Month: May 2022

2:22 PM ET Associated Press Eighth-seeded Ons Jabeur comfortably defeated qualifier Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2, 6-3 in just over an hour Thursday to advance to the final of the Madrid Open. The 10th-ranked Jabeur, the only top-10 player left in the women’s draw, had lost five of her six matches against Alexandrova from 2016 to 2018.
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7:56 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — This homecoming was worth the wait for Tyrann Mathieu. Not just the past several weeks of free agency, when the three-time first-team All Pro was holding out hope for what he called a “perfect” fit with his hometown New Orleans Saints. But the 10th-year veteran insisted Wednesday that this
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11:16 AM ET ESPN News Services CONCORD, N.C. — William Byron has signed a three-year contract extension with Hendrick Motorsports that will keep him in the No. 24 Chevrolet through the 2025 NASCAR season. The 24-year-old Byron has two Cup Series wins already this season and four in his career. He made the playoffs for
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9:30 AM ET Have we ever discussed how the Conn Smythe Trophy might be the NHL’s weirdest award? Let’s start with the hardware itself. In 1964, the trophy was donated to the NHL by Maple Leaf Gardens, to be awarded to the Stanley Cup playoffs MVP and as a bauble to honor Hockey Hall of
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5:59 AM ET Andy Murray has withdrawn ahead of his match against Novak Djokovic in the round-of-16 at the Madrid Open on Thursday, citing an illness. Three-times major winner Murray was set to face Djokovic for the 37th time in a highly anticipated clash on clay at the ATP Masters 1000 event in the Spanish
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11:38 PM ET Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones was involved in a minor car accident Wednesday night in Dallas and taken to a local hospital for precautionary measures, a source confirmed to ESPN. WFAA, citing multiple Dallas police sources, reported that Jones was in an accident just before 8:10 p.m. CT near
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12:42 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN MIAMI — After dropping their first two games on the shores of Biscayne Bay to open up this Eastern Conference semifinal against the Heat without superstar big man Joel Embiid, one question looms over the Philadelphia 76ers as the series shifts back to the City of Brotherly Love for Game
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