6:50 PM ET Italy’s Jannik Sinner defeated lucky loser Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-3, 6-4 to reach the ATP Sofia Open quarterfinals. Sinner beat the Swiss in 78 minutes to claim his 16th victory of the shortened season. The 19-year-old will face Australia’s No. 6 seed Alex de Minaur in the quarterfinals on Thursday. The pair met
Month: November 2020
6:39 PM ET After months of conflict between Canelo Alvarez, his promoters and his broadcast partners, Alvarez is finally heading back to the ring. Alvarez will meet Callum Smith to unify WBA super middleweight titles in Texas in December, sources close to the negotiations revealed to ESPN. This will be Alvarez’s first appearance since his
1:02 PM ET On a recent Thursday in Hartford, Conn., Toronto FC goalkeeper Quentin Westberg pondered the dichotomy of wanting to reach MLS Cup on Dec. 12, but also desiring to see his family again. Meanwhile, Jim Liston, the team’s director of sports science, was planning a trip to Lowe’s to buy 15 garbage cans
7:31 PM ET Penn State running back Journey Brown is medically retiring from football after being diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Head coach James Franklin announced Wednesday night that the redshirt junior would no longer be able to play. Brown had been held out of the season, as Penn State announced in October that a medical
2:52 PM ET Ryan Garcia won’t fight again this year after all. The top boxing prospect’s Dec. 5 bout with Luke Campbell was postponed Tuesday due to Campbell’s positive test for COVID-19, Golden Boy Promotions announced. The press release stated that a new date will be announced “shortly.” The original bout was scheduled for Fantasy
5:43 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Authentic’s track-record time in the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland has been updated to 1:59.60 after a review of multiple sources and camera angles. The Bob Baffert-trained colt went wire to wire for a 2¼-length victory over stablemate Improbable in Saturday’s 1¼-mile finale of the
5:03 PM ET DAVIE, Fla. — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is closing in on a year since the devastating hip injury at Alabama that threatened to end his career, and questions about his health have followed him since that Nov. 16, 2019, date. During Sunday’s 34-31 win over the Arizona Cardinals, Tagovailoa flashed some
5:25 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Heading into their weekend off after a Thursday night loss to the Green Bay Packers, the San Francisco 49ers held out at least some hope that offensive reinforcements would be on the way back from injury. That help will have to wait at least another couple of weeks.
5:09 PM ET The Kansas City Chiefs asked the NFL to begin an inquiry with the players’ association after a union representative held a meeting with the full team late in October without wearing a mask, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported. The National Football League Players Association representative was in close proximity while meeting with the
2:52 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN Following the outpouring of support after the death of his grandmother, Bills quarterback Josh Allen professed his love for the city of Buffalo and the people in it. He isn’t ready to leave that love behind. Allen said Wednesday that he would like to play out his career with the