3:37 PM ET Minnesota Vikings tight end Irv Smith Jr. underwent thumb surgery Tuesday and will miss a portion of training camp, coach Kevin O’Connell told reporters. At this point, the Vikings hope that Smith will be ready in time for their Week 1 game against the Green Bay Packers. “We still feel very strongly
4:53 PM ET Associated Press Webb Simpson will be on his home course of Quail Hollow in September for the Presidents Cup but without clubs. Simpson and Steve Stricker have been added as assistant captains for Davis Love III. They will be joining Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson and Fred Couples as assistants for the
11:54 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The San Diego Padres have acquired superstar outfielder Juan Soto and first baseman Josh Bell from the Washington Nationals, it was announced Tuesday. The price for the Padres is far from cheap.
8:00 AM ET If the theme for the Los Angeles Lakers‘ free agency direction last summer was established and familiar, then the profile of L.A.’s signing haul this offseason can best be described as fresh and emerging. “I think we’ve gotten younger, I think we’ve gotten faster, I think we’ve gotten hungrier,” new Lakers coach
After a summer of indifferent white-ball performances from the men’s senior side, arrives the Hundred, as exactly the whiff of fresh air the national team might be in need of. England began this season well, with a comfortable sweep of the ODI series against Netherlands, but have since faltered, losing seven of their last 11
1:25 PM ET Australian driver Oscar Piastri dropped a bombshell that he will not race for Alpine in Formula One next season, just over an hour after the team said he would replace Aston Martin-bound Fernando Alonso. Piastri, the reigning Formula 2 champion, has been part of Alpine’s driver academy for four years, but has
5:48 AM ET Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto says there is no need for changes within the Formula One team despite its catalogue of blunders in the first half of this season. Ferrari added to its long list of mistakes from this season as it appeared to let victory and then a podium finish slip through
2:50 PM ET PGA Tour players have one last chance to get themselves into the FedEx Cup playoffs, and it comes this week at the Wyndham Championship. The top 125 in the standings will advance to next week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship. The top 70 then advance to the BMW Championship. And finally, the top
6:00 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Chris Boswell isn’t going anywhere. The Pittsburgh Steelers secured the place kicker’s services by inking him to a new four-year, $20.5 million extension, his agent Jeff Nalley told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday night. Boswell received $12.5 million guaranteed and his extension ties him with Justin Tucker as the highest-paid
6:30 AM ET Michigan, Baylor and Utah State went a combined 5-16 in the abbreviated 2020 college football season. Predictably, this knocked all three programs off of the radar screen entering the 2021 season. Embattled head coach Jim Harbaugh and Michigan picked up a smattering of preseason AP Top 25 votes but were picked fourth