[ad_1] AUGUSTA, Ga. — Ludvig Åberg was stymied behind the trees up the left-hand side of the 15th hole. He was down late to Scottie Scheffler and knew he needed something special. As he and caddie Joe Skovron discussed his options, they both started giggling. The 68th hole of his first career major, in the … Read more
[ad_1] AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods made history again this week by making the Masters cut for a record 24th consecutive time. But he couldn’t do much more than that. He shot a five-over-par 77 on Sunday, a day after a dismal 82 in the third round. Woods was able to finish a tournament for the … Read more
[ad_1] Max Holloway and Justin Gaethje went blow-for-blow in their lightweight bout in UFC 300 on Saturday night, and the fight proved to be one of the top moments of the night. Time trickled down in the fifth and final round of the bout. Holloway and Gaethje were moving around the cage when Holloway challenged … Read more
[ad_1] The 2023-24 NHL regular season concludes April 18, with the Stanley Cup playoffs beginning April 20. But before we get there, there are some races with runway remaining, including for two spots in the Eastern Conference bracket, and for the Presidents’ Trophy and No. 1 overall seed. So to help dissect those situations — … Read more
[ad_1] Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterApr 6, 2024, 09:30 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato GLENDALE, Arizona — Purdue‘s past seems so far away. Following Saturday’s 63-50 win over NC State in the Final Four, the upset loss to 16-seed Fairleigh Dickinson in last year’s … Read more
[ad_1] GLENDALE, Ariz. — If you were waiting for the obligatory UConn run Saturday night, you had time to run to bathroom and a grab a hot dog — maybe, a sit-down dinner — on your way back. Competing against their own standard — which is what the season has ultimately become for No. 1 … Read more
[ad_1] GLENDALE, Ariz. — Alabama dug out of a halftime hole to tie things up midway through the second half Saturday and put No. 1 seed UConn on alert. What happened next was a perfect encapsulation of the inevitability of the reigning champion Huskies. Over the next 97 seconds of game action, UConn reeled off … Read more
[ad_1] BRISTOL, Conn. — Iowa‘s 71-69 victory over UConn at the women’s Final Four on Friday night averaged 14.2 million viewers on ESPN, making it the most-viewed women’s basketball game on record and the largest audience for an ESPN basketball broadcast. The previous women’s hoops mark was 12.3 million for last Monday’s Iowa-LSU game in … Read more
[ad_1] USATSI All that’s left is the Final Four of the 2024 NCAA Tournament as we inch closer to crowning a national champion in men’s college basketball. After starting with 68 teams just 13 days ago on Selection Sunday, only four remain with three games left until a champion is determined. Though the top eight … Read more
[ad_1] Led by Castle and Clingan, defending champ UConn returns to NCAA title game, beating Alabama 86-72 — UConn kept its bid to repeat as national champion intact by surviving its first true test of the NCAA Tournament, getting 21 points from freshman Stephon Castle while clamping down defensively in the second half of an … Read more