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  • How Team USA’s roster issues ended a gold-medal run

    France’s historic FIBA World Cup victory over Team USA on Wednesday[1] left a lot of fans wondering how a roster full of American NBA players could lose in the quarterfinals of an international basketball tournament[2]. While the 89-79 defeat was disappointing for the Americans, it wasn’t surprising. This version of Team USA is incapable of […]Read More
  • Biggest injury questions for all 32 teams: Intel on Mosley, Mixon, Mahomes and more

    8:03 PM ET NFL NationESPN Many NFL teams emerged from Week 1 relatively unscathed from an injury standpoint. Others have already seen key starters knocked out for significant time, such as Jaguars quarterback Nick Foles, Chiefs wideout Tyreek Hill[1] and Chargers tight end Hunter Henry[2]. But while catastrophe was largely averted, every team has at […]
  • Report: Justify failed drug test before Triple Crown

    Justify failed a drug test one month before the 2018 Kentucky Derby, and the California Horse Racing Board decided to dismiss the case after the colt went on to win the Triple Crown, The New York Times reported[1] Wednesday. According to the newspaper, Justify tested positive for scopolamine after winning the Santa Anita Derby — […]
  • It’s Opening Day on the PGA Tour … no, really, a new season is starting

    Sep 10, 2019 Bob HarigESPN Senior Writer Close[1] Senior golf writer for ESPN.com Covered golf for more than 20 years Earned Evans Scholarship to attend Indiana University The offseason is finally finished. PGA Tour golf is back. A grand total of 18 days will have passed since Rory McIlroy[2] earned his $15 million payday for […]
  • McIlroy’s player of the year win is going to make Koepka mad — and it should

    6:00 PM ET Bob HarigESPN Senior Writer Close[1] Senior golf writer for ESPN.com Covered golf for more than 20 years Earned Evans Scholarship to attend Indiana University Inspiration comes in many shapes and forms, and in the case of Brooks Koepka[2], from some unusual places, the chip on his shoulder growing ever larger as slights […]
  • Live updates: Counting down to a new MLB single-season home run record

    On the heels of a homer-heavy Tuesday across the majors, the MLB record for home runs hit in a single season is certain to fall Wednesday night when the 22nd blast of the day pushes the 2019 total past the current mark of 6,105, set in 2017. From the first at-bat of Wednesday’s action to […]
  • Ex-Zona assistant said he paid HS coach $40K

    4:46 PM ET Mark SchlabachESPN Senior Writer Close[1] Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Former Arizona[2] assistant coach Emanuel “Book” Richardson told undercover FBI agents that he paid $40,000 to a high school coach to ensure that former guard Rawle Alkins[3] was academically eligible […]Read More
  • Otto Wallin could be a legend … if he beats Tyson Fury

    8:20 AM ET Dan RafaelESPN Senior Writer Close[1] 2013 BWAA Nat Fleischer Award winner for excellence in boxing journalism ESPN.com boxing writer since 2005 Five years at USA Today In 1959, Ingemar Johansson traveled to New York and upset Floyd Patterson to win the heavyweight championship, knocking him down an astonishing seven times en route […]
  • Chargers’ Henry suffers fracture to left knee

    3:11 PM ET Eric D. WilliamsESPN Staff Writer Close[1] Covered Seahawks for Tacoma News Tribune for six seasons. Played college football at University of Puget Sound COSTA MESA, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers[2] tight end Hunter Henry[3] has once again been bit by the injury bug, suffering a tibial plateau fracture to his left knee […]
  • T. Boone Pickens, billionaire OK St. donor, dies

    2:32 PM ET Jake TrotterESPN Staff Writer Close[1] Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Washington & Lee University T. Boone Pickens, the billionaire oil tycoon whose money helped put Oklahoma State[2] football on the map, died Wednesday. He was 91. Pickens had been battling a series of strokes and head injuries […]
  • Girlfriend of Browns DE Smith killed in accident

    1:54 PM ET Jake TrotterESPN Staff Writer Close[1] Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Washington & Lee University Petara Cordero, the girlfriend of Cleveland Browns[2] defensive end Chris Smith[3], was killed Wednesday morning on a highway in Cleveland, the team announced. Smith had pulled over after his vehicle, a 2019 Lamborghini […]Read More