7:28 PM ET With quite a few intriguing storylines to the 2022 Final Four, ticket marketplaces are seeing an increase in demand and price to watch the last four teams in the NCAA tournament. Duke and North Carolina are playing against each other for the first time ever in the NCAA Tournament — and it’s
Month: April 2022
5:48 PM ET Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — After falling one shot below the cut line, Rose Zhang, the No. 1 amateur in women’s golf, made birdies on her final three holes at Champions Retreat to qualify for the final round of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. Zhang, the former U.S. Women’s Amateur champion, was
6:14 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN NEW ORLEANS — The Villanova Wildcats’ Jay Wright has long been the don of the debonair among college basketball coaches. His rise to one of the sport’s elite coaches came accompanied by his stylish sideline suits, with no bold pattern left unworn. As Villanova emerged as an A-list program and
4:46 PM ET Ohio State freshman Malaki Branham will enter the NBA draft, but will maintain his college eligibility, he told ESPN on Friday. “I will be testing the draft waters while keeping my college eligibility intact,” Branham said. “I want to find the best situation and the right fit for me. I am staying
6:01 PM ET Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — The sport Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski is leaving is run by an organization he doesn’t much recognize anymore. Or like at all. The 75-year-old coach, whose career ends after Duke is done at the Final Four, used the opportunity of what could be his last big news
4:40 PM ET Kelly CohenESPN All it took was one biology class to create the latest Wordle variant. Two high school students, whose parents asked that their names not be shared because they’re minors, recently came up with the game of Weddle — and yes it is named after former NFL safety Eric Weddle. “One
4:01 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom will miss Opening Day after an imaging test showed a stress reaction in his right scapula. In a statement on Friday, the Mets said deGrom won’t
4:31 PM ET Associated Press Tommy Lloyd spent 22 years as Mark Few’s right-hand man turning Gonzaga into a national powerhouse. He needed just one season to return Arizona to prominence. Lloyd was named The Associated Press men’s college basketball coach of the year on Friday after leading the Wildcats to the Sweet 16 in
5:04 PM ET Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe spent an entire season relentlessly chasing and pulling down seemingly every rebound that came his way – and plenty that didn’t, too. “I want to be the greatest rebounder I can be,” Tshiebwe said. The 6-foot-9, 255-pound junior put up better rebounding numbers than
4:09 PM ET The Atlanta Falcons added another player to their reconstructed wide receiver room Friday, signing Damiere Byrd to a one-year contract, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. This will be the 29-year-old Byrd’s fifth NFL team. He signed with the Carolina Panthers out of South Carolina in 2016 and played three years there,
3:45 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have re-signed running back Giovani Bernard to a one-year deal, a source told ESPN on Friday, confirming multiple reports. The deal is for the veteran salary benefit, which comes out to $1.12 million for Bernard’s nine years of league service, plus a $152,500 signing bonus,
4:01 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Kendra Andrews Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry will have his left foot sprain re-evaluated in a week, but both he and the team are confident that the recovery timeline will allow for him to be back
3:16 PM ET Texas A&M signed its first No. 1 class in the ESPN 300 era, and on the final day of the second signing period for the 2022 cycle, the Aggies strengthened that top ranking by adding a fifth five-star prospect. Defensive line anchors the Aggies’ class, and they added more firepower to that
3:37 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — TCU announced a contract extension for men’s basketball coach Jamie Dixon through the 2027-28 season Friday after he led his alma mater to its first NCAA tournament victory in 35 years. Dixon was a player the last time the Horned Frogs won a tournament game, in
3:46 PM ET LSU lost its 11th player to the transfer portal on Friday, with sophomore Mwani Wilkinson opting to leave the program. Freshman forward Alex Fudge entered the portal earlier on Friday. In a fairly unprecedented situation, that now leaves new head coach Matt McMahon with zero scholarship players from this past season still
2:00 PM ET Paul George will rest his shooting elbow and sit out his first game since returning from injury when the LA Clippers play at the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday. After losing 135-130 in overtime in Chicago on Thursday night, the Clippers will hold out four starters for the second game of a back-to-back.
11:55 AM ET Follow the draw for the 2022 FIFA World Cup live with ESPN, starting with all the build-up before the ceremony itself begins at 4 p.m. GMT, midday ET. LIVE BLOG NB: Please refresh the page to get the latest updates….. 11.52 ET / 15.52 GMT: Looking at possible draws…. how about a
11:59 AM ET The Arizona Diamondbacks have reached a two-year extension with right-hander Merrill Kelly on Friday. The deal, which starts in 2023 and includes a club option for 2025, is worth $18 million, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The 33-year-old Kelly was 7-11 with a 4.44 ERA and 130 strikeouts in his third season