7:50 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Patrick Cantlay met his goal in the first round of the Tour Championship on Thursday, and it had nothing to do with the score on his card or the size of his lead. As the top seed in the FedEx Cup, he started with a 2-shot lead over
8:27 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Looking to bolster their bullpen for a September playoff push, the New York Mets claimed reliever Brad Hand off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday. A three-time All-Star with 126 career saves, Hand struggled badly with the Blue Jays after arriving from Washington in a
5:22 PM ET CHICAGO — Add the Chicago Cubs to the list of Major League Baseball teams who have issued a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for their non-playing employees, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Those employees have to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 4, when staff return to their offices for the offseason. A source told
8:00 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — New York Yankees broadcaster John Sterling was helped out of his flooding car by Spanish radio play-by-play man Rickie Ricardo on Wednesday night after Sterling got stuck trying to drive home after a game. Sterling and Ricardo both called New York’s game at the Los Angeles Angels
5:05 PM ET Just a Yankee. That’s how Derek Jeter sums up his legacy. But as one of the game’s greatest shortstops sits on the cusp of his Hall of Fame induction, baseball fans know he was much more than that. Jeter, along with fellow inductees Ted Simmons and Larry Walker, met with the media
7:11 PM ET Raheem Sterling is used to leading the way for England on and off the pitch. He shouldn’t have to do so in such ugly circumstances as those witnessed in the Puskas Arena, but one powerful positive from such an unedifying evening is the reminder of what a remarkable talisman the 26-year-old has
6:56 PM ET Associated Press GROSSE POINTE FARMS, Mich. — Gene Elliott won the U.S. Senior Amateur on Thursday, beating Jerry Gunthorpe 1 up at the Country Club of Detroit. The 59-year-old Elliott, from West Des Moines, Iowa, won for the first time in 36 starts in USGA events. He also won the Senior British
6:00 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. It’s all happening. We’re mere hours away from the release of Drake’s “Certified Lover Boy.” The anticipation
7:39 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Longtime NFL assistant Matt Cavanaugh was walking off a golf course in South Carolina when he received word that his close friend Greg Knapp, the New York Jets‘ passing-game specialist, had been struck by a motorist while biking in California. “I just sent him a text: ‘Bro, I’m
6:20 PM ET Associated Press Henrik Stenson continued to put forward his claim for European Ryder Cup selection contention after another impressive showing in an equal course-record setting 64 on the opening day of the Italian Open in Rome on Thursday. Stenson ended his day’s play tied at the top with Scottish Open winner Min