6:15 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Frances Tiafoe‘s vision was blurry from the tears. He was thrilled — overwhelmed, even — when the last point was over and it hit him that, yes, he had ended Rafael Nadal‘s 22-match Grand Slam-winning streak Monday and reached the US Open quarterfinals for the first
9:29 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com NEW YORK — Just over an hour after Frances Tiafoe upset 22-time major champion Rafael Nadal, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, on Monday in front of an adoring near-capacity crowd in Arthur Ashe Stadium to advance to his first US Open quarterfinals, his night somehow got even better. While checking his
8:01 PM ET ESPN News Services RECIFE, Brazil — The plan Alex Jensen laid out for the Team USA squad sent to the AmeriCup basketball tournament was simple. Get better every day, and let the results take care of themselves. It seems to be working. Norris Cole, a former NBA guard who played for the
12:31 PM ET Associated Press ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — Ouachita Baptist defensive lineman Clark Yarbrough died Sunday after collapsing suddenly, the school said in a social media post. The school did not provide more information on the cause of death. Today the Ouachita community mourns the loss of senior Clark Yarbrough, who died this morning following
5:22 PM ET Well this is awkward. A few days after teeing up for the first time in the LIV Golf Series, the Saudi-backed circuit which is challenging the sport’s old order, Australia’s Cameron Smith has been named one three Player of the Year nominees for the establishment PGA Tour. This is not surprising give
Big Picture This series has been a long time coming. Australia and New Zealand started a Chappell-Hadlee contest just days before the world was shut down by the pandemic, the opening game played behind closed doors at the SCG, before New Zealand had to make a hasty journey home with borders shutting. Matches were then
1:45 PM ET Two Michigan State defensive starters — junior linebacker Darius Snow and senior safety Xavier Henderson — will each miss significant time with injuries they suffered in Friday’s 35-13 win over Western Michigan. Spartans coach Mel Tucker confirmed on Monday that Snow, the son of former NBA guard Eric Snow and nephew of
2:04 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The New York Jets cast some doubt on their quarterback situation for Week 1, announcing Monday that Zach Wilson worked out for the first time since Aug. 16 arthroscopic knee surgery. Coach Robert Saleh said “it’s possible” that Wilson could start Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens, although the
2:37 PM ET MILAN — Giannis Antetokounmpo was held out of Greece’s 93-77 win over Great Britain in Monday’s EuroBasket game because of knee pain. “He had discomfort in his knee but nothing major,” Greece head coach Dimitris Itoudis said at his postgame news conference, adding, “We did not want to risk anything so we
2:39 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Jessica Pegula eliminated two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova 6-3, 6-2 to get to her third major quarterfinal of 2022 and reach that round for the first time at the US Open. Play was held up for about 45 minutes at 1-1 in the first set while rain