4:43 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — One day before the San Francisco 49ers‘ first training camp practice, quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo has been cleared to fully participate. “It’s officially official,” Garoppolo said. “We’re good to go.” Garoppolo returns after a lengthy rehab from the torn left anterior cruciate ligament he suffered in a Sept. 23
4:00 PM ET Only a few minutes into his introductory news conference, Russell Westbrook said something Friday that would’ve caused a collective spit take around the NBA just a few weeks ago. “I only care about one team,” Westbrook said, “and that’s the Houston Rockets.” After spending his first 11 seasons with the Oklahoma City
3:27 PM ET ESPN News Services Taking advantage of an earlier start time to get ahead of bad weather, Mi Hyang Lee surged to a 4-under 67 on Friday to take a one-shot lead into the weekend at the Evian Championship. The 37th-ranked Lee was at even through 15 holes on the day before a
1:59 PM ET HOCKENHEIM, Germany — With Europe’s heatwave forecast to give way to thunderstorms and cooler weather overnight, the data gathered in the stifling heat of Friday’s practice sessions in Germany could mean very little for the rest of the grand prix weekend. But as a standalone test in extreme conditions, second practice at
1:39 PM ET WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder says Anthony Joshua should wait before fighting Andy Ruiz Jr again, while also hinting he could fight the Mexican himself at some stage. Wilder, speaking exclusively to ESPN, said he is potentially looking at facing Ruiz Jr himself should any rematch with Joshua fail to be
1:37 PM ET Fifteen-year-old phenom Coco Gauff secured a spot in qualifying for the Citi Open on Friday and will make her first post-Wimbledon tournament appearance at the Washington event. “I’m playing tomorrow, so I’m pretty excited,” Gauff said at a news conference Friday. Her first match is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday. Gauff became
12:59 PM ET Yair Rodriguez is finally coming home. “El Pantera” will meet Jeremy Stephens in the main event of UFC Fight Night Mexico City Sept. 21, sources told ESPN. Rodriguez (11-2) is coming off a last-second knockout win over Chan Sung Jung in November. That win marked his ninth in his last ten fights.
12:48 PM ET New Orleans Pelicans guard JJ Redick told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Friday that he won’t be able to accept the invitation to join the depleted USA Basketball roster for the FIBA World Cup in September. Redick, who spent the past two seasons in Philadelphia, said Thursday he was eager to be a
12:38 PM ET UConn and the American Athletic Conference have reached an agreement for the school’s departure from the league ahead of its re-entry into the Big East Conference. The Huskies will leave on July 1, 2020, and are required to pay an exit fee of $17 million by 2026. UConn is joining the Big
12:24 PM ET HOCKENHEIM, Germany — Mercedes boss Toto Wolff will use Formula One’s August break to decide whether Valtteri Bottas will continue on as Lewis Hamilton‘s teammate in 2020. Bottas’ Mercedes contract runs until the end of the current year. The Finn started the season strongly with victory at the Australian Grand Prix but