5:23 PM ET ESPN News Services MASON, Ohio — Down a set and a break to 17-year-old Coco Gauff, second-ranked Naomi Osaka fought back to pull out a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win at the Western & Southern Open on Wednesday, her first WTA Tour event since the French Open in late May. Osaka appreciated being
Month: August 2021
12:57 AM ET CHICAGO — White Sox pitcher Lance Lynn was ejected from his start against the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday after tossing his belt to umpires from the dugout during a foreign-substance inspection. After getting the third out in the top of the fourth inning, Lynn came off the mound quickly while third-base umpire
1:18 PM BST Lood de Jager will earn a 50th cap for South Africa in their Rugby Championship Test against Argentina in Nelson Mandela Bay on Saturday — a milestone that had looked doubtful as he battled a career-threatening injury last year. De Jager, 28, is one of the finest second-row forwards in the game
11:03 PM ET The return of The Ultimate Fighter has hit an unforeseen snag. Tresean Gore is injured and out of the TUF middleweight final at UFC Fight Night on Aug. 28, UFC officials confirmed Wednesday with ESPN. Gilbert Urbina, whom Gore beat in the semifinals, will now fight Bryan Battle in the championship bout.
2:34 AM ET Cristiano Ronaldo has lashed out over the transfer rumours regarding his future, accusing people of being “disrespectful” yet stopping short of committing his future to Serie A giants Juventus. The former Real Madrid forward, who scored a record 451 goals during his nine years at the club from 2009-18, was linked with
6:25 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver James Washington didn’t deny making a trade request when he spoke with the media Wednesday, his first public comments since he reportedly asked the organization for a trade. “That’s a private conversation,” he said. “As far as me being happy in Pittsburgh, I love it here.
8:38 PM ET Add new San Diego Padres pitcher Jake Arrieta to the team’s list of walking wounded after he left his start against the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday with a mild left hamstring strain. Arrieta, 35, gave up five runs in 3.1 innings before exiting. His last pitch was hit for a home run
10:47 PM ET ESPN News Services DETROIT — Shohei Ohtani hit his 40th homer and pitched eight sharp innings, helping the Los Angeles Angels beat Miguel Cabrera and the Detroit Tigers 3-1 on Wednesday night. The crowd of 27,282 was hoping to see Cabrera hit his 500th career homer, but the slugger went 1 for
10:19 PM ET ESPN News Services MIAMI — Freddie Freeman became the second Atlanta Braves player to hit for the cycle twice by accomplishing the feat Wednesday night against the Miami Marlins. The reigning NL MVP doubled in the first, tripled in the fourth, singled in the fifth and hit his 27th homer, a two-run
Pat Cummins is back as part of Australia’s bowling attack © Associated Press All Australia’s first-choice players who missed the recent tours of West Indies and Bangladesh have returned for the T20 World Cup in the UAE while Josh Inglis has earned a maiden call-up. Aaron Finch, who is currently recovering from knee surgery, will
9:00 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Kevin Pillar hit a three-run home run in the 12th inning, lifting the New York Mets over the San Francisco Giants 6-2 on Wednesday hours after the team’s owner called out its hitters for a lack of production. With his club stuck in a five-game skid, Mets
4:35 PM ET ESPN staff While there has been no shortage of talk during 2021 NFL training camp season about whether veteran Andy Dalton or rookie Justin Fields should start for the Chicago Bears in Week 1 (click “More” below to see what Dalton had to say about that today), both quarterbacks felt a big
8:50 PM ET Minnesota Vikings backup linebacker Cameron Smith, who underwent open heart surgery last year, has “made the difficult decision to retire from the NFL,” he wrote in an Instagram post Wednesday night. Smith, 24, had surgery to repair an enlarged heart last August, after a false positive COVID-19 test led to the diagnosis
7:40 PM ET Brianna Williams Video game publisher 2K Sports announced its first wave of ratings for NBA 2K22 on Wednesday morning, and a handful of NBA stars are less than satisfied with their overall standing. Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant had high expectations for his rating. In a video posted by NBA 2K, Durant,
4:30 PM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. Can Venus Williams and Serena Williams lead workouts on social media every day? It would make some
4:49 PM ET New York Jets rookie Zach Wilson, who grew up idolizing Aaron Rodgers, was admittedly starstruck upon meeting the Green Bay Packers‘ quarterback for the first time at a joint practice Wednesday in Green Bay. So, too, was Jets second-year quarterback James Morgan, who played high-school ball in Green Bay. “James is a
6:20 PM ET ESPN News Services Anthony Rizzo is back in the New York Yankees‘ lineup after a bout with COVID-19, and closer Aroldis Chapman was also activated prior to Wednesday’s series finale against the Boston Red Sox. Rizzo, acquired in a trade with the Chicago Cubs on July 29, is starting at first base
4:25 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers and the “beautiful mystery” tour will continue this season, whether or not it’s his last with the Packers. After an offseason in which he stayed away while he tried to get the Packers to acquiesce to how he believes he should be involved — resulting in
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