Feb 3, 2020 The new decade in Grand Slam tennis began ominously, amid anxiety caused by the bushfires raging throughout Australia. Thanks to some much welcome rain and cool weather, the Australian Open quickly morphed into one of the most competitive, fascinating tournaments in recent memory. The women’s event was dominated by fresh, if not
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2:52 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — James Click was introduced as the new general manager of the Houston Astros on Tuesday, joining a scandal-plagued team that scrambled to fill two major roles just before the start of spring training. Click took over for Jeff Luhnow, suspended for a season by Major League Baseball and
12:54 PM GMT England and Leicester Tigers centre Manu Tuilagi has been ruled out of his side’s second Six Nations match against Scotland on Saturday with a groin strain, head coach Eddie Jones has announced. Tuilagi picked up the injury in England’s 24-17 defeat to France in Paris last weekend and will play no part
12:02 PM ET The New York Knicks parted ways with president Steve Mills, the team announced Tuesday. General manager Scott Perry will oversee the basketball operations in the interim, the team said. Knicks owner James Dolan has long coveted Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri to run the franchise’s basketball operations, but complications involving Ujiri’s contract
11:45 AM ET For the first time, golf’s governing bodies will study the possibility of letting golfers play by different rules as they relate to equipment in order to potentially reduce hitting distances. Known as “bifurcation,” the United States Golf Association and the R&A announced Tuesday their results of a long-awaited distance study in which
7:42 AM ET On Thursday night, LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo will draft the 2020 NBA All-Star Game rosters from the pool of players voted as starters and reserves in each conference. This year’s game is missing a few huge pieces, as superstars including Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Kyrie Irving and Klay Thompson are all
7:30 AM ET Yes, there are a lot of games still to be played in the 2019-20 NHL season. But plenty of fan bases are already lost in sweet dreams of draft lottery luck and the talent their teams might land in June’s NHL draft. So whether you’re ready or not, it’s time to drop
1:24 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Jon Jones was 20 years old and just seconds into his professional MMA career. He was locked inside a cage with an unsuspecting soul named Brad Bernard. They were clinched against the fence, pressed chest to chest, when Jones suddenly took his opponent airborne with a dazzling suplex throw. As
3:11 PM ET The chase officially began the moment Alex Ovechkin‘s 700th NHL goal crossed the goal line behind the Devils’ Mackenzie Blackwood in Newark. Shattering Wayne Gretzky’s sacred record of 894 career goals is an ambition that has shifted from possibility to probability. Ovechkin is 34. He hasn’t missed a game to injury since
11:24 AM GMT Australia captain Meg Lanning went to extraordinary lengths to ease her back condition in Canberra at the weekend. The problem flares up for Lanning from time to time and it happened towards the end of the match against England on Saturday, stopping her fielding in the Super Over which Australia went on
Briton Jack Aitken has joined Williams as its reserve driver this year. The 24-year-old, Renault’s reserve and test driver for the past two years, will run in one practice session at a grand prix during the year. He will attend all the races in his role, and could replace drivers George Russell and Nicholas Latifi
7:30 AM ET The 2019 NFL season is over. Now the real fun begins. The league carries as much action, drama and intrigue during its six months off the field as it does in the six months that it stages games. In 2020, it will add a unique storyline to its usual menu: the prospect
1:03 AM ET Andre Iguodala hasn’t played a minute for the surprising Memphis Grizzlies this season, and come Thursday’s trade deadline, there’s a good chance he never will. Dillon Brooks is among those on Memphis hoping that’s the case. With the trade deadline looming, the third-year guard didn’t mince words when asked about speculation that
10:06 AM ET BEFORE THE PARTY, a prelude: At 2:34 p.m. on the day before Gronk Beach, my life flashes before my eyes. While perusing GronkBeach.com, reviewing the dress code (no torn, cutoff or stained clothing — check), gauging public appetite (95% filled with 24 hours to go — impressive), I venture over to the
4:44 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Will Pucovski and James Pattinson have been included in the Australia A squad to face England Lions in a day-night four-day game at the MCG from February 22 with Moises Henriques rewarded for his impressive domestic performances with the captaincy. Pucovski suffered another concussion playing for the Cricket Australia XI
7:00 AM ET Last week, we looked at one key statistic for each American League team. Let’s do the same now for the National League — a key number from the 2019 season and how that will shape what happens in 2020. NL East | Central | West NL East Atlanta Braves The number: 4.18.
9:25 PM ET In the wake of Graeme McDowell getting a slow playing warning last week in Saudi Arabia after consenting to a midround TV interview, Brooks Koepka said “no thanks” to such requests. Koepka, who finished tied for 17th in the event and will lose his No. 1 ranking to Rory McIlroy next week,
7:58 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — Before the confetti could even settle on Sunday’s Super Bowl championship in Miami, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was whisked off to the Lombardi and MVP trophy presentations, a South Beach after-party into the wee hours of the morning and a Super Bowl MVP parade at Disney. But