7:14 PM ET The LA Clippers have blown second-quarter leads of 21 and 16 points in two losses this postseason so far and Marcus Morris Sr. knows the problem. “We just lean on us being as good as we are on paper and not actually finishing the game,” Morris said Saturday, a day after the
6:10 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — After one errant forehand in the first set of the US Open final, Naomi Osaka looked at her coach in the mostly empty Arthur Ashe Stadium stands with palms up, as if to say, “What the heck is happening?” In response to another wayward forehand against Victoria
5:02 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Justin Allgaier saw a more than nine-second lead evaporate when a late caution flag flew, but he pulled away again on a restart with 13 laps to go to complete a sweep of a NASCAR Xfinity series doubleheader weekend at Richmond Raceway on Saturday. Allgaier, who lost
4:20 PM ET Angela Hill will continue to make history Saturday night. Hill will become the first Black American woman to headline a UFC card when she faces Michelle Waterson in the Fight Night main event in Las Vegas. Hill already was the first Black American woman to sign with the UFC, which she did
5:23 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes parted ways with defenseman Joel Edmundson after one season, trading his free-agent rights to the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday for a fifth-round pick. Carolina acquired Edmundson after he won the Stanley Cup with the Blues in the 2019 trade that sent defenseman Justin Faulk
4:11 PM ET Philadelphia Eagles running back Miles Sanders will not travel with the team and is out for Sunday’s opener against Washington due to a hamstring injury, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Sanders had been listed as questionable. The source said Sanders is progressing well but that the team wants to make sure
12:34 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints and running back Alvin Kamara are finalizing a five-year, $75 million contract extension, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday. The deal is worth a total of $77.133 million for six seasons and includes $34.333 million in guaranteed money, sources told Schefter. Although negotiations got
4:33 PM ET LIVERPOOL, England — There are two ways to assess Liverpool‘s 4-3 victory against Leeds United on the opening day of the 2020-21 Premier League season. It was either a sensational showcase of everything that makes the Premier League the most box office competition in world football, or it was a game in
4:30 PM ET Associated Press VILAMOURA, Portugal — South African golfer George Coetzee will take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Portugal Masters after shooting 5-under 66 in the third round on Saturday. Coetzee entered the weekend eight shots behind Julien Guerrier. But the overnight leader bogeyed four holes on the day,
2:58 PM BST England players will be entitled to two weeks of rest with their clubs following the Autumn Nations Cup, as part of improved welfare initiatives after they signed an elite player squad agreement for the 2020-21 season. A statement on the Rugby Players Association (RPA) website also confirmed that England players will take
Reverse-grid races would reduce Formula 1 to a wrestling-style “show”, Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says. Wolff said: “We should not be designing freak results where it is almost impossible to overtake just because we believe the pecking order should be different. “This is a meritocracy, it is a sport where best man and
11:25 AM ET Adam RittenbergESPN Senior Writer Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Follow on Twitter Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print West Virginia has suspended 11 football players for Saturday’s season opener against Eastern Kentucky. The suspensions are not coronavirus-related. All are one-game suspensions for violating team
Mayank Agarwal and Harpreet Brar gave a glimpse into KXIP team room.© Kings XI Punjab/Instagram Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) players Harpreet Brar and Mayank Agarwal, renamed as “Mayank Singh Aujla” by Brar, gave a glimpse into the “Lion’s Den” – KXIP’s team room in the UAE. A sprawling facility within the team hotel, the room
Valtteri Bottas must be starting to wonder what he has to do to beat Lewis Hamilton at all this year. Bottas has not won a race since the opening grand prix of the season. And the last time he started ahead of his Mercedes team-mate in qualifying was at the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at
7:00 AM ET IT’S A FIVE-POINT game in a 1-1 playoff series and the game clock ticks inside two minutes in the first half when LeBron James goes in his bag. The sequence begins when James snags a defensive rebound and advances the ball up the left side of the court. Once past the massive
12:32 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com After playing five matches in seven days, Victoria Azarenka was ready for one more. It was her first singles final in almost 18 months, and she was looking for her biggest title since 2016. The 31-year-old had been victorious against several notable opponents on her path to the championship match,
Team Sunweb’s Soren Kragh Andersen took a surprise win on stage 14 of the Tour de France with a late solo attack as Primoz Roglic maintained his lead in the yellow jersey. Andersen sprung his attack with three kilometres to go, opening up a 15-second gap to take his first stage win. Luka Mezgec was
Defending champion Annemiek van Vleuten won stage two of the Giro Rosa to take the leader’s jersey. The Dutch road race world champion, 37, won by more than a minute ahead of Boels-Dolmans’ Anna van der Breggen and Canyon-SRAM’s Katarzyna Niewiadoma. Mitchelton-Scott rider Van Vleuten was leading when she suffered a mechanical. But she worked