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Jun 28, 2024, 11:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Dennis Walters remembers sobbing as his father cradled his head in his arms. It was late January 1975. The Bing Crosby National Pro-Am was playing on the TV in the Walters’ living room in Neptune Township, New Jersey. The celebrity-studded annual PGA event from Pebble Beach

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterJun 28, 2024, 07:20 AM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. — At the foothills of the North Shore mountains is an unassuming mid-century modern home that blends in with the other houses in the neighborhood. Inside this house is

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJun 28, 2024, 07:53 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions The independent ranks have swung and swayed in recent years. As recently as 2022, we had seven of them, but BYU joined the Big 12, and Liberty and New Mexico State gratefully joined

Jun 27, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions With less than three weeks to go before the All-Star break, the Guardians have made their top-three debut. Cleveland, winners of seven of its last eight games, took a series in Baltimore to leapfrog the dominant Orioles, as well as the Dodgers, in our power rankings.

Alex Kirkland, ESPN FCJun 25, 2024, 11:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey — Substitute Lautaro Martínez scored late on as Argentina beat Chile 1-0 at MetLife Stadium in Copa América Group A action on Tuesday night, easily qualifying the reigning champions for the quarterfinals in the process. Argentina dominated much of

Associated Press Jun 24, 2024, 10:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge from Republican-controlled states to a horse racing safety law that has led to national medication and anti-doping rules. The justices left in place an appeals court ruling that upheld the law and rejected claims that Congress

Bill Barnwell, ESPN Staff WriterJun 24, 2024, 06:30 AM ET Close Bill Barnwell is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com. He analyzes football on and off the field like no one else on the planet, writing about in-season X’s and O’s, offseason transactions and so much more. He is the host of the Bill Barnwell

Andreas Hale, ESPNJun 24, 2024, 11:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions THE FANTASY BECAME a reality as Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor stood face-to-face on in a memorable picture taken on July 12, 2017, by lauded combat photographer Esther Lin. The two fighters were at the Budweiser Stage in Toronto on the second stop of

Associated Press Jun 23, 2024, 08:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOUDON, N.H. — Christopher Bell mastered the NASCAR Cup Series’ first race ever that ended with cars running on rain tires and pulled away after a 2 hour, 15-minute weather delay to beat darkness and the field and win Sunday at New Hampshire Motor

Jun 23, 2024, 12:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has not yet made a decision on his participation at this year’s tournament, Britain’s Davis Cup captain Leon Smith said just hours after the ATP announced that the 37-year-old will miss the grass-court competition following back surgery. The professional men’s tour’s

Jun 22, 2024, 05:06 PM Open Extended Reactions A much-changed South Africa scored five tries to defeat Wales 41-13 in a one-off test at Twickenham on Saturday in their first fixture since they won the Rugby World Cup in France nine months ago. It was a far from polished performance from the South African side

Jun 20, 2024, 05:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions EAGAN, Minn. — J.J. McCarthy stepped to the microphones with a bounce in his step. “Feels like the last day of school,” the Minnesota Vikings‘ rookie quarterback said as the team wrapped up OTAs earlier this month. McCarthy, however, was already planning to create and attend

Associated Press Jun 21, 2024, 02:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — The Boston Celtics entered the season vowing to turn recent playoff heartbreaks into happiness. Eight months later, they toasted the franchise’s 18th championship in what has become the signature Boston celebration, joined Friday by a huge crowd for a duck boat parade

Open Extended Reactions The first three games of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final saw the Florida Panthers build a 3-0 lead, dominating most aspects of play against the Edmonton Oilers. Games 4 and 5 were a different story entirely, as the Oilers charged back with two straight wins, with four points in each contest for

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJun 20, 2024, 09:13 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Ryan Garcia has been suspended one year following his positive tests

Jun 20, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions What a week can do in MLB — and our Power Rankings. In the American League, the Rangers have lost five of their last six games, dropping from No. 13 on our list to No. 18. Meanwhile, in the National League, the Cardinals have steadily dug

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterJun 20, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions When the College Football Playoff was introduced more than a decade ago, and the sport’s championship evolved from two to four teams, even the system’s creators couldn’t answer some of

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 20, 2024, 08:20 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions As summer heats up, there’s only one major championship left in men’s professional golf — next month’s Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Course

Jun 19, 2024, 10:07 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Lionel Messi and Argentina will defend their Copa America title, while other heavyweights like the USA, Brazil and Mexico will look to dethrone them. ESPN Illustration It’s time for the 2024 Copa América. With the United States as the host, the next few weeks will be jam-packed

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJun 18, 2024, 01:59 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions A pair of Bellator MMA title fights will headline two separate events in the month of September, promotion officials announced Tuesday. Lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov (17-0) will