Month: June 2021

12:54 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona have completed the signing of forward Memphis Depay on a free transfer from Lyon, the Catalan club have confirmed. Depay, 27, will join Barca when his contract with Lyon expires at the end of June. – La Liga on ESPN+: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S. only)
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3:32 PM ET Germany are back. In the most rambunctious, direct way, putting four past defending champion Portugal in a 4-2 win at Euro 2020. Overcoming their own new-found insecurities, square-pegs-in-round-holes and a one-goal deficit summoned up by a lung-busting Cristiano Ronaldo effort. It’s too early to crown them even as legitimate contenders, but it’s
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3:42 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Mike Davis has seen a lot of things in his 32 years with the United States Golf Association, including hundreds of rounds as an inside-the-ropes official. But he never had quite the few he was afforded Saturday morning at Torrey Pines: as a caddie. Davis, the outgoing CEO of
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4:12 PM ET In response to a statement released on Friday by outgoing Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott, American Athletic Conference commissioner Mike Aresco told ESPN on Saturday that guaranteeing the Power 5 conference champions a spot in a potential 12-team playoff format would be “an enormous step in the wrong direction.” Aresco said the Pac-12
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3:39 PM ET Associated Press BERLIN — Belinda Bencic will aim to win her first title since 2019 when she takes on qualifier and first-time finalist Liudmilla Samsonova at the Berlin Open. Bencic won her semifinal against Alize Cornet 7-5, 6-4 on Saturday after converting all four of her break points and saving eight of
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3:41 PM ET Associated Press HALLE, Germany — Andrey Rublev reached his first grass-court final at the Halle Open on Saturday and will face Ugo Humbert. Rublev needed four match points to wrap up his 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 win over Nikoloz Basilashvili in a semifinal where both players landed fewer than half of their first
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3:30 PM ET Associated Press NAIRN, Scotland — Laird Shepherd of England delivered a stunning comeback to win the British Amateur, going from 8 down through 17 holes to a victory over Monty Scowsill in 38 holes Saturday. The victory earned Shepherd a spot in the Open Championship next month at Royal St. George’s and
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12:21 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers are on the market looking to hire a new head athletic trainer after injuries ravaged their 2020-21 season. Nina Hsieh, promoted to head trainer two years ago, did not have her contract renewed, sources told ESPN. Hsieh worked for the franchise for more than a decade, beginning as
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