Month: May 2024

Associated Press May 1, 2024, 08:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FRISCO, Texas — Wyoming club pro Ben Polland atoned from a crushing loss in 2015 with steady golf in a tough Texas wind, closing with a 4-over 76 for a three-shot victory Wednesday in the PGA Professional Championship. Polland and 19 other club professionals
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Baxter Holmes, ESPN Senior WriterMay 1, 2024, 09:03 PM ET Close Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — Days after a first-round playoff
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Field Level Media May 1, 2024, 08:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Houston Astros outfielder Chas McCormick, who has not played since Saturday, has been placed on the 10-day injured list because of right hamstring discomfort, the team announced Wednesday. In a corresponding move, the Astros recalled shortstop Jacob Amaya from Triple-A Sugar Land. Houston
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Associated Press May 1, 2024, 08:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Francisco Lindor left the New York Mets’ game against the Chicago Cubs after the second inning Wednesday night due to flu-like symptoms. Lindor, one of two Mets to start all 30 games this season along with first baseman Pete Alonso, batted
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Associated Press May 1, 2024, 08:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears‘ proposal to fund a new lakefront stadium remains a “nonstarter,” Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office said after top aides met with team officials on Wednesday. The Bears unveiled a nearly $5 billion plan calling for public funding last week
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Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterMay 1, 2024, 05:52 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark said he “wasn’t happy” with the league’s recently negotiated revenue distribution plan from the College Football Playoff, but he remains confident in
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Tim Bontemps, ESPNMay 1, 2024, 07:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions According to the NBA’s Last Two Minute Report from Game 5 of the instant classic first-round series between the Philadelphia 76ers and New York Knicks, Tyrese Maxey‘s heroics never should’ve happened. That’s because the league said the game’s refereeing crew missed a Maxey travel
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David Schoenfield, ESPN Senior WriterMay 1, 2024, 06:59 PM ET Close Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 BOSTON — Injuries continue to pile up for the Boston Red Sox as the team placed designated hitter Masataka Yoshida on the injured list prior to Wednesday’s game. Yoshida
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 1, 2024, 06:19 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions PGA Tour star Jordan Spieth isn’t happy that he’s not playing as well as his longtime friend Scottie Scheffler, but he’s hoping to use
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Associated Press May 1, 2024, 01:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Carlos Alcaraz‘s bid to win a third straight Madrid Open title ended with a three-set loss to Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. The second-seeded Spaniard got off to a good start but then was outplayed by the seventh-seeded Rublev, losing
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Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterMay 1, 2024, 05:45 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — As revenue sharing with college athletes becomes a growing possibility, some bowl leaders are already hoping for a collective bargaining agreement with the players that would help
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Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMay 1, 2024, 05:45 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Creighton center Ryan Kalkbrenner, three-time Big East Defensive Player of the Year, announced Wednesday that he plans to return to the Bluejays for another season. Kalkbrenner had entered his
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Todd Archer, ESPN Staff WriterMay 1, 2024, 05:02 PM ET Close Todd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010. You can follow him on Twitter at @toddarcher. Open Extended Reactions FRISCO, Texas — Unsurprisingly,
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