7:44 AM ET Bayern Munich are the front-runners to sign Ajax‘s Sergino Dest as Thiago Alcantara looks set to join Liverpool, sources have told ESPN. Sources have told ESPN the money generated from that transfer has fast-tracked their interest in Dest if a suitable transfer fee can by agreed between the clubs. – Bundesliga on
4:52 AM ET Liverpool are ready to fend off rival interest from Manchester United by stepping up their efforts to sign Bayern Munich star Thiago Alcantara after contacting the Champions League winners over a £27 million move for the midfielder, sources have told ESPN. Jurgen Klopp has been determined to add the former Barcelona player
6:24 AM ET THE NINE MONTHS it took to schedule a dinner between Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss and the franchise’s newest superstar, LeBron James, really wasn’t that long by Los Angeles standards. James lives in Beverly Hills; Buss lives in Playa Vista. Busy people, L.A. traffic, intense jobs — nine months is actually
11:21 AM ET MAMARONECK, N.Y. — Patrick Reed‘s start to the U.S. Open at Winged Foot was what you’d expect from a lot of the field — a bad hole here, a birdie there, a few pars. Then something big happened. Captain A̶m̶e̶r̶i̶c̶a̶. Captain Ace!@PReedGolf with the first hole-in-one in the 120th #USOpen. pic.twitter.com/gV5dJZ6OrF —
10:00 AM ET What a time to be a New York Islanders fan. Normally when you hear that, it doesn’t portend good things. It means the Islanders were criminally mismanaged or were purchased by an actual criminal or were forced into a nomadic arena existence that hopefully doesn’t end with them in Quebec City. But
10:03 AM ET Eight-time NBA All-Star Vince Carter has signed a multiyear contract with ESPN to serve as an NBA and college basketball analyst, it was announced Thursday. Carter retired this past season, ending a 22-year career in March when the league suspended play because of the coronavirus pandemic. Carter’s Atlanta Hawks had the league’s
10:33 AM ET Monte McNair on Thursday was hired as the Sacramento Kings‘ new general manager, the team announced. McNair, who has been the Houston Rockets‘ assistant general manager since 2018, replaces Vlade Divac, who stepped down as the Kings’ GM last month. “Monte is one of the NBA’s top basketball minds who has played
8:04 AM ET Miguel Baeza was doing a strength-and-conditioning drill, jumping over hurdles at his gym, MMA Masters, in Miami. The up-and-coming UFC welterweight had just completed three rounds of sparring. Fatigue was setting in. On his second and third jumps over the hurdle, he touched the bar. On the fourth and fifth times, he
3:09 PM GMT The 21 players travelling from the England-Australia limited-overs series into IPL will need to isolate themselves for a varying period ranging between one and six days once they land in the UAE on Thursday evening. For the group travelling to Dubai, comprising 18 players from six teams, the quarantine period would be
10:46 AM ET Charlotte was forced to cancel its game against North Carolina on Saturday because it did not have enough offensive linemen to safely play the game, the school announced Thursday. Over the past two weeks, the school said three players have tested positive for the coronavirus, but contact tracing led to several offensive