7:30 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. On Friday, the most highly anticipated film of a sports-movie-deprived generation, er — the summer, “Space Jam:
Month: July 2021
7:05 PM ET A King County (Washington) judge ordered Richard Sherman released from custody on his personal recognizance Thursday under several conditions. Judge Fa’amomoi Masaniai also ordered Sherman not to drink alcohol or do drugs and he is not allowed to have contact with his father-in-law as part of his conditions to be released. Sherman
6:47 PM ET Associated Press NCAA President Mark Emmert said Thursday the time is right to consider a decentralized and deregulated version of college sports, shifting power to conferences and campuses and reconsidering how schools are aligned. Emmert said the recent Supreme Court ruling against the NCAA along with the lifting of restrictions on athletes
5:01 PM ET Associated Press SANDWICH, England — Louis Oosthuizen put those runner-up finishes in the last two majors out of mind and soared to the top of the leaderboard Thursday, giving The Open a familiar feel. Normalcy returned to the wind-swept links at Royal St. George’s in other ways, too. The roars and cheers
6:34 PM ET Another round at a major championship, another night when South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen goes to bed as the leader. Oosthuizen took advantage of Royal St. George’s friendlier-than-expected conditions in the first round of The Open on Thursday to take a one-shot lead with a 6-under 64. Will Oosthuizen finally close the deal
4:43 PM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print PRAGUE — Second-seeded Barbora Krejcikova advanced to the quarterfinals of the Prague Open by defeating Ysaline Bonaventure of Belgium 7-6 (2), 6-4 on Thursday. The French Open champion will next face her doubles partner and Czech compatriot Katerina Siniakova. Ninth-seeded Greet Minnen beat
3:47 PM ET SANDWICH, England — Phil Mickelson made no birdies, had 10 bogeys and his score of 80 on Thursday at Royal St. George’s was his second-highest ever in 93 rounds played at The Open. “I didn’t see that coming,” Mickelson said to his coach, Andrew Getson, as he left the scoring area. He
5:10 PM ET SANDWICH, England — The mean-spirited among us prefer to see white caps on the English Channel, umbrellas breaking in half, waterproofs as the preferred clothing. If the wind wants to howl at a reasonably high rate, that would be good, too. That is Open weather. The kind that both showcases — and
4:10 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is welcoming a new baby giraffe, named Stanley in honor of the Tampa Bay Lightning‘s second consecutive NHL championship. The park announced on Twitter this week that Stanley was born July 7, the same day the Lightning won their final game against the
3:04 PM BST British & Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland has accused South Africa’s Director of Rugby Rassie Erasmus of “trying to wind us up” after he insinuated the tourists were scared to face South Africa ‘A’ again on Saturday. Erasmus, who is “good friends” with Gatland, has tried, unsuccessfully, to get a second clash