6:50 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Novak Djokovic reached the quarterfinals of the Japan Open on Wednesday by beating Japanese wild-card entry Go Soeda 6-3, 7-5. Djokovic, who is attempting to win a title on his tournament debut for the 10th time, hit 10 aces and saved three of four break points. “I was
Month: October 2019
9:36 AM ET While Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr offered an impassioned defense of suspended middle linebacker Vontaze Burfict in London on Wednesday, coach Jon Gruden told reporters he as “not happy … at all” with the NFL’s decision to sideline Burfict for the remainder of the season. Carr said Burfict was “one of the
Sep 25, 2019 NEW YORK — Brian Cashman told a story about a horse named Nifty. Cashman hated his summer job on his father’s farm in Kentucky, hated mucking out stalls and cleaning fecal stains from barn walls with his bucket of ammonia and oversized brush. Young Brian loved baseball, and he wanted no part
9:09 AM ET Less than a week after Shanta Rangswamy stepped down from the BCCI’s Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), the other two members of the ad-hoc panel – Kapil Dev and Anshuman Gaekwad – have stepped down too. The resignations follow the notice of conflict of interest served to the three by the BCCI ethics
7:12 AM ET Knowing what your consumer wants and adapting your product to suit their needs is a key goal for any business. Each generation of iPhone has been adapted based on data gathered by Apple, with the aim of giving the consumer the next ground-breaking development — even if they didn’t know they needed
3:01 PM ET Napoli paid the price for playing a weakened side as they dropped Champions League points in 0-0 draw away at Racing Genk on Wednesday. After beating holders Liverpool in their opening Group E game, coach Carlo Ancelotti left out Lorenzo Insigne and dropped Dries Mertens to the bench against the Belgian champions,
7:00 AM ET In the final installment of our position group rankings, we’re going to take a look at the best and worst defense groups in the NHL. You can open up a couple new tabs for our goalie tandem rankings, and forward group rankings. Evaluating the contributions of defensemen can be tricky because of
Oct 2, 2019 ESPN News Services Andy Murray progressed to the quarterfinals of the China Open on Wednesday with a hard-fought victory against fellow Brit Cameron Norrie, 7-6 (6), 6-7 (4), 6-1. The Scot took the first set after one hour and six minutes, earning four set points in the tiebreak and converting the fourth.
2:56 AM ET Joseph Parker is out of his scheduled bout with Dereck Chisora at the O2 Arena in London on Oct. 26, Eddie Hearn has confirmed. The New Zealander (26-2, 20 KOs) is suffering from illness, Matchroom Boxing promoter Hearn said. Hearn took to Twitter to announce the development, adding: “We are working on
LONDON — One by one, the Tottenham players left their brand new stadium late on Tuesday night after the embarrassment of their 7-2 defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League. Groggy and shocked by what had happened to them a few hours earlier, they had stayed in the dressing room for a long time