6:37 AM ET ESPN News Services This time there was no such controversy surrounding Naomi Osaka‘s Grand Slam victory. Osaka took advantage of her second chance in the third set to defeat Petra Kvitova 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-4 on Saturday, win the Australian Open and become a back-to-back Slam champion. Her US Open victory last
10:44 AM ET Former light heavyweight world champion Adonis Stevenson, who suffered a catastrophic brain injury in a knockout loss on Dec. 1, has begun to walk with assistance and speak, according to Simone “Sisi” God, Stevenson’s girlfriend and the mother of his daughter. “Last month, I disclosed that Adonis had woken up and was
8:24 AM ET Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — It took a bear — Jazz Bear — to catch a bat and leave the high-flying hijinks to the NBA players. A wayward bat flew around the court inside the Vivint Smart Home Arena about an hour before Utah’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday,
11:50 PM ET In the past two years, the Washington Redskins had consecutive 7-9 seasons and missed the playoffs twice, and they watched one of their former assistant coaches become the darling of the NFL. Sean McVay, who spent seven years with the Redskins from 2010 to 2016, is the youngest head coach to take
8:31 AM ET Simon Cambers MELBOURNE, Australia — It will be world No. 1 vs. world No. 2 for the Australian Open title (Sunday, 3:30 a.m. ET on ESPN) when Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal take to Rod Laver Arena on Sunday evening. Both players have been dominant en route to the final, most notably
2:06 AM ET Pacer Mohammad Amir‘s return to Pakistan’s squad is complete, as he returns to the T20 squad for the South Africa series. He had been axed from all three formats after the Asia Cup due to his poor form, but on the ongoing South Africa tour has successfully made a return in both
A controversial equalizer by Jake Cooper and a late winner from Murray Wallace sends Millwall into the FA Cup 5th Round with a 3-2 win over Everton. Murray Wallace scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time to seal an extraordinary win for Championship Millwall over Everton in the FA Cup. A man was slashed
6:00 AM ET Fans can leave the money clip and dollar bills at home if they plan to attend a Tampa Bay Rays home game next season. The Rays will no longer seat fans in the upper deck of Tropicana Field, which will reduce capacity to approximately 25,000 to 26,000 — about 10,000 smaller than
11:33 AM ET Borussia Dortmund extended their lead over Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga table to nine points by hammering Hannover 5-1 with three goals in seven minutes. Achraf Hakimi opened the scoring in the 24th minute to put Dortmund in control at the break, but a rapidfire triple from Marco Reus
1:51 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN SAN JOSE, Calif. — Auston Matthews skated out for his turn in the NHL All-Star shot accuracy skills competition on Friday night. Unexpectedly, he began removing his blue Toronto Maple Leafs jersey, only to reveal he was wearing a second sweater underneath: an NHL All-Star jersey with a Maple Leaf