3:46 PM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – American teen Coco Gauff led a day of upsets in the second round of the Dubai Championships on Tuesday, when top-seeded Elina Svitolina lost and Petra Kvitova dropped out with a hip problem. The 16-year-old Gauff fought back to defeat 12th-seeded Marketa Vondrousova 3-6,
11:59 PM ET ESPN News Services Buffalo Sabres captain Jack Eichel will miss at least one week with an upper-body injury, head coach Ralph Krueger said. Eichel missed Tuesday night’s 5-4 loss to the Flyers in Philadelphia. He returned to Buffalo to be evaluated, Krueger said. Eichel favored his neck after being checked into the
9:35 PM ET Associated Press Stephen Strasburg pronounced his fastball command better than it was before his carpal tunnel surgery and said his first game action in nearly seven full months essentially was the same as any other Grapefruit League debut after throwing 1 2/3 innings Tuesday night against the Houston Astros. “It didn’t really
9:08 PM ET TURIN, Italy — Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo insists his project in Turin is still in its early days and will continue despite his side crashing out of the UEFA Champions League at the last-16 stage on away goals against 10-man Porto on Tuesday. Juventus won 3-2 after extra-time on the night, but
11:00 AM ET Legendary Brazilian heavyweight Fabricio Werdum will make his PFL debut against Renan Ferreira, PFL president Ray Sefo told ESPN. A former UFC champion, Werdum (24-9-1) will headline a PFL event May 6 in Atlantic City. The card will also feature 2019 PFL champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Kayla Harrison against Mariana
6:04 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans are releasing veteran cornerback Malcolm Butler, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Tuesday. The seventh-year veteran would have held a $14.2 million cap number for
10:32 PM ET UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling says health is his primary focus following a championship win over Petr Yan last weekend in Las Vegas — but an immediate rematch against Yan is also on the horizon. “I was doped up on morphine in the hospital, and texted [UFC president Dana White] and said,
3:55 PM ET Paul Pierce, Chris Bosh, Chris Webber, Michael Cooper, Lauren Jackson, Ben Wallace and Yolanda Griffith are among the finalists in the 2021 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class, announced Tuesday on ESPN’s The Jump. Pierce, a first-time nominee, spent 15 of his 19 NBA seasons with the Boston Celtics, winning a
3:39 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Call it the Bryson Rule. The PGA Tour announced Tuesday that “in the interest of safety, volunteers and other personnel,” it would be instituting internal out of bounds on the 18th hole of the TPC Sawgrass for this week’s Players Championship. Bryson DeChambeau was not cited, but
4:37 PM ET In November 2018, Kansas hired Les Miles to win the news conference, among other things. Not 28 months later, the school cut ties with the coach during a late-night news dump on a Monday in March. The abrupt and embarrassing end to Miles’ tenure this week shouldn’t be dismissed because KU lives
5:59 PM ET ESPN News Services RALEIGH, N.C. — The Nashville Predators‘ injury bug now has hit captain Roman Josi, who is week to week with an upper-body injury after being placed on the injured reserve list. The Predators announced the update on their defenseman Tuesday shortly before a game at Carolina. Josi took a
5:32 PM ET The NBA said Tuesday that it is looking into Miami Heat center Meyers Leonard‘s use of an anti-Semitic slur during a video game livestream. In a video that surfaced Tuesday, Leonard can be heard saying: “F—ing cowards; don’t f—ing snipe me, you f—ing k— b—-.” “We just became aware of the video
5:22 PM ET Three-time champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga fought back to beat Feliciano Lopez on Tuesday in Marseille to win his first ATP Tour victory since 2019. Tsonga, 35, managed to secure a 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 victory over Lopez after coming back from a set down. “This is probably one of the best victories of my
4:42 PM ET Associated Press DOHA, Qatar — Roger Federer will face Britain’s Daniel Evans in the second round of the Qatar Open on Wednesday as the Swiss great makes his comeback after a 13-month break. Federer, who has had two operations on his right knee since playing at the Australian Open last year, is
4:51 PM ET Duke has paused football activities indefinitely after identifying a cluster of 10 positive COVID-19 cases within the team, the school announced Tuesday. In a statement, the school said the 10 individuals attended team activities together and are currently in isolation. Contact tracing also identified close contacts, who are now in quarantine. Duke
4:21 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Packers did not use the franchise tag to retain Pro Bowl running back Aaron Jones, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter, but they still have one more shot to retain him before he hits free agency. The source told Schefter that the Packers are still attempting to
2:57 PM ET Associated Press The Texas Rangers will be without one of their top relievers to start the season after hard-throwing Jonathan Hernandez was shut down from pitching for at least four weeks because of a ligament sprain in his right elbow. Rangers general manager Chris Young said Tuesday that an MRI revealed a
3:57 PM ET Former Masters champion Danny Willett had to withdraw from the Players Championship on Tuesday due to a positive COVID-19 test taken as part of the PGA Tour weekly protocols. Willett, who tied for 31st last week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, is the first player since Padraig Harrington at the AT&T Pebble