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Feb 24, 2023 IT WAS ALMOST a year ago that author Alan Shipnuck published Phil Mickelson’s controversial comments about the PGA Tour and the Saudi Arabian monarchy’s history of human rights abuses and alleged involvement in the death of Washington Post reporter Jamal Khashoggi. Mickelson, who was allegedly recruiting players to LIV Golf, told Shipnuck

Feb 23, 2023 DEL MAR, Calif. — — The Breeders’ Cup has selected Del Mar to host the 41st world championships next year, marking the third time the picturesque Pacific track will stage the season-ending graded stakes races that feature the top thoroughbreds. Del Mar will present 14 Grade 1 races with purses worth more

7:00 AM ET At this point in the NHL, ranking the top centers is like predicting the winner of an Olympic 100 meter final when Usain Bolt was in his prime: Everyone else is just scrambling for second place, at best. Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid ranked first overall in ESPN’s 2023 NHL positional ranking

8:00 AM ET ESPN staff Though we’re still quite a ways from the start of the 2023 college football season, we’re thinking about what will be stake for certain teams, players and coaches. Can Texas A&M contend for a spot in the playoff like it did just a couple of years ago? Can DJ Uiagalelei

Feb 22, 2023 Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia — Novak Djokovic has asked American authorities for special permission to enter the United States to play tennis tournaments in California and Florida despite being unvaccinated against the coronavirus, the top-ranked Serb said Wednesday. The Transportation Security Administration has said the requirement for foreign air travelers to be

7:00 AM ET After a fascinating MLB offseason of record-breaking contracts and free agency musical chairs, spring training camps have opened and games are about to start with Grapefruit League and Cactus League action beginning this weekend. As our brains start to refocus toward the action on the field, I’m thinking of 30 of the

2:00 PM ET Liverpool and Real Madrid face off in a rematch of last year’s Champions League final when the Reds host Los Blancos on Tuesday in the first leg of their round-of-16 match at Anfield. Both sides have been left adrift in the title races of their domestic leagues, and advancing in Europe’s premier

Feb 20, 2023 Associated Press HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Steve Asmussen became the first trainer with 10,000 victories in North America on Monday, when Bet He’s Ready won the fifth race at Oaklawn Park. He’s already the all-time winningest trainer in the United States and Canada, having set the mark of 9,446 on Aug. 7,

8:07 AM ET Mixed martial arts will never experience anything like this year’s NBA trade deadline — when second-round draft picks seemingly turned into Monopoly money — but it’s fun to dream. So, in the spirit of all the drama that unfolded on the hardwood, here are a few trades we’d like to see take

9:43 AM GMT Professional Rugby Board (PRB) chair Malcolm Wall has apologised to Welsh players for the “stress and real discomfort” caused by their contract dispute stalemate as the threat of a strike looms over Saturday’s Six Nations clash with England. The build-up to the match has been overshadowed by tension between the PRB and

Feb 19, 2023 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Fifty-two lead changes among 21 drivers. Only three in-race cautions over the race’s first 198 laps and then three more over the final 13 laps, 10 run in overtime. A Daytona 500 winner who didn’t take the lead until that OT and then pulled into Victory Lane for

Feb 19, 2023 Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Bulldog Hanover, who last year became the fastest horse in harness racing history, is the sport’s first unanimous selection for Horse of the Year. The award, first presented in 1947, was announced Sunday night at the U.S. Harness Writers Association banquet. The pacer was selected on all

9:11 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LOS ANGELES — When the idea of a PGA Tour-designated event first originated, it might have been difficult to dream up a better reality than the one that has played out through three days at the Genesis Invitational. With 23 of the top 25 players in the world in attendance,

Feb 16, 2023 Mike CoppingerESPN Gervonta Davis allegedly struck a woman on the right side of her head with a “closed hand type slap,” leading to his arrest this week in Florida, according to a Broward County Sheriff’s Office incident report. According to the incident report, the woman, who doesn’t live with Davis and whose

7:08 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN AMONG THE SELLOUT crowd packed into Chicago’s United Center for the 2020 NBA All-Star Game, Nick Elam and Jon Mugar couldn’t believe what they were witnessing. The league had decided to make a radical change for the league’s midseason showcase, and the excitement was palpable as the fourth quarter played

8:00 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN High school freshman Julian Lewis has already made a Georgia state title game as a starting quarterback, has Ohio State, USC and Georgia among his 35 scholarship offers and has gone viral by wowing NFL stars with his skills. The 15-year-old profiles as a precocious prodigy in nearly every way,

6:40 AM ET ESPN NFL Experts The NFL offseason is here. And even though the Kansas City Chiefs were just crowned the Super Bowl LVII champions on Sunday, we are already looking ahead to next year’s title game in Las Vegas — and how the 2023 season might play out. There is still a lot

7:05 AM ET The MLB offseason is all but over, and spring training games will soon commence. How do you feel about that news? Well, your reaction might hinge on which team you root for. Our friends in San Diego are probably champing at the bit to see Xander Bogaerts on the field in a

7:00 AM ET What defines a great NHL defenseman? That’s a question fans, pundits, executives and players themselves have debated for decades. “The problem with defensemen is you can go one of two ways. You can go with the guy who puts points on the board, or you can go with the guy who is

10:26 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Alex Bowman admired yet another Daytona 500 pole trophy that he won from mastering the superspeedway over one fast lap ahead of NASCAR’s marquee race. The Hendrick Motorsports driver still wants to add to his Daytona collection. There’s a championship trophy missing. “It may not be