against the Minnesota Timberwolves due to flu-like symptoms. The Lakers, in a battle for playoff seeding with several other Western Conference teams, enter the matchup having won nine of their past 10 games.
Associated Press Apr 7, 2024, 07:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Ben Shelton captured his second career ATP Tour title, outlasting defending champion Frances Tiafoe 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 on Sunday to win the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship. Shelton, 21, had 11 aces on the way to becoming the youngest player to win
Associated Press Apr 7, 2024, 04:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLESTON, S.C. — Danielle Collins is loaded with confidence and belief in what she can accomplish in her final season after following her Miami Open title with the Charleston Open championship on Sunday. Collins powered past 11th-ranked Daria Kasatkina for a 6-2, 6-1 victory
Connor O’Halloran Apr 7, 2024, 02:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp said he expects more plot twists in the Premier League title race after his side salvaged a 2-2 draw at Manchester United on Sunday. Klopp’s side entered the weekend with a two-point lead in the title race,
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterApr 7, 2024, 05:05 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Former Texas defensive lineman T’Vondre Sweat, the 2023 Big 12 defensive player of the year and Outland Trophy winner, was booked into jail after an arrest for driving while intoxicated.
Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterApr 7, 2024, 09:28 AM ET Close Mike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. You can
Associated Press Apr 7, 2024, 02:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DENVER — Colorado Avalanche forward Mikko Rantanen remains in concussion protocol and will miss their game Sunday night against the Central Division-leading Dallas Stars. It ends his streak of consecutive games at 161, which was the longest on the team. Rantanen’s absence is a
Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United‘s biggest achievement this season could ultimately be little more than denying Jurgen Klopp a title-winning farewell as Liverpool manager. But if that’s the case, they will have absolutely no idea how they did it. In three games against their bitter rivals this season — twice in the
Yash Thakur picked the first five-wicket haul in IPL 2024 on Sunday.© BCCI Lucknow Super Giants must have felt the pressure when their star pacer Mayank Yadav walked off the field after conceding 13 runs in his opening over. LSG were defending a total of 163 for 5 against the power-packed batting line-up of Gujarat
Open Extended Reactions After an 11-game Super Saturday, it’s a somewhat milder nine-game Sunday of action in the NHL. But the playoff implications of the contests is no less grand. Perhaps the most intriguing matchup is the late one, as the Dallas Stars visit the Colorado Avalanche (10 p.m. ET, ESPN). Editor’s Picks 2 Related
Associated Press Apr 6, 2024, 08:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Stephen Strasburg, the 2019 World Series MVP whose career was derailed by injuries, officially was listed by Major League Baseball on Saturday as being retired. This had been the expected outcome for quite some time, but it was unclear when — and how —
Getty Images By Craig Nelson BBC Sport Mathieu van der Poel broke his own record time to defend the Paris-Roubaix title after a stunning solo attack. The Dutch world champion, 29, pounced 60km from the finish and went on to beat the mark he set last year by almost three minutes. It was his sixth
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterApr 7, 2024, 07:56 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions MIAMI — LIV Golf League captains Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka were sitting on a stage at Trump National Doral on Wednesday when a
Jordan Raanan, ESPN Staff WriterApr 7, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Close Jordan Raanan is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Raanan covers the New York Giants. You can follow him via Twitter @JordanRaanan. Open Extended Reactions EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It’s a year filled with a wide variety of top wide receiver and quarterback
Romario Shepherd’s 10-ball 39* outmuscled Tristan Stubb’s courageous 71 off 25 balls as Mumbai Indians ended its three-match losing streak in the IPL 2024 with a 29-run win against Delhi Capitals in Mumbai on Sunday. Conceding as many as 51 runs in the last two overs proved catastrophic for Delhi Capitals, whose bowlers remained wayward
Associated Press Apr 6, 2024, 07:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — On the schedule, it was Game 78. It was something far more meaningful for Brooklyn Nets forward Dorian Finney-Smith. Finney-Smith’s father, Elbert Smith, was at Barclays Center on Saturday night for the Nets’ game against the Detroit Pistons. It marked the
Getty Images By Andrew Benson BBC F1 correspondent Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff painted a bleak but realistic picture of the Formula 1 season after the Japanese Grand Prix. “No-one is going to catch Max this year,” he said, following Max Verstappen’s success at Suzuka. “His driving and the car are just spectacular. You can
ESPN News Services Apr 6, 2024, 08:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — The head of the baseball players’ association thinks a shorter pitch clock has contributed to a series of pitcher injuries. “Despite unanimous player opposition and significant concerns regarding health and safety, the commissioner’s office reduced the length of the pitch