Month: June 2022

3:06 PM ET ESPN News Services Coco Gauff has a chance to leave Roland Garros with two trophies. Gauff and Jessica Pegula advanced to the women’s doubles final at the French Open by beating Madison Keys and Taylor Townsend 6-4, 7-6 (4) in an all-American semifinal Friday. The 18-year-old Gauff meets top-ranked Iga Swiatek on
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1:57 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN SOUTHERN PINES, North Carolina — In what will be her final golf tournament of the year, Michelle Wie West — winner of the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open — is expected to miss the cut at the 2022 U.S. Women’s Open after shooting a 3-over 74 Friday and finishing 5-over after
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12:31 PM ET ESPN News Services PARIS — Rafael Nadal has become the second-oldest men’s finalist in French Open history after his semifinal opponent, Alexander Zverev, stopped playing Friday because of an injured right leg. Now Nadal will try to become the oldest champion at a tournament he has already won a record 13 times.
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12:17 PM ET The Arizona Coyotes and the city of Tempe will move forward on negotiations on a new arena and entertainment district after the city council’s 5-2 vote in favor of the bid on Thursday night. “We want to thank everyone who came out to show their support for this project, this organization and
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1:31 PM ET Demetrious Johnson gets a chance at revenge — and a second opportunity for gold — this summer. Johnson, one of the best MMA fighters of all time, will have a rematch with Adriano Moraes for the ONE Championship 135-pound title Aug. 27 in Singapore, the promotion announced Friday. Moraes knocked out Johnson
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6:35 AM ET Tottenham Hotspur are continuing to demand up to €25 million for Steven Bergwijn despite the winger’s preference for a move to Ajax, sources have told ESPN. Sources said that the Eredivisie champions are confident Bergwijn wants to join them as he targets regular first-team football ahead of the World Cup in Qatar
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7:04 PM ET ESPN News Services The San Diego Padres optioned struggling infielder Robinson Cano to Triple-A El Paso on Thursday and the veteran declined the assignment to become a free agent, the team said. The Padres signed the eight-time All-Star to a deal May 13 after he was designated for assignment by the New
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1:12 PM ET Associated Press IRVING, Texas — The Big 12 Conference is distributing a record $426 million of revenue to its 10 schools for the 2021-22 school year, a nearly 25% increase over last year and 10% higher than its peak before the pandemic. Texas Tech president Lawrence Schovanec, chairman of the Big 12
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