6:20 PM ET Simon Cambers PARIS — At last year’s French Open, amid the gloom and cold, one thing shone more brightly than anything else: the drop shot. In French, it’s called l’amorti, (the literal translation of which means “cushioning”), and during the cooler, autumn conditions of the 2020 pandemic-altered Roland Garros, it was the
Month: June 2021
7:24 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Anthony Davis, who has missed the past game and a half of the Los Angeles Lakers‘ first-round series against the Phoenix Suns because of a strained groin, will be a gametime decision in Thursday’s Game 6. And that decision will be made not by him but by the Lakers’
8:46 PM ET LSU announced Wednesday that James Cregg is out as the Tigers’ offensive line coach. No reason was given for Cregg’s departure, which leaves LSU searching for a new coach during a time when most vacancies have already been filled. What’s more, the NCAA recruiting dead period was just lifted Tuesday. 2 Related
4:38 PM ET DUBLIN, Ohio – A viral video that caught the emotion of a mini-tour golfer who had qualified for his first PGA Tour event moved Justin Thomas enough to want to offer his support. Not just in the form of encouragement, but money. As in a check he handed to Michael Visacki last
5:59 PM ET The Washington Nationals have placed Stephen Strasburg on the 10-day injured list with a neck strain, the team announced Wednesday. The move comes a day after the right-hander exited a start against the Braves after just 1 1/3 innings due to what the team said at the time was a tight right
5:27 PM ET Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The LPGA Tour’s CP Women’s Open was canceled Wednesday because of logistical challenges and border restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was scheduled for Vancouver’s Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club on Aug. 26-29. Golf Canada and Canadian Pacific said Shaughnessy will host the 2023
7:05 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com The four women who have beaten Serena Williams in major finals since she returned from childbirth are no longer in Paris for the French Open. Simona Halep pulled out because of injury before the tournament got underway. Angelique Kerber and Bianca Andreescu were upset in the first round. Naomi Osaka
5:21 PM ET After a year-long postponement due to the coronavirus pandemic, the CONCACAF Nations League finals kick off this week, and there are plenty of storylines to keep track of ahead of Thursday’s semifinals and Sunday’s final in Denver. The United States — featuring Christian Pulisic, Sergino Dest, and Giovanni Reyna — will have
3:42 PM ET Virginia Tech freshman linebacker Isi Etute has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder and is being held without bond, according to the Blacksburg Police Department. In a statement on its website, the Blacksburg Police Department said it responded to a welfare check at 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday and found a deceased
4:38 PM ET ESPN News Services Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert was suspended for two years by Churchill Downs on Wednesday after Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit tested positive for a steroid in two different postrace drug samples. The suspension begins immediately and lasts through the 2023 Spring Meet at the race track. Attorneys
5:51 PM ET Associated Press The chairman of horse racing’s future governing body said the failed drug test of Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit shows the need for a uniform set of rules and penalties in place of the sport’s current patchwork system. In his first public comments since being appointed chairman of the Horseracing
Young British star Tom Pidcock has broken his collarbone in a training ride crash. The Olympic mountain bike hopeful, 21, is out of the upcoming Tour de Suisse. “Tom is doing well,” said coach Kurt Bogaerts. “He is already looking ahead and focused on his rehabilitation.” As well as competing on the road this season,
6:05 PM ET The Jake Paul vs. MMA (but … in a boxing match) phenomenon will roll on this summer, as the popular YouTube star will take on former UFC champion Tyron Woodley in August. There are a lot of unanswered questions around the force that Paul (3-0, 3 KOs) has become in combat sports.
1:52 PM ET Almost three years ago, the San Francisco 49ers made Weston Richburg the highest-paid center in NFL history. On Wednesday, Richburg’s time with the Niners came to an end, as he announced his retirement from the NFL. Richburg had an injury-plagued stint with the 49ers that culminated in his missing the entire 2020
1:08 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The Philadelphia 76ers announced Wednesday that superstar center Joel Embiid has a lateral meniscus tear in his right knee after taking an awkward fall during Game 4 of the first-round playoff series against the Washington Wizards on Monday night. The Sixers said the injury will be treated not with surgery
10:52 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Coco Gauff and Venus Williams fell in their first-round doubles match at the French Open on Wednesday. Playing Ellen Perez and Saisai Zheng, the tournament’s No. 13 seeds, in front of a lively crowd on Court 9, the pair won a tiebreak to take the first set but ultimately lost
Devon Conway became just the sixth batsman to score a hundred on Test debut at Lord’s to leave New Zealand well-placed at stumps on the first day of their series opener against England. The South Africa-born opener batted for the whole of Wednesday’s play, with his 136 not out the cornerstone of New Zealand’s 246-3
11:11 AM ET ESPN News Services Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit is facing disqualification after testing on a second postrace sample confirmed the presence of the the steroid betamethasone, a lawyer who represents the horse’s owner confirmed to the New York Times. Attorney Clark Brewster told the newspaper that a laboratory at UC Davis confirmed