6:12 PM ET Associated Press RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico — Carson Young gave his rookie season on the PGA Tour quite a spark Thursday when he made three eagles on his way to a 9-under 63, giving him a three-shot lead after the opening round of the Puerto Rico Open. Young has made only three
Month: March 2023
6:02 PM ET Darren Till fully intends to fight in the UFC again, despite his recent request for the company to sever his contract. Till, 30, told ESPN on Thursday that he asked the UFC to release him earlier this year so he could focus on his health and entertain options away from the Octagon.
5:27 PM ET Alex KirklandESPN FC MADRID — An Eder Militao own-goal gave Barcelona a narrow 1-0 Clasico win over Real Madrid in their Copa del Rey semifinal first leg at the Santiago Bernabeu on Thursday. Karim Benzema had a goal ruled out — straying offside to receive Vinicius Junior’s cross — before Barca took
4:42 PM ET NFL referee Jerome Boger is retiring, the league announced Thursday. The NFL’s longest tenured crew chief, Boger is one of 10 officials who have announced their retirement this offseason. Boger joined the league in 2004 as a line judge and was promoted to referee in 2006. The NFL selected him as the
5:03 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The big men opened the workout portion of the NFL scouting combine Thursday in Lucas Oil Stadium. It didn’t take long for one of them to set the tone. The University of Pittsburgh‘s Calijah Kancey, at 6-foot-1, 281 pounds, had a 4.67 official time in the 40-yard dash, the fastest
4:57 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — A rise in tennis participation around the United States over the past three years has been boosted by increases among Hispanic, Black and Asian players, the U.S. Tennis Association said Thursday. Citing information from the Physical Activity Council Study on Sports and Physical Activity administered by Sports
4:29 PM ET Nick Bjugstad became the latest player to leave the Arizona Coyotes, who traded the forward to the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday for a 2023 third-round draft pick, a source confirmed to ESPN. The teams also swapped defenseman prospects as part of the deal, with Arizona receiving Michael Kesselring and Edmonton acquiring Cam
Adil Rashid has denied being pressurised into supporting Azeem Rafiq’s claims that their former team-mate, the ex-England captain Michael Vaughan, made racist remarks to a group of Asian players ahead of a Yorkshire T20 match in 2009. Rashid, who is currently on tour with England’s white-ball squad in Bangladesh, joined the Cricket Discipline Commission hearing
3:10 PM ET Jonathan Quick is on the move again. The Vegas Golden Knights acquired Quick in a trade with Columbus on Thursday, in exchange for goaltender Michael Hutchinson and a 2025 seventh-round pick. The Blue Jackets retained 50% of Quick’s salary/cap hit in the deal. He is a pending UFA in the final season
2:58 PM ET Carolina Panthers founder Jerry Richardson died Wednesday night at his home in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was 86. Richardson was celebrated for bringing the NFL to Carolina in 1995, but his tenure with the team ended after the 2017 season amid allegations of sexual and racial workplace misconduct. “Jerry Richardson’s contributions to