8:20 AM ET You love baseball. Tim Kurkjian loves baseball. So while we await its return, every day we’ll provide you with a story or two tied to this date in baseball history. ON THIS DATE IN 1965, Jim Palmer recorded his first major league victory. Jim Palmer was 19 — long, lean, loose and
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12:32 PM ET Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — Lim Hee-jeong shot an 8-under 64 on Saturday for a three-stroke lead after three rounds of the KLPGA Championship. She was followed by Park Hyun-kyung (67) and overnight leader Bae Seon-woo (72). Lim was at 15-under 201 overall at Lakewood Country Club. The women’s tournament joins
11:09 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Alex Bowman has signed a one-year contract extension to remain with Hendrick Motorsports through 2021. The announcement Saturday came the day before NASCAR resumes its season at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina. Bowman goes into the event already qualified for the playoffs as winner at California on
6:00 AM ET On Jan. 12, Marshal Yanda sat at home, feeling more frustrated and ticked off than he’d ever been. It was a day after the Baltimore Ravens’ shocking loss to the Tennessee Titans in the divisional round of the playoffs. The most successful and — as Yanda views it — fun season of
5:54 AM ET British boxing promoter Eddie Hearn is planning to organise fights in his own back garden when professional boxing returns in July from the coronavirus lockdown. First reported in the Daily Mail, the Matchroom Boxing boss’s mansion home in Brentwood, to the north-east of London, has extensive grounds, and Hearn has said he
8:11 AM ET They will be carrying their own bags, putting to flagsticks that likely won’t be tended and retrieving their golf balls from a cup prepped for safety. But they also are four professional golfers who compete at the highest level, and they will be shown competing live on television. It’s a start. The
8:00 AM ET If you’re really going to get into this thing, you’ve gotta pick a team. That was my first thought as rumors swirled that KBO broadcasts might be coming to ESPN and that there might be a way for this MLB editor who is very much missing the sport to watch live baseball
7:59 AM ET THE GOLDEN STATE Warriors know how fleeting life atop the basketball world can be. Following five consecutive NBA Finals trips, the team suddenly finds itself out of postseason contention in 2019-20 with a league-worst 15-50 record. Serious injuries to star players and the departure of Kevin Durant, a two-time Finals MVP, will
7:00 AM ET Editor’s note: This as-told-to, from Phil Jackson, on Chicago’s historic 1998 playoff run and the end of the Bulls’ dynasty, was originally published in the May 18, June 1 and July 13, 1998, issues of ESPN The Magazine. Watch Episodes 9 & 10 of “The Last Dance” on Sunday at 9 p.m.
4:22 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff The PCB is “very optimistic” about the operational plans being put into place for this summer’s tour of England by Pakistan and has reached an agreement in principle after ECB assurances, as elite-level cricket plots a re-start after months of worldwide lockdown. The two boards held a meeting on Friday
1:39 AM BST ESPN staff South Africa hooker Malcolm Marx has cancelled his contract with the Lions Super Rugby franchise. The Rugby World Cup winner is one of four players and one coach to leave the Lions after the introduction of the Industry Salary Plan to deal with the repercussions of the coronavirus, under which
10:36 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Chris Gayle has avoided sanction for his public criticism of Ramnaresh Sarwan and other Jamaica Tallawahs personnel, after the CPL Tournament Committee (CTC) said in a media release on Friday that it was satisfied with the batsman’s statement, even though he stood by his comments – calling Sarwan a “snake”
10:40 AM ET The UFC Fight Night main event on Saturday is expected to be a slugfest as heavyweights Alistair Overeem and Walt Harris collide in Jacksonville, Florida. Overeem is coming off a loss to Jairzinho Rozenstruik, who finished the former Strikeforce heavyweight champion in the final seconds of their fight last December. Harris, meanwhile,
8:36 PM ET Quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa announced he is transferring to Maryland Terrapins on Friday. The former Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback entered the transfer portal on May 8, and has found his new home with the Terps. Tagovailoa is the younger brother of former Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who was selected in the first round
3:30 PM ET One of the main storylines around the UFC’s past two events — on Wednesday and last Saturday, both in Jacksonville, Florida — has obviously been the return of sports to a world in partial lockdown. That storyline will give way to a new one on Saturday: the return of Walt Harris. Harris
3:33 PM ET UFC superstar Conor McGregor believes that not only will he get another shot at facing Floyd Mayweather in a boxing match, but he will defeat him. During Mike Tyson’s podcast, Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson, the former heavyweight champion praised McGregor’s performance against Mayweather in a 10th-round TKO loss in 2017. “It’s a
7:05 PM ET Attorneys for Seattle Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar and New York Giants cornerback DeAndre Baker said Friday that they have affidavits from witnesses that show their clients are innocent of charges from an alleged armed robbery that took place in Miramar, Florida, on Wednesday. Michael Grieco, who represents Dunbar, told ESPN he has
5:05 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers still wants to finish his career with the Green Bay Packers, but he knows that became more difficult when his team traded up to No. 26 to select his possible replacement, Utah State quarterback Jordan Love, in last month’s NFL draft. Rodgers admitted Friday he was