9:44 PM ET Dave Stanley Winter racing continues Saturday and there is a lot to look forward to. There is a nice meeting at Randwick and a big day at Flemington. I think it could shape up to be a good day for punters to find a few winners! It’s also a huge weekend for
12:13 AM ET While the NBA world was being turned upside-down during the first few days of free agency, the league was busy opening its summer league slate with three-day pit stops in Salt Lake City and Sacramento — the appetizers to the highly anticipated main course in Las Vegas. What have coaches, execs and
9:52 PM ET ESPN News Services Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon watched the final 5½ innings of Thursday’s 11-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates from the clubhouse after getting tossed following an exchange with the Pittsburgh dugout. Maddon appeared to take exception with Pittsburgh’s Jordan Lyles pitching up and in to All-Star Javier Baez in
10:12 PM ET Associated Press ONEIDA, Wis. — One year after Yu Liu shot her lowest round on the LPGA Tour at Thornberry Creek of Oneida, she tied the course record with a 10-under 62 for a one-shot lead in the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic. “I really like the golf course, apparently,” Liu said. “So
12:00 AM ET We never got to be friends, exactly. We were more like soldiers who had fought in the same war. We talked in shorthand. I didn’t have to explain eating a box of Girl Scout cookies in one sitting. He didn’t have to explain trying to find a pair of pants that fit
9:20 PM ET Associated Press BLAINE, Minn. — Scott Piercy went on a late birdie binge en route to a 9-under 62 and the first-round lead at the inaugural 3M Open on Thursday. Adam Hadwin and Hideki Matsuyama are each two shots back after a 7-under 64 at the TPC Twin Cities. Seeking his fifth
8:20 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Brad Keselowski said he was sending a message by intentionally running into William Byron during practice Thursday for the upcoming Sprint Cup race at Daytona International Speedway. Keselowski was upset about Byron’s blocking a year ago at Daytona and retaliated during the second of two practice
7:13 PM ET LONDON — By the middle of the fourth set of Thursday’s second-round match at Wimbledon evening, the ending seemed inevitable. Nick Kyrgios was clinging to his serve, the last thing he had left, like a shipwrecked sailor clutching a life preserver. Meanwhile, Rafael Nadal lashed and pounded him, unrelenting as an angry
7:32 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — There are few venues on NASCAR’s schedule quite like Daytona International Speedway in July. Sweltering summer heat and humidity with rain and lightning always lurking. Kiddie pools and American flags everywhere. A usually intense night race on a slippery surface. An over-the-top fireworks display afterward. It’s
7:04 PM ET LONDON — Nick Kyrgios refused to apologize for attempting to hit Rafael Nadal with a ball during their hotly contested Wimbledon second-round clash Thursday. During the third set of a match littered with drama at the All England Club, Kyrgios aimed a forehand at the 18-time Grand Slam champion, though Nadal was