6:11 PM ET Associated Press Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka is in need of a new coach. Wim Fissette, who began working with Osaka shortly before the start of the 2020 season, wrote on Instagram on Wednesday that he and Osaka are ending their partnership. “It has been a privilege to coach Naomi since
5:22 PM ET Associated Press LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — World TeamTennis, the mixed-gender league co-founded nearly a half-century ago by Billie Jean King, will not have a season in 2022 but plans to return next year. WTT announced Wednesday that it is hoping to add new teams by 2023. The expansion fee is $1 million
3:53 PM ET Associated Press OCEANPORT, N.J. — Taiba is the slight 7-5 favorite over the undefeated Jack Christopher in the $1 million Haskell Stakes on Saturday, the first major race for 3-year-old horses following the Triple Crown. Taiba is trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, who is seeking to extend his stakes record
3:44 PM ET Longtime PGA Tour players Jason Kokrak and Charles Howell III have joined LIV Golf, the new circuit announced Wednesday. Kokrak, ranked 36th in the Official World Golf Ranking, has three victories on the PGA Tour, including the Houston Open in November. His departure had been anticipated for months; he has been an
12:46 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Tyson Fury announced his retirement in April, but it doesn’t appear the heavyweight champion’s hiatus will last long. Since Fury’s sixth-round TKO win over Dillian Whyte in April in London, “The Gypsy King” has repeatedly flip-flopped between expressing his desire to fight again and remain retired. Earlier this summer, Fury
Jul 18, 2022 Christian Pulisic understands the perception: The idea that the United States men’s national team can win the World Cup isn’t worth considering. There isn’t anything about the team’s history to suggest otherwise. For outsiders, that’s fine. It doesn’t matter. For him, going to the World Cup with a defeatist mindset would defy
7:34 AM ET Henrik Stenson will no longer serve as the European captain at the 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome, with the Swedish golfer announcing Wednesday that he will join LIV Golf. In a statement posted to Twitter on Wednesday, Stenson wrote that LIV Golf officials had worked with him to ensure that he could
12:05 PM ET ATLANTA — Georgia football coach Kirby Smart says he believes that starting quarterback Stetson Bennett is “one of the least respected good players in the country.” “The kid is a tremendous athlete. He’s got good arm strength,” Smart said Wednesday at SEC media days. “People keep doubting him, and that’s fine with
11:32 AM ET Associated Press PEYRAGUDES, France — Tadej Pogacar claimed a third stage win as he sprinted away from Jonas Vingegaard in the punishing last climb of a grueling trek in the Pyrenees on Wednesday but failed to take significant time out of the Tour de France leader. As so often in this year’s
Leicestershire 387 for 5 (Mulder 147*, Hill 81, Kimber 68, Swindells 58*) vs Glamorgan Wiaan Mulder‘s second consecutive century helped Leicestershire enjoy the best of the opening day as they seek to dent Glamorgan’s promotion ambitions in Division Two of the LV= Insurance County Championship. The South African allrounder followed his unbeaten 235 in Leicestershire’s