GALLOWAY, N.J. — Nasa Hataoka birdied two of the last three holes for a 4-under 67 and a one-stroke lead Friday in the Shoprite LPGA Classic. Hataoka, the 21-year-old Japanese player with three LPGA Tour victories, birdied the par-4 16th and par-5 18th to get to 11-under 131 at Seaview’s Bay Course. She hit her
LOS ANGELES — “Sweet” Lou Johnson, who hit a key home run for the victorious Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 7 of the 1965 World Series and scored the only run in Sandy Koufax’s perfect game the same year, has died. He was 86. Johnson died Wednesday night at his home in Los Angeles, according
THE OTHER DAY in practice, Miami Heat forward Andre Iguodala caught the ball on the wing, looked toward the corner and fired a pass to Derrick Jones Jr. under the basket for an easy dunk. It was not what he was supposed to do. The ball was moving and finding energy with each pass. A
The Hawaii and Bahamas bowls were canceled by ESPN Events on Friday because of the coronavirus pandemic and related travel restrictions. The games are typically played in December and are two of 17 owned and operated by ESPN. The cancellation brings the total number of postseason major college football games still tentatively on for this
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey on Wednesday sent a two-page memo, which was obtained by ESPN, reminding coaches and players to wear masks while on the sideline during games and that “additional action” could be taken if they do not follow the conference’s COVID-19 protocols. The memo came on the heels of the SEC’s opening weekend
The Los Angeles Kings have terminated the contract of Tim Smith, who portrays their mascot, Bailey the lion, following a sexual harassment lawsuit filed during the summer by a former member of the Kings Ice Crew. “We are not in a position to provide further details or comments on this matter due to pending litigation,”
Simon Yates won the 2018 Vuelta a Espana Britain doesn’t really do snow. Everything just seems to grind to a halt. We can’t drive anywhere, or use public transport… cycling seems like an even riskier option. But two of Britain’s most in-form athletes probably won’t have much choice at the much-delayed Giro d’Italia. Geraint Thomas’
OTTAWA, Ontario — The Ottawa Senators acquired defenseman Josh Brown from the Florida Panthers on Friday for a fourth-round pick (95th overall) in Tuesday’s NHL draft. The 26-year-old Brown had three goals, five assists and 39 penalty minutes in a career-high 56 games with the Panthers last season. He was drafted in the sixth round
4:11 PM ET Steve KimESPN WBC lightweight titlist Devin Haney will defend his belt against Yuriorkis Gamboa on Nov. 7, and former middleweight titlist Daniel Jacobs will face Gabriel Rosado in a super middleweight contest on Nov. 27. Both cards will take place behind closed doors at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood
Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Sharjah Pro Tip:Small ground, good batting pitch, so pack your team with batsmen from both teams but also include the experienced bowlers. Our XI: Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, Eoin Morgan, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Shimron Hetmyer, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje Substitutes: Dinesh Karthik,
4:10 PM ET Saurabh Somani Close Saurabh Somani is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo The last time Chennai Super Kings lost three games in a row in an IPL season was back in 2014. They still made the playoffs that year, but with the defeats piling up and Super Kings at the bottom of the
WBO and WBA lightweight world titlist and WBC “franchise” champion Vasiliy Lomachenko faces IBF world titleholder Teofimo Lopez Jr. at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas on Oct. 17. The bout will headline a stacked Top Rank card that begins with prelims at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The main card will start
NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — Australian golfer Lucas Herbert carded seven birdies and one bogey in a 6-under 65 to lead the Scottish Open by 1 shot on Friday going into the weekend. Herbert contemplated quitting the game as he struggled during the middle of the 2019 season, but finds himself in contention for his second
After a couple of days of high-scoring matches at the National T20 Cup, Friday was something of a regression to the mean, with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa beating Balochistan and Sindh coming out on top over Central Punjab. The two sides batting first put up middling totals, with the side chasing hunting the targets down with reasonable
12:16 AM IST Saurabh Somani Close Saurabh Somani is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Sunrisers Hyderabad 164 for 5 (Garg 51, Sharma 31) beat Chennai Super Kings 157 for 5 (Jadeja 50, Dhoni 47*, Natarajan 2-43) by seven runs Every so often in the IPL, talented young players seize the stage and bring notice of
Did anyone really think Jon Jones wouldn’t at least flirt with the idea of challenging the winner of Saturday’s light heavyweight championship bout? It didn’t take long after Jan Blachowicz defeated Dominick Reyes in the UFC 253 co-main event on Fight Island for Jones to tweet about the possibility of challenging Blachowicz. Jones reigned over
Deiveson Figueiredo‘s first flyweight title defense won’t come against Cody Garbrandt after all. Figueiredo (19-1) will face Alex Perez at UFC 255 on Nov. 21 after Garbrandt withdrew from the title fight because of an injury, sources confirmed to ESPN. The news was first reported by Combate. Garbrandt tweeted that he tore his biceps on
Racing Point’s Sergio Perez (left) remains the only F1 driver to test positive for coronavirus so far Ten personnel involved with Formula 1 have tested positive for coronavirus in the past week. The number is the highest of any week since the season resumed in early July after the global pandemic forced the original start