10:17 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com As Novak Djokovic‘s US Open run came to an unceremonious end with a default Sunday afternoon, Shelby Rogers was a few hundred feet away doing what she has been doing all tournament: defying everyone’s expectations. Facing the two-time major champion and No. 6 seed Petra Kvitova in a fourth-round match
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7:15 AM ET JAMES HARDEN CROUCHED, waiting for referee Ed Malloy to release the ball into the air. Dallas Mavericks forward Kristaps Porzingis stood three feet away across the center circle. The Houston Rockets‘ superstar is 6-foot-5. Porzingis is one of the tallest and longest players in the league, listed at 7-foot-3. Something didn’t add
8:32 AM ET ATLANTA — Nobody is popping champagne or throwing a party. It wouldn’t be appropriate in this climate. But if the PGA Tour wants to quietly crack a collective smile and celebrate a job well done, it would seem more than reasonable. The PGA Tour concluded its 2019-20 season on Monday at the
Simon Roberts has been appointed acting team principal at Williams following the decision of the family who founded the team to step down. The 57-year-old joined Williams in May as managing director from McLaren, where he had spent 17 years. Roberts will run Williams while new owners Dorilton Capital, an investment group who bought the
Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme and members of staff from four teams have tested positive for Covid-19. Every rider returned a negative test though, so all 22 teams started the 10th stage of the tour. French health authorities and Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) have said if two members of a team test positive,
Lewis Hamilton says he feels “proud” of his decision to enter his own team into the new ‘climate-aware’ Extreme E racing series – the first step on a journey in which he could achieve real change beyond motorsport. Hamilton has a lot of pride. And rightly so. But, on the face of it, this could
6:30 AM ET NFL NationESPN The 2020 NFL schedule kicks off this week with the Texans at Chiefs on Thursday night football, and NFL Nation has you covered. Big questions. Bold predictions. Breakout fantasy football candidates. Over/under picks. Record and playoff projections. Depth charts. And in-depth schedule analysis for all 32 teams. This is what
6:59 AM ET In the 2020 NHL playoffs, you never know what you’re going to get. Game 1 of the Western Conference Final was a tight, 1-0 contest. Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final was an offensive explosion — well, for the Tampa Bay Lightning, at least. The Vegas Golden Knights and Dallas Stars
12:00 AM ET Danny Ainge was no different than most other Boston Celtics fans in the waning seconds of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. With just 0.5 seconds until victory, his team poised to take a commanding 3-0 lead over the defending champion Toronto Raptors, Boston’s president of basketball operations hollered at his
12:48 AM ET ESPN News Services San Diego Padres first baseman Eric Hosmer has a fractured left index finger, the team announced Monday after a 1-0 win over the Colorado Rockies. Hosmer was injured while bunting with two strikes for the second out of the first inning and was taken out of the game. He
By Matt WarwickBBC Sport Last updated on 57 minutes ago57 minutes ago.From the section Motorsport Six-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton will enter a team in the new Extreme E racing series. Briton Hamilton, 35, said the new climate-aware sport, which is scheduled to begin in January 2021, appealed “because of its environmental focus”.
11:16 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Victoria Azarenka hadn’t won a match in more than a year before she came to New York. Tsvetana Pironkova hadn’t played in a tournament since 2017. Now both are perhaps the unlikeliest players in the quarterfinals at the US Open. 1 Related They have made incredible comebacks, and what makes
6:34 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Dustin Johnson hit his stride at just the right time and it paid off in a big way. Johnson finally won the FedEx Cup on Monday by holding his nerve, hitting just enough fairways and making a few key putts when his lead began to shrink. He tapped
9:06 PM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — Ottawa Senators forward Bobby Ryan was named the Bill Masterton Trophy winner on Monday after publicly sharing his experience with alcohol abuse. The 33-year-old Ryan missed more than two months after entering the NHL/NHLPA players assistance program on Nov. 20. Upon his return to practice in February,
2:57 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Paris Saint-Germain and France striker Kylian Mbappe has tested positive for COVID-19, the French Football Federation (FFF) confirmed on Monday. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only) “The result of the COVD-19 test administered by UEFA on Monday morning was positive and he
7:50 PM ET ATLANTA — The level of golf displayed by Dustin Johnson these last three weeks is the stuff of dreams — and in this case, the stuff of incredible timing. Aside from putting it all together during the week of a major championship — which once again looms — there might not be
2:53 PM ET Associated Press Serena Williams is into the quarterfinals at the US Open for a 12th consecutive appearance. It wasn’t easy, though. Williams needed to come from behind in the third set before taking another step closer to Grand Slam title No. 24 by edging Maria Sakkari 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3 on Monday.
6:29 PM ET The Toronto Blue Jays placed outfielder Teoscar Hernandez on the 10-day injured list on Monday because of a left oblique strain. Hernandez was injured while swinging during his last at-bat against the Boston Red Sox on Saturday. Hernandez leads the Blue Jays in home runs (14) and RBIs (27) this season. He’s