2:31 PM ET ESPN News Services Bart Bryant, a three-time winner on the PGA Tour who bested Tiger Woods by six strokes to win the 2005 Tour Championship, died Tuesday in a car accident at the age of 59, it was announced. The Polk County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office told WFLA Ch. 8 in Tampa that
Month: June 2022
2:38 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — On the heels of the announcement that the Saudi Arabian-financed LIV Golf Invitational Series’ first event will include several PGA Tour players, USGA chief championships officer John Bodenhamer said Wednesday at the U.S. Women’s Open that although the USGA “prides themselves on the openness of their
11:56 AM ET COLUMBUS, Ohio — PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan met with several agents of tour players at Muirfield Village Golf Club on Wednesday, and his message to them was once again clear, according to sources. Choose the PGA Tour or the LIV Golf Series Invitational, but players won’t be allowed to play on
2:26 PM ET The Seattle Sounders made history for MLS by winning the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League. Getty Images CONCACAF has unveiled the qualification criteria for the confederation’s expanded Champions League starting in 2024, with MLS clubs set to be able to compete for up to nine spots in the competition. The new CCL, first announced
1:18 PM ET Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne were on Wednesday named among the six nominees for the English Professional Footballers Association (PFA) Player of the Year award. De Bruyne is the current holder of the award, having won it the last two seasons, while Ronaldo won the
10:53 AM ET Associated Press French President Emmanuel Macron and government members said they are “sad and sorry” for 2,700 Liverpool fans who had a ticket but couldn’t get into the stadium amid disorder and chaos at the Champions League final in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, where Liverpool lost to Real Madrid 1-0. The
10:26 AM ET Alan Pardew has left CSKA Sofia after joining the club in April. Photo by Laurens Lindhout/Soccrates/Getty Images Alan Pardew has left his managerial and technical director role at CSKA Sofia in protest after his Black players were racially abused by the club’s own supporters. Pardew and Alex Dyer, the club’s first Black assistant
9:00 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Gareth Bale has thanked Real Madrid for helping him “create moments that will live forever” in an open letter confirming that he is leaving the club after nine years in Spain. Bale, 32 — who has featured in just seven Madrid games, starting four of them, in an
8:00 AM ET Which team will be this year’s NBA champion? The 2022 Finals features the league’s top two defenses throughout the regular season, but the Golden State Warriors–Boston Celtics clash will focus on some of the most dangerous offensive threats in the game. Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, their Splash Brothers partnership whole again
A white-ball series with India headlines West Indies’ cricket calendar over the next three months, with New Zealand and Bangladesh also scheduled to visit. According to a CWI statement on Wednesday, India’s white-ball tour will comprise three ODIs and five T20Is spread across four venues, including one in the United States. All three ODIs will