5:00 PM ET Associated Press MASON, Ohio — Top-ranked Ash Barty won her fifth title of the season, taking eight of the last nine games from wild card Jil Teichmann for a 6-3, 6-1 victory in the Western & Southern Open final on Sunday. Barty, who won her first Wimbledon title in July before getting
Month: August 2021
6:17 PM ET Associated Press HENDERSON, Ky. — Fire destroyed a barn at Ellis Park race track in Kentucky early Sunday, with officials saying the horses inside were rescued. Sunday’s racing program was canceled after the fire in the receiving barn, where horses are supervised and examined before running in a race. The barn can
2:30 PM ET Oklahoma received a commitment from Brandon Inniss on Sunday, as the ESPN Junior 300 wide receiver chose the Sooners over Alabama, Florida, Miami and Ohio State. Inniss, a 6-foot-0, 190-pound prospect from American Heritage High School in Plantation, Florida, is the No. 18-ranked recruit overall and No. 3 wide receiver in the
5:57 PM ET Associated Press BROOKLYN, Mich. — Joey Logano was taking every possible precaution to keep COVID-19 from eliminating him from NASCAR’s impending playoffs. He said he watches where he goes and who he’s with and this week canceled three public appearances. He also went a step further and got vaccinated. Corey LaJoie became
2:55 PM ET Miguel Cabrera is now part of one of the most exclusive clubs in baseball. Cabrera put an exclamation point on his career when he became the 28th member of the 500-home run club with a sixth-inning blast for the Detroit Tigers on Sunday. Cabrera’s home run was a 400-foot solo shot to
6:31 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania beat third-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia 7-6 (3), 6-3 on Sunday in the first round of Tennis in the Land. The 75th-ranked Begu is 3-0 against Alexandrova. Begu won the final four points of the tiebreaker, ending it with a forehand that clipped the
4:07 PM ET Associated Press VYSOKY UJEZD, Czech Republic — Johannes Veerman closed with a 4-under 68 to win the Czech Masters on Sunday for his maiden European Tour title. The American finished two strokes ahead of Finland’s Tapio Pulkkanen and another American Sean Crocker for a 15-under total of 273 at Albatross Golf Resort
3:21 PM ET Spending money is one thing, but spending it wisely is another matter entirely. Arsenal‘s much-maligned owners have stepped up to the plate this summer, perhaps more than anticipated, backing Mikel Arteta with more than £130 million of new talent in a bid to bridge the gap between the Gunners and the Premier
12:06 PM ET The Tampa Bay Rays placed designated hitter Nelson Cruz on the COVID-19 injured list Sunday. It is not clear whether Cruz tested positive for the virus or if he was placed on the COVID-19 IL because he was a close contact. Cruz, acquired by the Rays from the Minnesota Twins before the
9:00 AM ET ESPN staff The allure of college football goes well beyond the field, and even beyond the rabid fans and electric stadiums. Before all that, there are the road trips, the tailgating and the parties. Visiting the local restaurants and bars in the area of your favorite team or hated rival can be
Azizullah Fazli will serve his second term as the chairman of the Afghanistan Cricket Board.© Twitter Azizullah Fazli was reappointed as the chairman of the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) on Sunday. Fazli has already served one term as ACB chairman, from his appointment in September 2018 – following the resignation of Atif Mashal – until July
Damiano Caruso became the first rider to claim a mountain stage on two different Grand Tours this year as he won stage nine of the Vuelta a Espana. The Bahrain-Victorious rider, who came second at the Giro d’Italia in May, produced a superb solo ride as he crossed the line in five hours, three minutes
Former England captain Michael Vaughan has questioned the lack of intervention by ‘all-powerful’ head coach Chris Silverwood in the first session of the final day in which India clawed their way back in the game. Virat Kohli-led India registered a famous 151-run over England in the second Test of the five-match series on Monday. At
1:20 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The Boston Celtics and center Robert Williams have agreed to a four-year, $54 million contract extension, agent Kevin Bradbury of REP1 Sports told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Friday. The deal will put Williams, 23, among the top half of centers in the NBA in terms of annual salary and is
Bethany Shriever completed an Olympic and World double as the Tokyo 2020 gold medallist won the final of the women’s BMX World Championships. Shriever, 22, cruised to victory after a three-rider crash took out reigning world champion Alise Willoughby of the United States. The former teaching assistant is the first woman to hold both BMX
6:00 AM ET Larry and Beth Foster grabbed as much as they could from their home in Greenville, California, earlier this month. They had already dropped off the horses and chickens at a temporary location before returning home to salvage more. Usually, when they heard about evacuations, there would be some notice. They suspected an
7:30 AM ET Shohei Ohtani is a wonder. My MLB career spanned the heart of the steroid era in baseball. Its noxious cloud still makes us question today’s players and their motives, and tantalizes any performer to consider modern shortcuts to gain an edge. But the most damage it did might be in robbing us
7:00 AM ET Coach Hugh Freeze and Liberty are facing a fourth-and-3 from Virginia Tech’s 38-yard line early in the second quarter, and two things are abundantly clear. The Flames are going for it, and the ball is going to be in star quarterback Malik Willis‘ hands. Liberty, on this day last November, is ranked
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