7:59 AM ET SANDWICH, England — Jon Rahm is coming off a victory in the U.S. Open and is playing some of the best golf of anyone in the world. So it seems odd that the newly crowned major champion from Spain who has been a top-10 player in the world for several years would
Month: July 2021
10:00 AM ET High school yearbooks for 2021 graduates have been handed out, with many of them including a section on class superlatives. We thought we would get in on the fun but with college football’s 2021 recruiting class. As these players transiition from prospects to incoming freshmen, we found it fitting to recognize several
10:05 AM BST ESPN staff Quade Cooper played 70 Test for the Wallabies, but that apparently is not enough to earn you Australian citizenship. The New Zealand-born Cooper took to Twitter on Tuesday to detail his latest failed attempt, calling out the Australian Government’s Department of Home Affairs and the attending public servant, Shannon. “Awkward
6:01 PM ET You have to go back to the 1960s to find a comparison for what Novak Djokovic is accomplishing in 2021. In the ’60s, tennis was trying to figure out the cleanest way forward as tournaments were split into professional and amateur events (and “amateurs” sure seemed to be making pretty good money
8:45 AM ET Eric GomezMexico writer The Mexican men’s national team can make a case that it is the most popular soccer team in two countries. So it is jarring to consider that fan allegiance to a controversial stadium tradition could ban El Tri from next year’s World Cup and strip Mexico of co-hosting duties
8:13 AM ET Bob HarigESPN Senior Writer Close Senior golf writer for ESPN.com Covered golf for more than 20 years Earned Evans Scholarship to attend Indiana University Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print SANDWICH, England — Shane Lowry has had to wait two years for the honor, but he will finally begin defense of
7:59 AM ET Here are the tee times for the opening two rounds of The Open at Royal St. George’s in Sandwich, England: All times ET (a) denotes amateur Round 1 1:35 a.m. — Richard Bland, Andy Sullivan, Marcus Armitage 1:46 a.m. — Chan Kim, Justin Harding, Haotong Li 1:57 a.m. — Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Gonzalo
6:06 AM ET SANDWICH, England — The Bryson DeChambeau experience has been far from boring this year. He has had quite the past few months. From a spat with Brooks Koepka that will not die, to shooting a back-nine 44 at the U.S. Open after leading through 63 holes, to a caddie change and a
8:35 AM ET Another undisputed champion will be crowned on Saturday night, as Jermell Charlo faces Brian Castano for all four junior middleweight world titles. Charlo enters the fight as the favorite, but this fight won’t be easy, given the fighting style of Castano. For either winner, the titleholders at 160 pounds are appealing next
8:00 AM ET Dustin Poirier had a pretty good weekend. He beat up Conor McGregor for the second time in six months in Saturday’s UFC 264 main event in Las Vegas, and beyond the big bump in his bank account that came with a night in the cage with the biggest star in MMA, Poirier