7:22 PM ET Naomi Osaka briefly stepped away from a pre-tournament video news conference Monday ahead of the Western & Southern Open, her first media session since representing Japan at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. A reporter asked how Osaka’s training for the upcoming hard-court season was progressing and for her thoughts on the events in
Month: August 2021
7:24 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Charles Conwell, who represented USA Boxing at the 2016 Olympics, told ESPN he faked a hand injury on the advice of his manager, David McWater, in order to withdraw from an April 8 fight that was slated to headline an NBCSN show. The junior middleweight contender was set to fight
2:37 PM ET What a weekend in European soccer! Three of the top five leagues (English Premier League, German Bundesliga, Spanish LaLiga) kicked off their 2021-22 campaigns, and the games didn’t disappoint. Manchester City‘s title defense got off to a rocky (but predictable) start against Tottenham, Barcelona began their post-Lionel Messi era with a big
6:00 PM ET ESPN staff As NFL teams prep for more 2021 preseason games, quarterbacks again took the spotlight at training camp practices — on and off the field — on Monday. The Eagles’ Jalen Hurts put on an impressive performance against Cam Newton and the Patriots, the Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes is readying for more
4:46 PM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Nashville Predators have signed goaltender Juuse Saros to a four-year, $20 million contract. General manager David Poile announced the deal Monday. “Juuse has proven himself as one of the best young goaltenders in the NHL, and we are very pleased to have him remain our No.
11:25 PM BST ESPN staff Wallabies great Toutai Kefu is in hospital fighting for life after he was injured in a home invasion in Brisbane on Sunday night. Multiple news agencies have reported that Kefu is in a serious condition after he was stabbed in the abdomen during the incident at his Coorparoo home around
8:00 AM ET Nearly 100,000 people flooded onto the floor of the 2021 National Sports Collectors Convention in suburban Chicago, all jostling for space while peering into glass cases. Some were there to buy, shelling out anywhere from a couple of bucks to hundreds of thousands on cards. Others just wanted a glimpse of what
1:34 PM ET Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild have signed Kevin Fiala to a one-year, $5.1 million contract. The team announced the deal with the 25-year-old Swiss forward on Monday. Fiala had 20 goals and 20 assists in 50 games last season with the Wild, leading the team with five game-winning
1:59 PM ET Retired quarterback Alex Smith, who returned to play last season after suffering a devastating leg injury two years earlier, has been hired by ESPN as an NFL analyst. Smith, who retired in April to end his 16-season career, will appear on various ESPN shows, including SportsCenter, Monday Night Countdown and Sunday NFL
12:22 PM ET Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud is separating himself in the team’s quarterback competition, although no decision on the starting job has been made yet, coach Ryan Day said Monday. Stroud, a redshirt freshman, has been competing with redshirt freshman Jack Miller and true freshman Kyle McCord during training camp. Quinn Ewers, a
12:05 PM ET ESPN staff The AP Top 25 college football poll is out. And there’s no surprise that Alabama, defending national champ and home of the reigning Heisman Trophy winner, starts on top. But who could follow DeVonta Smith in lifting the sport’s most iconic trophy? Let’s take a look at the most likely
India on Monday wrapped up a dramatic Test win at Lord’s to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series against England. While the cricket in itself was entertaining enough, with several twists and turns and some brilliant performances, tensions also flared between both teams. What started with Jasprit Bumrah delivering a barrage of short
12:30 PM ET No one could have imagined that when FC Barcelona played their first competitive match for nearly 17 years without Leo Messi as a first-team squad member, they could produce something as remarkable as almost anything the Argentine magician routinely produced at Camp Nou? OK, the quality of the goal — Memphis Depay
The 2021 Track Cycling World Championships will be moved to Roubaix in France, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has announced. The event was originally scheduled to take place in Turkmenistan from 13-17 October. It was moved at the request of the organisers because of restrictions linked to the coronavirus pandemic. The championships will now take
Venue: Tokyo, Japan Dates: 24 August-5 September Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Follow on Radio 5 Live and on the BBC Sport website Key information Dates: 25-28 August (track), 31 August-3 September (road) Venue: Izu Velodrome/Fuji International Speedway Gold medals on offer: 51 How does it work? Para-cycling at the Paralympics includes both track
7:26 AM ET After a rare off weekend in the world of UFC, action returns to the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday as middleweights Jared Cannonier and Kelvin Gastelum each try to come back from losses to Robert Whittaker in their most recent bouts. While it would seem to be more pressing for
Aug 15, 2021 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Trevor Lawrence‘s first NFL snap ended with a sack that nearly turned into a fumble, but the Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback didn’t let that rattle him. The 2021 No. 1 draft pick bounced back from that inauspicious start and turned in a solid but unspectacular performance in the Jaguars’ 23-13
10:35 PM ET Associated Press Joe Walton, the former New York Jets coach who built Robert Morris University‘s football program from the ground up, has died. He was 85. Robert Morris announced in an obituary posted on its website that Walton died Sunday. No cause of death was provided. Walton, a native of Beaver Falls,
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