6:02 AM ET World No. 2 Naomi Osaka has said that she has not had fun playing tennis since she won the Australian Open in January. Osaka lost in straight sets 7-6, 6-4 in the first round of Wimbledon to Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan in July, becoming the first No. 2 seed to lose in
Month: August 2019
Brian McBride explains how playing Liga MX teams mid-season in the Leagues Cup will either help or hurt the four MLS teams involved. MEXICO CITY — Queretaro coach Victor Manuel Vucetich believes signing Guillermo Ochoa to replace the outgoing Agustin Marchesin would be a step down in quality for Club America. A possible return for
Shaka Hislop and Stewart Robson disagree on whether a Romelu Lukaku-Paulo Dybala swap would be good business for Manchester United and Juventus. Arsenal are closing in on Lille winger Nicolas Pepe, but Shaka Hislop wonders if the Gunners could make better use of €80 million elsewhere. Transfer deadline day is one of the highlights of
4:02 AM ET Andrew McGlashanDeputy editor, ESPNcricinfo Close Deputy Editor Andrew arrived at ESPNcricinfo via Manchester and Cape Town, after finding the assistant editor at a weak moment as he watched England’s batting collapse in the Newlands Test. Andrew began his cricket writing as a freelance covering Lancashire during 2004 when they were relegated in
1:03 PM ET This season, the major leagues have one and only one trade deadline, as all of those August waiver shenanigans are now a thing of the past. As a result, July 31 is the last opportunity for teams to swap players before the end of the 2019 season. If you’re curious as to
12:32 AM BST Israel Folau arrives for his conciliation hearing with Rugby Australia at the Fair Work Commission in Sydney, June 28, 2019 Don Arnold/Getty Images Israel Folau has formerly launched Federal court proceedings against Rugby Australia and the New South Wales Waratahs over his dismissal for a code of conduct breach, the former Wallabies fullback
11:33 PM ET In the weeks leading up to the NBA season last October, a bettor at the SuperBook at the Westgate Resort & Casino in Las Vegas placed a $67,000 wager on the Golden State Warriors to make the playoffs at minus-10,000 odds. The bettor was rewarded with a $670 profit when the Warriors
10:24 PM ET Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. — Jake Beber-Frankel, the 17-year-old son of Academy Award-winning director David Frankel, shot a 10-under 60 on Wednesday for the lowest score in the history of the Boys Junior PGA Championship. Beber-Frankel, from Miami, closed with a par on the ninth hole at Keney Park Golf Course, missing
9:57 PM ET BJ Penn is a UFC Hall of Famer, a former two-division champion who has had many glorious moments inside the Octagon. But those moments happened long ago. Penn, 40, has lost his last seven fights and has just one victory in his last 11 bouts, a skid extending back to 2010. When
9:15 PM ET Heavyweight Chris Arreola, whose three stoppage losses all came in world title fights, is aiming for one more shot in the twilight of his career, but he said if he cannot defeat rising contender Adam Kownacki in their crossroads fight Saturday, he will retire from boxing. “No disrespect to anybody, no disrespect