1:26 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic pulled out of the doubles event at the Western & Southern Open on Sunday, citing neck pain. Djokovic remained in the singles draw, where he is seeded No. 1 and is scheduled to play his second-round match Monday. He received a first-round bye. The Western
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11:45 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN It doesn’t appear anyone is going to run away and hide — or completely fall out of contention — in the National League East. The division has been hit hard with injuries, which has contributed to a high level of mediocrity (a good thing for the Marlins, not as good
Aug 22, 2020 Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Alexander Povetkin knocked out Dillian Whyte with a stunning uppercut in the fifth round Saturday to shatter Whyte’s hopes of fighting for the WBC
12:00 AM ET Steve KimESPN Former two-time welterweight titlist Shawn Porter dominated Sebastian Formella to win a one-sided unanimous decision Saturday at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. All three judges saw it as a clean sweep for Porter, 120-108. Formella (22-1, 10 KOs), of Germany, did his best to box and stave off the
KKR shared a glimpse of their Abu Dhabi team room on social media.© Twitter Kolkata Knight Riders took to Twitter on Sunday to give their fans a sneak peek of their team room in Abu Dhabi. The two-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions landed in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday to participate in the
7:33 AM ET Manchester United forward Anthony Martial has credited manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after he achieved his best goalscoring tally at the club last season. Martial scored 24 goals in all competitions and finished the campaign as United’s top goalscorer. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Insider Notebook: Arsenal, Man City battle
8:00 AM ET The 2020 NHL playoffs rolled on to the conference semifinals Saturday with the Colorado Avalanche taking on the Dallas Stars. The Islanders swept the Flyers in the clubs’ three-game regular-season series, but Philly has been one of the hottest teams in the Toronto bubble. Who will come out on top in the
7:50 AM ET The NHL moved up Game 1 of the second round to Saturday night. We’re not sure if anyone told the Colorado Avalanche. “Dallas is a good team. But a lot of what happened tonight was self-inflicted. We didn’t get up to the standard that we have to play at,” said Avalanche forward
Aug 21, 2020 When the Champions League returned post-lockdown, the one-legged format and general 2020 uncertainty suggested we were ripe for a string of upsets. And while some heavyweights — Manchester City, Juventus, Atletico Madrid — did fall to less illustrious opposition, we ended up with two super clubs in the final: Paris Saint-Germain and
Aug 21, 2020 Steve KimESPN Joe Smith took a significant step towards a light heavyweight title shot by stopping former titleholder Eleider Alvarez by ninth-round TKO Saturday night in the main event of a Top Rank card at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. After chopping away for eight rounds, it was a
1:21 AM ET Over his 17 seasons in the NBA, LeBron James has developed a system to prepare for the playoffs. There is a ramp up at some point in the last third of the NBA season. A handful of games where he pushes himself to play more minutes than most observers would probably like
12:40 AM ET A busy Saturday of boxing all over the world didn’t go according to expectations, at least when it involved the heavyweight division. Alexander Povetkin recovered enough from a two-knockdown round to knock Dillian Whyte out cold a few minutes later. Shawn Porter took care of business and lined himself up for another
A maverick who destroyed every opposition and managed to look unflappable while he was at it — that’s how West Indies great Michael Holding remembers former India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni in international cricket, a stint which ended on August 15. Dhoni, the only captain to have won all the ICC trophies, retired from international
1:25 AM ET CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox‘s recent power surge is breaking records, as they hit five more home runs on Saturday night in a 7-4 victory over the crosstown Chicago Cubs. Jose Abreu led the charge with his first career three-homer game, one day after he belted two at Wrigley Field. “I’m
12:57 AM ET ESPN News Services Colorado Avalanche goaltender Philipp Grubauer left his team’s 5-3 loss to the Dallas Stars on Saturday because of an injury. In the second period, Grubauer went face down on the ice after pushing a shot away with his right skate. He was helped off by trainers and replaced by
7:47 PM ET Associated Press NORTON, Mass. — Dustin Johnson could have used a finish such as this for a record score. The birdie-eagle ending to his round Saturday at The Northern Trust gave him a 7-under 64 and stretched his lead to five shots in the FedEx Cup playoffs opener. Johnson, coming off a
12:04 AM ET It was a night of upsets and comebacks, but most of all, Saturday’s UFC Fight Night was a showcase for a 38-year-old veteran who proved he’s not done yet. Frankie Edgar pulled out a split-decision win over Pedro Munhoz in his bantamweight debut. Should he have dropped to bantamweight sooner as many
Aug 22, 2020 UFC featherweight Ryan Hall has been forced to withdraw from a scheduled bout against Ricardo Lamas next week due to an injury, sources confirmed to ESPN on Saturday. Hall (7-1) was supposed to fight Lamas on the main card of UFC Fight Night on Aug. 29 in Las Vegas. Sources close to