1:11 AM BST All Blacks star five-eighth Beauden Barrett has committed to New Zealand rugby for four more years but has announced a seismic domestic shift from the Hurricanes to the Blues. Barrett joined fellow-Test stars Brodie Retallick and Sam Whitelock in ignoring the lure of rich European clubs signing until after the 2023 World
Month: July 2019
1:08 AM ET Associated Press NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — Matt Kuchar shot an 8-under 63 on Thursday to share the lead with three players in a low-scoring opening round at the Scottish Open. Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas, the highest-ranked players in the field, opened with 67s — a score only slightly better than the
12:26 AM ET Marc Raimondi Myron Medcalf Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato The first two Professional Fighters League playoff brackets are set, with 12 fighters in the welterweight and women’s lightweight divisions still in the running for $1 million paydays. Glaico Franca is
Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe discuss public perception surrounding the USWNT’s class action lawsuit and Rapinoe’s chat with Gianni Infantino. LOS ANGELES — The celebration was cut short for a member of the World Cup champion U.S. women’s soccer team after she discovered someone had burglarized her hotel room in Los Angeles. Allie Long tweeted
1:02 AM ET The NBA offseason is less than two weeks old, but it already has brought a decade’s worth of stunning player moves, the latest of which was the reported trade of Russell Westbrook to the Houston Rockets in exchange for Chris Paul. All of these player moves have left fans shaking their heads
Haji Wright was called into training camp for the USMNT prior to the Gold Cup and also took part in a camp for the U.S. U-23 side. U.S. youth international forward Haji Wright has secured a transfer from Schalke to Dutch side VVV Venlo, the Bundesliga club announced on Friday. Schalke say they reached a
10:59 PM ET It’s Russell Westbrook Day. It’s Russell Westbrook Day every day in Oklahoma City, by a mayoral decree signed in 2017 by then-Mayor Mick Cornett after Westbrook re-upped with a five-year, $205 million extension. It was Russell Westbrook Day on July 6, when the Oklahoma City Thunder shockingly traded Paul George to the
8:39 PM ET The Oklahoma City Thunder have agreed to trade Russell Westbrook to the Houston Rockets for Chris Paul, first-round picks in 2024 and 2026, and pick swaps in 2021 and 2025, league sources told ESPN. Oklahoma City general manager Sam Presti worked with Westbrook and his agent, Thad Foucher, to deliver the former
7:00 AM ET Everybody is rested and ready for the second half of the MLB season, with several intriguing matchups right out of the gate. Here’s what has our interest: With the Braves facing the Padres this weekend, thoughts turn to the teams’ young stars. If you were starting a franchise today and could choose
10:37 PM ET Featherweight Shakur Stevenson, one of boxing’s top prospects, is all set for his first professional fight in his hometown of Newark, New Jersey, and when he and opponent Alberto Guevara came face to face Thursday at the final prefight news conference, they were joined by a special guest, who made no secret