11:04 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Roger Federer got back on track at the ATP Finals, beating Matteo Berrettini 7-6 (2), 6-3 on Tuesday for his first victory of the round-robin stage. Federer lost his opening match to Dominic Thiem on Sunday, but the six-time champion looked sharper against Berrettini, never dropping his serve
11:55 AM ET Associated Press GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers say Zeke Bratkowski, the quarterback who backed up Bart Starr during the team’s 1960s dynasty, has died at his Florida home. He was 88. The Packers Hall of Famer was a quarterback in Green Bay from 1963-1968 and again in 1971. One
11:46 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Dominika Cibulkova on Tuesday said she has retired from tennis. The 30-year-old Slovak reached the 2014 Australian Open final and won the WTA Finals in 2016. WTA president Micky Lawler praised Cibulkova’s “extraordinary finesse, speed and feel of the court.” The 5-foot-3 Cibulkova never won another tour-level title
11:20 AM ET The St. Louis Cardinals have agreed to bring back free-agent pitcher Adam Wainwright on a one-year deal for 2020, the team announced Tuesday. Terms were not announced. Wainwright, 38, is coming off his best season since 2014. The right-hander went 14-10 with a 4.19 ERA and 153 strikeouts. He made two starts
7:37 AM GMT Andrew Fidel Fernando Sri Lanka’s parliament criminalised a wide swathe of corruption-related activity in sports on Monday. This was in the wake of the ICC anti-corruption unit’s investigation into the country’s cricket over the past two years. Below is a rough guideline to the punishments, and a list of many of the
10:24 AM GMT Warren Gatland has said he did not throw his hat into the ring to replace All Blacks coach Steve Hansen as he wanted to honour his commitments to the Chiefs and British and Irish Lions. Gatland, who stepped down as Wales coach after guiding them to the World Cup semifinals, was on
9:33 AM ET What a Saturday for Joe Burrow. The Heisman favorite threw for nearly 400 yards in LSU’s 46-41 win over Alabama, cementing himself as the front-runner. Throughout the season, ESPN.com writers will vote for their top Heisman candidates. To get the final rankings, we use the following methodology: 10 voters, five votes each.
3:08 PM ET Four fight cards from Australia, England, Germany and Scotland, including two title fights, will air live on ESPN+ this weekend. On Friday, Andrew Moloney (20-0, 13 KOs) of Australia faces Guyana’s Elton Dharry (24-5-1, 14 KOs) in a 12-round battle for the vacant WBA interim junior bantamweight title. The fight card will
7:34 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Rocky Fielding is aiming to prove he is not finished after losing to Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and is targeting a rematch with Callum Smith.
7:00 AM ET NOBODY SAW MUCH of Daryl Morey in the days after the Houston Rockets landed in Tokyo for the NBA’s Japan Games. The Rockets’ general manager confined himself to his room at the Ritz Carlton in Roppongi Hills during the team’s six-day visit, spotted leaving for occasional jaunts to the Shake Shack located