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The 124th U.S. Open is underway at Pinehurst No. 2 in, well, Pinehurst, North Carolina.From the jump, the field will be chasing world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who is on a heater not seen since Tiger Woods' heyday. Scheffler tees off in the afternoon wave (1:24 p.m. ET to be exact) along with Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele. By then, they'll…

On Tuesday, Jets coach Robert Saleh surprised everyone (except Aaron Rodgers) by saying that Rodgers was an “inexcused” absence for the mandatory minicamp. Saleh wasn’t asked about the “very important event” that caused Rodgers to choose something else over a mandatory workday.Saleh returned to the podium on…

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJun 11, 2024, 11:33 AM ETPINEHURST, N.C. -- Jon Rahm walked into the U.S. Open news conference room Tuesday with a golf shoe on his right foot, a flip-flop on his left foot, complete with a toe separator.The two-time major winner said the foot injury, which he described as an infection, that caused him to withdraw from last…

CNN  —  As a child, Carlos Alcaraz used to run home from school to watch the French Open on TV, dreaming of one day playing on the tournament’s clay courts and becoming champion. That…

George Russell starts on pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix, with Max Verstappen alongside him on the front row. It is an all-McLaren second row, as Lando Norris secured third on the grid ahead of Oscar Piastri in fourth at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.Incredibly, Russell and Verstappen set the exact same lap time, something which has…

Around Christmas time, Ken Klee got a call that changed the course of PWHL Minnesota’s season.And, it turns out, their future.Klee, 53, was at his home in Castle Rock, Colo., when he was told that Charlie Burggraf — the coach picked to lead the inaugural Professional Women’s Hockey League team in Minnesota — had decided to step aside a week…

The stunning news of the Los Angeles Lakers and Connecticut coach Dan Hurley being in contact about the Lakers’ head coaching vacancy shocked many in the NBA — and some inside the franchise’s own walls.The organization’s courting of Hurley, first reported by ESPN and confirmed Thursday by The Athletic via team and league sources, was kept secret…

Here come the super regionals. And their variety of storylines is... well, pretty super. Seven of the top eight national seeds will be there. But so will Evansville, only the ninth No. 4 regional seed to ever survive. Florida State is in its 18th super regional, which is pretty impressive given this format has only been around 25 tournaments.…

For much of the last decade plus, an exercise such as this would have seemed utterly redundant. There was really nothing to debate when it came to the question who is the greatest footballer on the planet. What a waste of hours and spreadsheets it would be to present to you…

The Panthers announced a plan to renovate Bank of America Stadium on Monday and according to one of the team’s veteran receivers, that’s a very good thing. Adam Thielen noted that Carolina’s practice facility — which is still housed at the stadium after plans for a separate facility at Rock Hill, S.C. were…