5:24 PM ET Felix Auger-Aliassime is through to the round of 16 at the Open Sud de France in Montpellier, having beaten Damir Dzumhur on Tuesday. The Canadian struggled against his opponent, rallying from one set down to win 6-7, 6-2, 6-2 in the last match of the day. Serbian Filip Krajinovic made his life
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7:00 AM ET Much of the fun (or madness, depending on your perspective) when it comes to debating the Hart Trophy every NHL season stems from the vague definition of the award. It’s that ambiguity that lends itself to colorful debate, with opinions on what actually constitutes “most valuable” varying wildly depending on who you
2:51 PM ET Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio announced he is stepping down. “After much reflection and discussion with my family, I feel that it is now time for a change as we enter into a new decade of Michigan State Football,” Dantonio said in a statement. A two-time Big Ten coach of the year,
4:03 PM ET Mark Dantonio brought stability to Michigan State and made the Spartans an annual contender for the first time since the mid-1960s. He led MSU to the College Football Playoff in 2015 and set the team’s coaching wins record. But his time has come to an end. Dantonio’s post-playoff struggles on the field,
8:01 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Eoin Morgan admitted that England’s 50-over players were “way off the mark” in their first ODI outing since the World Cup final in July, but said that he expected the new members of the team to learn a huge amount from their failure at Newlands, after Quinton de Kock and
2:32 PM GMT Ireland coach Andy Farrell has made two changes to the starting lineup for their second Six Nations game against champions Wales on Saturday, with Robbie Henshaw and Peter O’Mahony named as injury replacements. Henshaw replaces injured centre Garry Ringrose, who was ruled out of Ireland’s next two matches against Wales and England
2:55 PM ET Top Rank is taking over the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York for back-to-back boxing cards three days apart next month. The company announced the featured fights on both shows on Tuesday, and as expected, Shakur Stevenson and Michael Conlan will take center stage. Stevenson will make his first
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
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