Month: July 2021

2:19 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHOENIX — Jrue Holiday continued his slow start to the NBA Finals, finishing 7-for-21 with 17 points in the Milwaukee Bucks‘ 118-108 loss to the Phoenix Suns in Game 2 on Thursday night at Phoenix Suns Arena. But as this series shifts back to Milwaukee for Game 3 on Sunday
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2:20 AM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Welcome home to Slam Diego, Daniel Camarena. The rookie reliever hit a stunning grand slam off Washington ace Max Scherzer and his hometown San Diego Padres overcame an eight-run deficit, finally beating the Nationals 9-8 Thursday night on Trent Grisham’s RBI single in the ninth inning. The
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8:51 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The biggest heavyweight bout of the summer has been postponed. Tyson Fury has tested positive for COVID-19 and his bout against Deontay Wilder will be rescheduled for later this year, sources confirmed to ESPN. The fight was originally scheduled for July 24 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, with the
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8:50 PM ET Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — Billy Andrade and Stephen Ames shot 5-under 65s on Thursday to share the first-round lead in the U.S. Senior Open. Andrade had five birdies and no bogeys on an Omaha Country Club course that dried out after the sun broke through and the wind came up in
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7:56 PM ET Associated Press KENNESAW, Ga. — Authorities announced the arrest of a man Thursday in connection with the killing of three men found shot to death on the golf course of a suburban Atlanta country club. Cobb County sheriff’s deputies and U.S. marshals arrested Bryan Rhoden more than 25 miles from where the
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7:36 PM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade traveled to Surfside, Florida, on Thursday to visit the site of the
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7:26 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Conor McGregor said Dustin Poirier was not his complete focus heading into UFC 257 earlier this year. In a video interview with ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith published Thursday, McGregor admitted that Poirier wasn’t the only thing on his mind before the second fight of their series back in
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