11:44 AM ET Daniel Brettig in Leeds Australia’s coach Justin Langer insists his team will refuse to allow themselves to be drawn into a battle of fire-and-brimstone pace for the Ashes in the wake of Jofra Archer’s trail of destruction at Lord’s, forcing Steven Smith out of the Headingley Test with concussion and generally shaking
10:35 AM ET Italy’s Edoardo Molinari’s tweets about slow play in golf prompted the European Tour to change its policy on the speed of play, chief executive Keith Pelley has said. The European Tour announced a four-point plan to tackle slow play on Monday, measures that will be implemented beginning with the 2020 season. 1
9:53 AM ET Include Baker Mayfield as another surprised by the New York Giants drafting quarterback Daniel Jones earlier this year. “Blows my mind,” the Cleveland Browns quarterback told GQ in a wide-ranging interview released Tuesday. Jones finished with a 17-19 record at Duke, before the Giants made him the No. 6 overall pick. “Some
9:23 AM ET Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Duckhee Lee tossed the ball into the air for his first serve in an ATP tournament match and blasted it past his opponent with a loud pop. The 21-year-old South Korean never heard it. He was born deaf. The tour’s first deaf professional player says he doesn’t
9:08 AM BST Springboks flyhalf Elton Jantjies says South Africa’s coaches, including current head coach Rassie Erasmus, have developed the right systems to be successful at the Rugby World Cup in Japan. Jantjies started at flyhalf as the Springboks defeated Argentina 24-18 in their one-off Test at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday, with Erasmus having rested
7:43 AM ET Mallory Martin moved into full mount. She rained down punches and elbows. All Tiffany Masters could do at first was cover up. Masters tried to turn over and give Martin her back, but the barrage continued. Then came the visceral, blood-curdling shrieks. “You’re done!” Martin yelled at Masters while punching her in
8:41 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Chilean tennis player Juan Carlos Saez has been banned for eight years for match-fixing. The Tennis Integrity Unit says Saez refused to cooperate with its investigation and also failed to report “a corrupt approach” at a tournament. Saez originally attracted the TIU’s attention because of evidence of unusual
7:30 AM ET The Sterling Affairs is a story of power and scandal in Los Angeles. When an audio recording of a racist rant by former Clippers owner Donald Sterling was leaked online in 2014, it caused an uproar that changed the NBA forever. But Sterling had been a problem for decades — in basketball,
Since starting their promotion in 2017, Phoenix have not lost a game on Dollar Beer Night. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Clay Meschke had seen the belt sit on a shelf at his local skate shop for a while. It was like a fanny pack for beer, with six insulated holders across the front and snaps in
5:53 AM ET ESPN staff Two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso will test Toyota’s Dakar rally car on three different continents over the next few months as he prepares for his next major target in motorsport. 1 Related Alonso left Formula One at the end of 2018 to pursue new challenges and is about