Month: August 2019

6:22 PM ET HOUSTON — James Harden isn’t just playing around in pickup games when he launches the one-legged, stepback 3-pointers seen in viral videos shot during open runs this summer. Harden, the Houston Rockets‘ superstar who led the NBA in scoring the last two seasons, is searching for ways he can continue to improve
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5:21 PM ET ATLANTA — Six spectators were injured when lightning struck a tree at East Lake Golf Club on Saturday afternoon during a weather delay at the Tour Championship. Lightning struck the top of a tree near the 15th green/16th tee and shattered bark all the way to the bottom. The PGA Tour said
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4:46 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Two-time Grand Slam finalist Kevin Anderson has pulled out of the US Open with an injured right knee. The 33-year-old South African was the runner-up to Rafael Nadal at Flushing Meadows in 2017 and to Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon last year. The U.S. Tennis Association announced Anderson’s
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3:53 PM ET Is Canelo Alvarez next for light heavyweight world titlist Sergey Kovalev? He just might be. Kovalev retained his 175-pound belt for the first time in a homecoming fight by knocking out Anthony Yarde with one shot in the 11th round on Saturday on ESPN+ at the Traktor Sport Palace in Chelyabinsk, Russia.
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1:02 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Coco Gauff and Caty McNally will get a chance to play doubles at the US Open and add to their winning streak as a team. Gauff, the 15-year-old based in Florida who announced herself to the world at Wimbledon, and McNally, a 17-year-old from Ohio, were granted
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12:36 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Inside linebacker Paul Worrilow abruptly left the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday, one day after signing with the team. Worrilow decided to go home to his wife, who is eight months pregnant and bedridden, a source told ESPN. He will reevaluate his future in the NFL after she gives
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