3:43 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Bob Baffert saddled Gamine to a 1 1/2-length victory in the $500,000 Derby City Distaff at Churchill Downs, giving the trainer his record 220th Grade 1 stakes win. Baffert broke a tie with longtime friend and fellow Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas, who had owned the
2:42 PM ET Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen has been placed on leave after allegations of sexual misconduct were made against him. “We have become aware of the concerning allegations made about Jake Virtanen,” the team said in a statement Saturday. “Our organization does not accept sexual misconduct of any kind and the claims as
2:26 PM ET Pine Valley Golf Club, long held in high esteem in the golf community for its architectural features and stern test to high-end players, is set to break from tradition and allow women members for the first time while also striking all restrictions among women golfers currently in place. Both the Golf Magazine
Valtteri Bottas butted in on the Lewis Hamilton-Max Verstappen show in qualifying at the Portuguese Grand Prix, adding a new dynamic to the unfolding narrative of the 2021 Formula 1 season. A slightly bizarre qualifying session in changeable, windy conditions ended with the Finn pipping Hamilton to pole position by just 0.007 seconds; the seven-time
Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma on Saturday said that playing at the Arun Jaitley Stadium suits his side’s style of play but it is important to back the bowlers who will be under pressure at smaller grounds. All-rounder Kieron Pollard (87 off 34 balls) blazed away to the fastest half-century of the ongoing league as
12:53 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The foreseeable future could now be defined as 2021 and beyond after Packers president Mark Murphy said the team is committed to quarterback Aaron Rodgers for more than just next season. None of that may matter if Rodgers follows through on what he has told some in and
12:01 AM ET ESPN News Services Shane Bieber is focusing on the Ws, not the Ks. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner struck out 11, setting two major league records in the process and pitching the Cleveland Indians past the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on Friday night. Bieber (3-2) fanned at least eight in
12:06 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Ashleigh Barty and Iga Swiatek, the two most recent champions of the French Open, will meet in the last 16 of the Madrid Open. They won their second-round matches on Saturday to set up the first-time meeting. The top-ranked Barty needed three sets to beat 80th-ranked Tamara Zidansek.
12:18 PM BST England celebrated a bizarre 17-15 win over France in a women’s test match on Saturday after they were declared winners following a floodlight failure midway through the second half. The visitors were declared winners after a 20-minute delay, during which both sets of players wandered around the pitch, because more than 60
9:20 AM ET Manchester City inched closer to the Premier League title with a 2-0 victory at Crystal Palace on Saturday. Sergio Aguero and Ferran Torres scored two goals in two second half minutes to edge Pep Guardiola’s team closer to their third title in four years. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S.
Valtteri Bottas beat Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to pole position in a bizarre qualifying session at the Portuguese Grand Prix. Bottas beat Hamilton by 0.007 seconds, but Red Bull’s Max Verstappen had a faster lap ruled out for exceeding track limits. And Hamilton set a much faster lap in the second part of qualifying, 0.4secs
Fast bowler Hasan Ali registered career best figures of 5/36 to lead Pakistan to a comprehensive innings and 116 run annihilation of Zimbabwe in the first Test in Harare on Saturday. The 26-year-old finished with 9/89 in the match as Zimbabwe’s batting crumbled for the second time in the match, all out for 134 with
Geraint Thomas remained second overall at the Tour de Romandie despite a dramatic crash within the last 50m of Saturday’s penultimate day. In an uphill sprint against Michael Woods, Thomas fell before getting back on his bike to finish the stage. The Welshman was bidding for a first stage victory since winning on Alpe d’Huez
7:54 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. With the end of the season approaching, the NHL has offered us a treat: Saturday’s schedule includes 15 games — everyone but the Winnipeg Jets will be in action — including a number
8:15 AM ET China’s Lin Xiyu carded a superb five-under-par 67 on Saturday to take a one-shot lead over Australia’s Hannah Green and South Korea’s Inbee Park heading into the final day of the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore. Lin got off to a poor start with a bogey on the first hole and
12:04 AM ET Jayson Tatum‘s 60-point performance on Friday night was nothing short of spectacular. Along with tying Larry Bird’s Celtics franchise record for points in a game, he helped Boston overcome a 32-point deficit in a 143-140 OT win over the San Antonio Spurs. He trails only Devin Booker as the second-youngest player with
IPL 2021: Faf du Plessis and Ruturaj Gaikwad have been one of the best opening pairs this year.© BCCI/IPL Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will be looking to extend their winning run in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 when they take on the defending champions Mumbai Indians in Delhi on Saturday. With Faf du
12:37 AM ET ESPN News Services The New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies turned the eighth inning of their game Friday night into a benches-emptying, trash-talking, finger-pointing commotion that spiced up a routine game — and could ignite more sparks this weekend. It started when Phillies reliever Jose Alvarado thumped his glove and gestured at