Month: August 2019

9:41 PM ET Associated Press AURORA, Ontario — Annie Park shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead in the opening round of the CP Women’s Open. Defending champion Brooke Henderson and fellow Canadian Anne-Catherine Tanguay were one shot back along with top-ranked Jin Young Ko, Pajaree Anannarukarn and Nicole Broch Larsen.
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8:19 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball has banned all affiliated players from participating in the Venezuela winter league this year, a response intended to comply with President Donald Trump’s embargo against the country’s Nicolas Maduro-led
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5:46 PM ET A video of Conor McGregor punching an older man inside a Dublin bar surfaced online last week, and seeing the video was “like a dagger into my heart,” McGregor told Ariel Helwani in an exclusive interview with ESPN on Thursday. In the interview, McGregor expressed regret for his actions in April, when
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7:53 PM ET BALTIMORE — Somewhere, the Cincinnati Reds are toasting. On Thursday at Camden Yards, the Baltimore Orioles surrendered their 259th home run of 2019, breaking a tie with the 2016 Reds for most roundtrippers allowed by a team in a single season. The record-breaking bomb came in the top of the third inning
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7:25 PM ET Unified heavyweight world titleholder Andy Ruiz Jr. has agreed to go to Saudi Arabia to face Anthony Joshua in their much-anticipated rematch, a source with direct knowledge of the discussions confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. Ruiz and his team on Wednesday night agreed to terms that will have him face Joshua again
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7:23 PM ET ATLANTA — As Brooks Koepka‘s rise in the world golf continued this year with another major championship victory and the No. 1 ranking, he became more comfortable revealing things about himself and speaking his mind. Thursday came the ultimate reveal — Koepka’s nude photos in ESPN the Magazine’s Body Issue that were
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7:12 PM ET A Northwestern wide receiver recruit will be allowed to play high school football in Michigan for his senior season following a reversal by the state athletic association, a source confirmed to ESPN. Abdur-Rahmaan Yaseen had been ruled ineligible after being reclassified for completing too many academic credits, but the Michigan High School
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6:42 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos rookie quarterback Drew Lock said Thursday he’s not sure when he will be able to throw a football again, and coach Vic Fangio said it’s possible Lock could at least open the season on injured reserve. Lock suffered a severely sprained right thumb — on his throwing
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