9:48 AM ET Simon Cambers MELBOURNE, Australia — There are no pictures on the scorecard, as they say in golf, no description of how the score came about, just the result. And after Tuesday’s action at the Australian Open, it’s a phrase that Roger Federer would probably agree with. Whereas Novak Djokovic cruised through his
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11:00 AM ET ST. LOUIS — When an Achilles tendon injury last October put WWE star Xavier Woods out of action, he had one request about his downtime. “I told WWE when I got hurt that I’d do anything hockey. Please dear lord, help me go to hockey stuff,” he said. Three weeks ago, the
8:38 AM GMT Christopher Jones David Campese was the ultimate maverick player, using individual brilliance to light up the sport, and he wants to see rugby throw off its coaching shackles as the game prepares to move into overdrive this weekend with the start of the Six Nations Championship, the first round of Super Rugby
Lewis Hamilton has “raised his level” in the last two seasons, but still has weaknesses others are not exploiting, according to Fernando Alonso. Alonso, who left F1 at the end of 2018 and is pondering a return in 2021, says it would be “nice” to test Hamilton. The Spaniard told F1 Racing magazine: “He’s made
8:22 AM ET The text from an unfamiliar 949 number arrived at some ungodly hour in the spring of 2016. I don’t have it anymore. I wish I did. “It’s Kobe. Call me.” I assumed it was a hoax. I called my colleague Ramona Shelburne. I recited the number. She said it was the real
8:35 AM ET Super Bowl LIV feels like the dawning of a new era. For the first time since the 2015 season, the New England Patriots will not be competing in the NFL’s title game. With serious questions about the future of Tom Brady and the viability of the New England dynasty, Sunday (6:30 p.m.
8:00 AM GMT Lunch Sri Lanka 6 for 0 (Fernando 4*, Karunaratne 2*) trail Zimbabwe 406 (Williams 107, Raza 72, Taylor 62, Embuldeniya 4-182) by 400 runs Zimbabwe found it slow going on the second morning as Sri Lanka managed to remove the four remaining batsmen for just 54 runs. Lasith Embuldeniya, who had picked
2:00 AM ET Simon Cambers MELBOURNE, Australia — If Roger Federer has a bit of spare time on his hands in Melbourne over the next couple of days, perhaps he should head for the casino. Somehow the 38-year-old Swiss is still standing in the Australian Open. After a second great escape in the past few
9:54 PM ET LeBron James, in his first public reaction to the death of Kobe Bryant, said he will take on the legacy of the Lakers great as his own responsibility. James, in a lengthy post to Instagram, said he was “heartbroken and devastated” by the death of Bryant and his daughter Gianna’s deaths Sunday
8:49 AM ET Don’t get comfortable. The 2020 NBA trade deadline is Thursday, and by the time these Power Rankings return, many of these rosters might look very different. The Milwaukee Bucks are the first team to clinch a winning record this season, despite a rare loss to the Denver Nuggets on Friday. The Los
1:49 AM GMT Marcus Stoinis believes he can still break into Australia’s T20 World Cup team as an allrounder despite being recast as a non-bowling opening batsman for the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League, a role in which he is all but assured of finishing as the tournament’s top scorer this season. In
7:00 AM ET Earlier this winter, I researched free-agent spending over the past decade and discovered the Cincinnati Reds had committed just $121.1 million in free agency during the 2010s, the lowest total of any team. Less than the Rays. Less than the Marlins. Less than the A’s. The Reds do not spend in free
7:42 AM ET UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic is recovering from eye surgery, and his manager isn’t sure when he’ll be able to fight again. Top contender Daniel Cormier is tired of waiting and said if his trilogy fight with Miocic doesn’t happen by this summer, he could just retire. ESPN’s No. 4 prospect Curtis
5:08 PM ET Representatives for unified heavyweight world titlist Anthony Joshua and mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev are close enough to making a deal that on Monday they asked the IBF for a second extension of their deadline. “(We are) making great progress and closing in on a deal,” Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn told ESPN
4:11 PM ET Mechelle VoepelespnW.com Close Mechelle Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. HARTFORD, Conn. — Chicago Sky guard Katie Lou Samuelson couldn’t hold back her emotions Monday. Growing up in Huntington Beach, California,
5:45 PM ET ESPN.com Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Super Bowl LIV between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers kicks on Feb. 2 at Hard Rock Stadium in South Florida. The festivities for the 2020 Super Bowl begin tonight when the teams meet the media at Super Bowl Opening Night. Here
5:29 PM ET Seldom-used forward Travis Boyd, in the lineup because Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin had to serve a one-game suspension, scored his third goal of the season as Washington outlasted the Canadiens 4-2 on Monday in Montreal. The win was Washington’s fourth in a row, and it padded the Capitals’ lead atop the NHL
4:01 PM ET Daniel Cormier said Monday if he doesn’t get his trilogy bout with heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic by the summer, he would consider retiring. “You can’t wait forever,” Cormier said on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show. “Every day that passes does not benefit me. I’m a realist, I understand that. Either we’re going to