6:21 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic was so good, so relentless, so pretty much perfect, that Rafael Nadal never stood a chance. Djokovic reduced one of the greats of the game to merely another outclassed opponent — just a guy, really — and one so out of sorts that Nadal even
8:33 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Who saw that coming? Yes, most of us thought Novak Djokovic was a slight favorite to win another Australian Open title, but the manner in which he beat down Rafael Nadal, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3, in Sunday’s final was stunning. So what does it mean? Who’s saying what? Here’s what
Is this the year Mourinho actually hangs it up? We doubt it but he did say he’d be finished by 55… Many moons ago, Jose Mourinho was asked whether he intended to amass 1,000 games in management shortly after Sir Alex Ferguson had passed that particular milestone with Manchester United. The then-Chelsea coach responded that
The Gregg Berhalter era got off to a great start in Phoenix as the United States dominated Panama from start to finish. USMNT forward Christian Ramirez describes his debut goal against Panama and the role he was expected to play as a No. 9 in Gregg Berhalter’s system. With an young, experimental team at his
2:50 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Before his Boston Celtics took on the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night, Brad Stevens was asked about the task of taking on the two-time defending champions. “They have a lot of highly skilled, highly intelligent basketball players that, if you take your foot off the gas for
10:22 AM ET Anthony Joshua has admitted he would love to fight Tyson Fury and has talked up the possibility of a huge all-British heavyweight contest between the pair. The WBO-WBA-IBF-IBO world heavyweight champion is expected to make a decision about his next title defence this weekend with a range of possible opponents on the
1:37 AM ET Steve KimESPN Jaime Munguia successfully defended his WBO junior middleweight title by outpointing a game Takeshi Inoue over an entertaining 12 rounds in the main event of an action-packed card Saturday night at the Toyota Center in Houston. While the scores were wide — 120-108, 120-108 and 119-109, all for Munguia —
12:39 AM ET LOS ANGELES — A second Bellator MMA title. A Heavyweight World Grand Prix finals victory. And a win over a legend of the sport. Ryan Bader accomplished a lot with a single punch. Rory MacDonald will defend his Bellator welterweight title against Jon Fitch on April 27. Also on the card, women’s
11:57 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sidney Crosby had two goals and three assists, and Henrik Lundqvist pitched a first-half shutout to lead the Metropolitan Division to a 10-5 victory over the Central Division in the championship round of the NHL All-Star Game Saturday night. Selected the MVP, Crosby finished the night
11:43 PM ET It’s no secret that the NFL loves offense. It celebrates touchdowns and playmakers and has even tilted the rules to make scoring easier. But, if the New England Patriots and quarterback Tom Brady win their sixth title over the Los Angeles Rams a week from now in Super Bowl LIII, it will