4:07 PM ET Associated Press WIMBLEDON, England — Madison Keys, the 2017 U.S. Open runner-up, and Borna Coric withdrew from Wimbledon on Saturday because of injuries. The tournament begins Monday. Keys, an American who was seeded 19th at the All England Club, pulled out because of a hurt abdominal muscle. 1 Related She was replaced
3:44 PM ET Associated Press Taylor Fritz outlasted Maxime Cressy 6-2, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4) Saturday in an all-American men’s final for his second Eastbourne title. Fritz could rely on his serve in his first meeting with Cressy. Fritz didn’t face a break point in the final, he won 92 percent of his first serves,
3:01 PM ET Associated Press LEBANON, Tenn. — Denny Hamlin was awarded the pole at Nashville Superspeedway when a surprise rain shower washed out the second round of Saturday qualifying. The session was halted right before the fastest 10 drivers were set for the shootout to determine who will lead the field to green Sunday.
9:25 AM ET Mark Appel, the 2013 No. 1 overall pick whose baseball career included a three-season absence from the sport, is getting his first major league call-up Saturday at the age of 30. The Philadelphia Phillies are bringing in the right-handed Appel from Triple-A Lehigh Valley because reliever Connor Brogdon is on the COVID-19
10:15 AM ET Associated Press LEBANON, Tenn. — It took Martin Truex Jr. only seven words to end the seasonlong speculation about his future in NASCAR. “I’m back in the 19 next year,” Truex said at Nashville Superspeedway before his statement released by Joe Gibbs Racing was even more brief: “I’m coming back.” Nice and
2:13 PM ET Nebraska junior offensive lineman Nouredin Nouili, who started the final seven games last fall, will miss the 2022 season because of a failed drug test. Nouili announced on Twitter that the NCAA declared him ineligible for the season. He will be allowed to practice with Nebraska this fall and plans to return
9:35 AM ET The Stanley Cup Final will last at least six games this year after the Tampa Bay Lightning won Game 5 3-2, keeping the Colorado Avalanche away from the Cup for at least two more days. Game 6 is Sunday in Tampa (8 ET, ABC and ESPN+). With Colorado leading the series 3-2,
1:18 PM ET Associated Press MUNICH — Li Haotong had eagle on the same hole for the third day running as he opened up a three-shot lead of the BMW International Open on Saturday ahead of the final round. Starting the day ahead by one stroke, Li was 5 under for the day and 20
Virat Kohli showed his class, hitting an impressive 67 off 98 balls as India finished their second innings on 364 for 7 against Leicestershire on day three of their four-day warm-up match on Saturday. Kohli, who has been enduring a prolonged lean patch, decorated his innings with five boundaries and two sixes. He was ably supported by
12:13 PM ET Associated Press PALMA, Spain — Stefanos Tsitsipas won the Mallorca Championships after beating Roberto Bautista Agut in three sets Saturday as they prepared to play on the grass courts of the All England Club. Tsitsipas’ first grass-court title on the ATP Tour comes before Wimbledon starts Monday. The second-seeded Greek held off
11:41 AM ET San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo‘s timetable for throwing remains on schedule after offseason shoulder surgery, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Saturday. The expectation has been Garoppolo, who had the procedure on his right shoulder in March, will throw over the next few weeks after he’s been cleared, and that
3:30 AM ET Thierry Henry is one of the best strikers to have ever played the game. AFP PHOTO/IAN KINGTON Clubs around Europe are deciding which players they want to bring in during the summer transfer window, but who would they pick if they could magically re-sign a former player? We went through some of the
7:01 AM ET A three-time defending champion. An eagerly anticipated return to the sport. A player with an astonishing win streak. And emerging stars all over the place. On Monday Wimbledon begins, and with it, some of the biggest names in the sport will take the court. Serena Williams will be back for the first
8:00 AM ET Gay people have made strides in many sectors of American professional life. An openly gay man runs Apple, presides as the governor of Colorado, and an open lesbian runs a Fortune 500 company. But in the highest reaches of men’s basketball, gay people are almost invisible. In 2011, 58-year-old Phoenix Suns CEO
7:26 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — New York Mets right-hander Max Scherzer will not be activated from the injured list and start the final game of the club’s series against the Miami Marlins Sunday. “Nobody ever said he was,” Mets manager Buck Showalter said before the series opener Friday. “He was projected because of
IND vs LEI, Day 3: Focus on Kohli and Rohit as India eye big total© Twitter India vs Leicestershire, Tour Match, Day 3 Live Score Updates:All eyes would be on how the India batting order performs on Day 3 of the ongoing tour game against Leicestershire. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma who failed to get
3:30 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent “A healthy dressing room is worth more than 100 hours of tactics,” the legendary Spain and Real Madrid coach Vicente del Bosque told El Pais in 2014. Del Bosque, who lifted the World Cup and Champions League during his career, knew a thing or two about winning. But so does
12:29 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Johnny Eblen was undefeated coming in but really outdid himself Friday night, dominating Bellator middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi over five rounds to take away the belt in the main event of Bellator 282 in Uncasville, Connecticut. Eblen (12-0) used his strong wrestling to control long stretches on the canvas, but