A number of the world’s leading short-form cricketers will stay in North America after June’s T20 World Cup, with Rashid Khan, Trent Boult, Heinrich Klaasen and Haris Rauf among the players retained by their franchises for the second edition of Major League Cricket (MLC) in July. The season will start on July 4, Independence Day
Doug Greenberg Feb 15, 2024, 12:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions As the saying goes: Tiger Woods doesn’t move the needle, he is the needle. Any time the all-time great suits up for a tournament, the sports world pays a little more attention to golf, and that holds especially true in sports betting. Closing at
Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 15, 2024, 11:58 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Open Extended Reactions Another FBS head coach is leaving for a coordinator and/or position coaching job in college football, as Georgia State‘s Shawn Elliott has agreed to return to South Carolina
Associated Press Feb 15, 2024, 12:07 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Trey Smith shared a WWE title belt to help calm a young boy in the aftermath of the mass shooting at the team’s Super Bowl celebration. Smith, who sported the belt during the celebration, noticed the frightened boy,
ESPN News Services Feb 15, 2024, 12:09 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Authorities in Kansas City said Thursday that the mass shooting that left one person dead and 22 injured unfolded amid throngs of people at the Chiefs‘ Super Bowl celebration, appeared to stem from a dispute between several people. Graves said Thursday the
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 15, 2024, 09:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ANAHEIM, Calif. — The UFC and WWE merged last year into one company, the publicly traded TKO Group owned by Hollywood talent agency Endeavor. And now, some of the effects of that merger are coming to light. The UFC and WWE have
Associated Press Feb 15, 2024, 11:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Maria Sakkari and her coach, Tom Hill, are splitting up after working together for six years that included two Grand Slam semifinal appearances and a career-best ranking of No. 3. Hill wrote on social media Thursday that the pair is “ending our professional partnership
Jeff Wagenheim Feb 15, 2024, 11:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Erin Blanchfield vs. Manon Fiorot is a pivotal matchup in the UFC women’s flyweight division. Now it is being treated like one. The UFC announced Thursday that the previously announced bout between Blanchfield (12-1) and Fiorot (11-1) has been elevated to the headline spot
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNFeb 15, 2024, 10:05 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions The Columbus Blue Jackets have fired Jarmo Kekalainen, the longest-tenured general manager in the franchise’s history. Kekalainen, 57, was hired in February 2013 by the Blue Jackets, becoming the first European-born general manager in the NHL.
Feb 15, 2024, 07:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Friday night’s card at The Theater inside Madison Square Garden in New York features a world champion defending his title in the main event and a co-main event in which a young fighter could make the jump from top prospect to title contender (ESPN/ESPN+, 9 p.m.