6:32 PM ET Marc RaimondiESPN Growing up in Brazil, Ricardo Prasel always had dreams of stardom. He wasn’t sure how he would accomplish that, but he ruled out a few things right away. “I was not born with the gift to sing and I never had the opportunity to be an actor,” Prasel said with
12:08 PM ET Six-time major winner Boris Becker has said that tennis must “wake up to the greatness” of Novak Djokovic following his 16th Grand Slam title win at Wimbledon on Sunday. World No.1 Djokovic, 32, defeated Swiss great Roger Federer 7-6 (5), 1-6, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 13-12 (3) to win his fifth title at
12:07 PM ET Defending champion Geraint Thomas gained time on a handful of his main rivals as crosswinds caused chaos in the peloton in the climax of Monday’s 10th stage of the Tour de France. Thomas was on the right end of a bunch split 35 kilometres from the finish of the 217.5km ride from
10:26 AM BST Gloucester fly-half Danny Cipriani will undergo extra fitness work away from England’s second World Cup training camp. Cipriani will do specialised strength and conditioning work off site, along with flanker Sam Underhill and fullback Anthony Watson. Head coach Eddie Jones has called up 40 players for the training camp in Bristol, including
10:09 AM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Former Los Angeles Kings defenseman Slava Voynov has signed a one-year deal in the Kontinental Hockey League as he sits out the final months of his NHL suspension. Russian KHL club Avangard Omsk says it signed Voynov to a one-year deal. His NHL suspension, imposed after the league
9:22 AM ET SILVERSTONE, U.K — As Lewis Hamilton walked away from Mercedes’ pre-race strategy meeting on Sunday morning, he had a clear plan of how to win the British Grand Prix. Starting from second on the grid behind teammate Valtteri Bottas he knew it wouldn’t be easy, but nothing – not Bottas, not Pirelli’s
8:56 AM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Former Open champion and Portrush resident Darren Clarke will hit the first tee shot to start The Open early Thursday morning as the tournament returns to Northern Ireland for just the second time. Clarke, who won The Open in 2011 at Royal St. George’s, is among three major
8:36 AM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Phil Mickelson decided to take drastic action in regards to his poor play of late by fasting for six days and losing 15 pounds. The five-time major champion who won The Open at Muirfield in 2013 has been on a run of poor form since winning the AT&T
11:03 AM ET While hundreds of free agents have signed with NHL teams this summer (at the cost of hundreds of millions of dollars in total), some notable names remain on the market. Will they re-sign with their 2018-19 clubs, or move on to new opportunities? Our panel debates the 2019-20 destinations for five of
Brian McBride reflects on the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup and examines the tournament’s impact on the U.S. and Mexico. Herculez Gomez and Shaka Hislop weigh the pros and cons of CONCACAF’s qualifying format for the 2022 World Cup, which emphasizes the FIFA rankings. The United States and Mexico will meet in a friendly at MetLife