May 6, 2022 Associated Press SUTTON COLDFIELD, England — German golfer Hurly Long was the halfway leader at the British Masters by a stroke on Friday. Tournament host Danny Willett was among seven players within 2 strokes of Long, who is in his first season on the European tour. But consecutive finishes of third and
1:24 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The rest of the Penguins‘ playoff run won’t include goaltender Casey DeSmith. Coach Mike Sullivan said DeSmith underwent core surgery Friday morning and will miss the rest of the postseason. The surgery comes three days after DeSmith exited in the second overtime of Pittsburgh’s 4-3, triple-overtime victory over
12:38 PM ET ESPN News Services Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who is banned from the Kentucky Derby, is on a mission to restore two legacies — his own and that of Medina Spirit, who was stripped of the 2021 victory after testing positive for an anti-inflammatory medication following the race. “I haven’t had
11:32 AM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — The brother of Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney has been arrested and charged with sexual exploitation of a minor, according to South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson. Henry Ervil Swinney III, 53, of Clemson, South Carolina, was arrested on April 23. The attorney general’s news release said
1:37 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN BOSTON — On Thursday afternoon after practice, Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka took a question about how his team played without Marcus Smart, the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year, in their Game 2 win over the Milwaukee Bucks. Udoka looked up and noticed Smart’s green-tipped hair standing behind a
7:00 AM ET Few were more interested in last week’s NFL draft than college football coaches. They have coached those whose names were called in Las Vegas and game-planned against them. They have seen players rise from the high school ranks to the highest level of the sport. College coaches ultimately aren’t making decisions on
4:00 AM ET Manchester City have created plenty of history under Pep Guardiola, but they may now be heading for the ignominy of adding their name to the list of sport’s biggest chokers. To make matters worse, City’s failings could fast-track Liverpool‘s path to an unprecedented quadruple. 2 Related This week has reminded us that
8:00 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. Super middleweight undisputed champion Canelo Alvarez moves up in weight to challenge light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol for his WBA world title on Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (DAZN PPV, 9 p.m. ET). This will be Alvarez’s second fight at 175 pounds. In November 2019, Alvarez
10:33 AM ET Canelo Alvarez is moving up in weight to face WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (DAZN PPV, 8 p.m. ET). Alvarez (57-1-2, 39 KOs), 31, defeated Caleb Plant by 11th-round TKO in November to become the undisputed super middleweight champion. This is Alvarez second
Durham 580 for 6 dec (Stokes 161, Bedingham 135, Dickson 104) vs Worcestershire For my first trick, how about a county-record number of sixes? Ben Stokes marked his first appearance since his elevation to the England captaincy in extraordinary fashion with 17 of them for Durham in the LV= Championship. It was bold, it was