6:28 PM ET Associated Press SANTIAGO, CHILE — Brazilian teenager Thiago Seyboth Wild won his first title Sunday by beating second-seeded Casper Ruud 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 Sunday in the final of the Chile Open. The 19-year-old clinched the title after Ruud’s backhand went wide. “He played amazing tennis all week,” Ruud said. “I can’t be
Month: March 2020
5:59 PM ET Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford and his wife, Kelly, are about to become parents again. Kelly announced on Instagram on Sunday they are expecting “Baby Stafford #4” this summer. The Staffords had twin daughters Chandler and Sawyer in 2017 and a third daughter, Hunter, in 2018. Kelly Stafford wrote in an Instagram
Dec 5, 2019 Editor’s note: This story originally ran in December, ahead of Clemson’s win in the ACC championship game. CLEMSON, S.C. — Back in high school, Isaiah Simmons would glide out to the long jump runway to a chorus of audible gasps. He was tall, with a racing singlet stretched across his lean frame,
5:13 PM ET Alabama has moved quickly in replacing longtime head strength and conditioning coach Scott Cochran by reaching an agreement with Indiana‘s David Ballou, sources told ESPN. Cochran, who had been Alabama’s strength coach under Nick Saban since Saban arrived in Tuscaloosa in 2007, left last week to join Georgia’s staff in an on-the-field
7:00 AM ET As a season of high turnover for NHL coaches heads down the final stretch — seven head coaches have been fired thus far, and one resigned — one person who has a front seat to the hiring process is calling for reform in how NHL teams go about their searches. Neil Glasberg,
Quinton de Kock flays one through the covers © AFP via Getty Images Big picture After a topsy-turvy T20I series, in which South Africa’s heaviest-ever short-form defeats were punctuated with a from-behind win at Port Elizabeth, these two sides head into a three-match ODI series devoid of any context in contrasting shape. Australia have picked
3:45 PM ET Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. — It was just a batting practice session, one of the lowest spring training rungs in a pitcher’s preparation for opening day. But for Chris Sale, it was progress. Even after finishing with a fastball that a Triple-A prospect who batted .204 last year managed to hit
2:30 PM ET ESPN News Services Dallas Mavericks All-Star Luka Doncic will not play Sunday against the Minnesota Timberwolves because of a left thumb sprain, according to the team. Doncic played through the injury during Friday’s loss to the Miami Heat but said afterward that he had trouble catching the ball. “I didn’t know how
2:25 PM ET Vegas Golden Knights forward Mark Stone is considered week-to-week with a lower-body injury, with coach Peter DeBoer saying Sunday that he hopes Stone returns by the end of the regular season. DeBoer told reporters that Stone will not need surgery. Stone, who has 21 goals and a team-high 42 assists this season,
1:54 PM ET The Houston Astros‘ Lance McCullers on Sunday pitched in a major league game for the first time since undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2018. The right-hander pitched two-thirds of an inning and didn’t allow a run against the St. Louis Cardinals in West Palm Beach, Florida. He retired Kolten Wong on a