8:13 PM ET Mechelle VoepelESPN.com Close Mechelle Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. It’s been 13 years since three-time U.S. Women’s Open winner Annika Sorenstam played a United States Golf Association event. But that
Month: May 2021
6:51 PM ET A short run of success can be extremely misleading. And when you make a few huge decisions based in part on a really short run of success, it can set you back for quite a while. Last summer during Project Restart, Arsenal beat league champions Liverpool and took down both Manchester City
7:39 PM ET Associated Press Eastern Washington quarterback Eric Barriere, Sacred Heart running back Julius Chestnut and VMI receiver Jakob Herres are among the Walter Payton Award finalists highlighting The Associated Press FCS All-America team released Wednesday. The Championship Subdivision’s spring season, pushed back nearly six months because of the pandemic, will conclude Sunday with
5:52 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Packers are signing veteran quarterback Blake Bortles to a one-year contract, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday, making him the first addition at the position since the news of Aaron Rodgers‘ unhappiness with the organization broke last month. It doesn’t necessarily mean the two are
7:00 AM ET It’s time for the 10th Annual Luke Walton All-Stars, honoring journeymen and guys who have fought to stick in the NBA. (Learn about the origins of the column here.) Brown walked into the Detroit Pistons practice facility in November when his phone blew up: After a solid second season, the Pistons were
4:40 PM ET Austria’s Matthias Schwab continued his impressive run on the European Tour on Wednesday as an opening six-under 66 handed him a one-stroke lead at the British Masters. Schwab mixed seven birdies with a lone bogey at The Belfry in Sutton Coldfield, leading the way by one shot from Scotland’s Calum Hill. Schwab
4:50 PM ET Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. — New Kansas coach Lance Leipold is retaining longtime assistant Emmett Jones, who had served as the Jayhawks’ interim coach when the program was missing both a football coach and athletic director. Leipold, who was hired away from Buffalo two weeks ago, announced the majority of his staff
3:51 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Highly touted Detroit Lions first-round pick Penei Sewell will miss rookie minicamp after testing positive for COVID-19. The seventh overall pick from Oregon wrote Wednesday on Twitter that he learned the news over the weekend. “Found out this past weekend I tested positive for COVID. Really wish I was heading
3:16 PM ET Former Carolina quarterback Teddy Bridgewater on Wednesday questioned how the Panthers practiced in two critical areas that played a part in the organization moving on from him after the first year of a three-year contract. “I’ll just say this, for Joe Brady’s growth they’ll have to practice different things in different ways,”
3:27 PM ET ESPN News Services DENVER — The virus-depleted San Diego Padres made a series of moves Wednesday to bolster a lineup that is missing outfielder Wil Myers and shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. after they tested positive for the coronavirus. Myers was added to the injured list before a doubleheader against the Colorado Rockies