5:49 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — Roger Federer‘s bid for a 100th career title remains on as he beat Fabio Fognini 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday to reach the Paris Masters quarterfinals. If he wins that, against either Kevin Anderson or Kei Nishikori, he could face Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. Federer, 37 and returning
Month: November 2018
10:01 AM ET Madison Square Garden hosts the UFC on Saturday for third time, but this event has seen an unusual shuffle of headliners given the high-profile venue. With the dust finally settling, we’re left with an improbable heavyweight title fight featuring Daniel Cormier and Derrick Lewis, two guys who were nowhere near the heavyweight
10:26 AM ET NEW YORK — Derrick Lewis probably shouldn’t be here. Lewis is a 265-pound brawler, with a sense of humor that can teeter between morbid and borderline offensive. He’s a 33-year-old Texan, who claims he has only trained 30 minutes per day the majority of his career, and is quick to admit he’s
7:35 PM ET The University of Maryland has fired football coach DJ Durkin one day after his reinstatement, the school announced Wednesday evening. In a statement, president Wallace D. Loh said, “Yesterday, the University System of Maryland Board of Regents announced numerous recommendations, including employment decisions about specific personnel on our campus. I accepted the
9:35 AM ET A live television sports prediction platform is making their biggest marketing push, as investors and gamblers alike dream of live in-play betting to become commonplace in the United States. WinView, an app that currently offers players to engage in games of skill in which they answer questions about what is about to
10:01 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff The PCB has admitted it could’ve handled better the circumstances around the appointment of Mohsin Khan as the head of their new cricket committee. What should’ve been an early win in Ehsan Mani’s new tenure as board chairman turned instead into a distraction about the Qayyum report on match-fixing. Comments
7:30 AM ET The future of coaching in the NFL emerged from a woodshed. In 2004, Jon Gruden was in his third season as head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Each morning, Gruden would rise at 3:17 and head to work at One Buc Place, the team’s training facility that Gruden semi-affectionately dubbed “The
3:20 AM BST A second-string All Blacks side is poised to set a new mark in professional rugby when they face Japan in Tokyo. Coach Steve Hansen has named two uncapped players in his starting team and another six on the reserves bench for Saturday’s Test at Ajinomoto Stadium. If they all get on the
7:54 PM ET Mitchell Lamb DERBY DAY BEST Flemington Race 5 No.2 Zousain (James McDonald) – $3.80 His father won it, his Father’s Father won it, even his Father’s Father’s Father won it, and now I expect Zousain to keep up the family tradition and win the Coolmore Stud Stakes and finally get the Group
12:30 AM ET Maryland fired head football coach DJ Durkin on Wednesday, one day after reinstating him from paid administrative leave following a recommendation from the University System of Maryland’s Board of Regents. “A departure is in the best interest of the university,” Maryland president Wallace Loh wrote in a letter to the university community.