8:43 AM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — The year’s third major comes with plenty of drama. Tiger Woods, who limped his way through the Masters and most of the PGA Championship before withdrawing, is sitting this one out to let his body recover. Phil Mickelson, who has not played in the United States in more than
4:15 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN BROOKLINE, Mass. — Justin Thomas didn’t play a single hole Monday during the practice round of the U.S. Open at The Country Club, but it didn’t matter. There were still plenty of questions for him, most of them about the LIV Golf Invitational Series, which Thomas himself said has been
5:11 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos running back Melvin Gordon III believes most people have already designated Javonte Williams as the team’s top back, but Gordon said Monday he isn’t ready, or willing, to surrender his chance at the job. “I told [Broncos general manager George Paton] when I was at the [negotiating]
3:28 PM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — Here are the tee times for the first two rounds of the U.S. Open at The Country Club. All times ET (a) denotes amateur Thursday 1st tee 6:45 a.m. — Michael Thorbjornsen, Erik Barnes, Matt McCarty 6:56 a.m. — Matthew NeSmith, Patrick Rodgers, Travis Vick 7:07 a.m. — Troy
2:47 PM ET Associated Press BERLIN — Karolina Pliskova started her grass-court season, beating Kaia Kanepi 6-7 (5), 6-0, 6-0 in the first round of the Berlin Open on Monday, when Bianca Andreescu and Daria Kasatkina also won. The fourth-seeded Pliskova, a finalist at last year’s Wimbledon, rallied as Kanepi faded after their hard-fought first
A clatter of New Zealand wickets through the second half of the day may have left England looking the likely victors at Trent Bridge, but Michael Bracewell believes the tourists are well-placed to level the series. At the time, as New Zealand fell from 104 for 1 to 131 for 4 and then to 213
12:32 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Monica Puig, the 2016 Olympic gold medalist, announced her retirement from professional tennis Monday. The 28-year-old cited her recent string of injuries and subsequent surgeries as the reason for her decision in a post on her Instagram account. “After a tough 3 year fight with injuries and 4 surgeries, my
6:54 AM ET Formula One is moving closer to securing a South African Grand Prix at former race venue Kyalami, which could be on the schedule as early as next year. F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has flown straight from Baku, host of Sunday’s Azerbaijan GP, to South Africa for talks over the potential return. 2
12:24 PM ET Running back Jerick McKinnon is returning to the Kansas City Chiefs on a one-year deal, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Besides McKinnon, the Chiefs’ depth chart includes starter Clyde Edwards-Helaire; Ronald Jones II, who signed with Kansas City as a free agent this offseason; veteran Derrick Gore and Isaih Pacheco, who
12:45 PM ET Tristan H. Cockcroft The impending return of Lance Lynn on Monday might occupy the day’s spotlight for the Chicago White Sox, but a scorching-hot bat from their lineup stands out among fantasy baseball pickups for Week 10. Here are three names you should add, and with the possible exception of super-shallow leagues