4:38 PM ET Former Grand Slam finalists Milos Raonic and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga have both been knocked out of the Qatar Open by unseeded opponents at the last 16 stage. Raonic, the fourth seed in the tournament, suffered an injury-plagued 2019 which saw him miss the US Open and Canada’s run to the Davis Cup final.
4:25 PM ET ESPN News Services CLEVELAND — Francisco Lindor‘s status with the Indians has been slightly upgraded. Team president Chris Antonetti said Wednesday he’s more confident the All-Star shortstop will be in Cleveland’s lineup to start the season after the Indians didn’t receive a trade proposal to their liking over the past few weeks.
4:16 PM ET EAGAN, Minn. — Already without Stefon Diggs for a second straight day, the Minnesota Vikings got more bad news at the wide receiver position with Adam Thielen suffering an ankle injury in practice Wednesday. Thielen, whose overtime catch set the Vikings up for a 26-20 win against the New Orleans Saints in
5:40 PM ET Siyun Liu, a senior at Wake Forest, is in position to become the first woman to earn any kind of status on a PGA Tour-sanctioned golf circuit after two rounds of the PGA Tour Series China qualifying tournament. Liu, 19, who plans to turn professional after her senior season this spring, has
4:11 PM GMT Munster and Ireland fly-half Joey Carbery will miss the 2020 Six Nations following surgery on a wrist ligament injury, the Irish club announced on Wednesday. With starting fly-half Johnny Sexton also sidelined as he recovers from knee ligament damage, Ireland head coach Andy Farrell faces a possible headache at the position ahead
3:57 PM ET Associated Press CINCINNATI — Shogo Akiyama knew the Cincinnati Reds were the only Major League Baseball team that never had a player born in Japan. The chance to break a barrier was part of his impetus to sign. Akiyama got a $21 million, three-year deal this week with the Reds. They introduced
5:10 PM GMT James Anderson has been ruled out of the remainder of the tour of South Africa due to a left rib injury. Anderson, the leading wicket-taker among fast bowlers in Test history, sustained the injury on the final day of the Cape Town Test. With England pressing for victory, he continued to bowl
3:01 PM ET ESPN News Services RALEIGH, N.C. — Justin Williams is back with the Carolina Hurricanes. The question now is how long it will take him to be ready for game action. The 38-year-old former captain said Wednesday he isn’t sure exactly when he’ll be ready to play, though he has been skating and
8:15 AM ET Roster turnover is a fact of life in the NFL. In a league in which many players don’t have guaranteed money due in the upcoming season and somewhere between five and eight organizations typically swap out their football personnel each offseason, just about every player is on a short leash. Even the
4:30 PM ET NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly was a guest on the ESPN On Ice podcast this week, discussing a wide variety of topics. We touched on where the game has gone in the past decade, along with the latest hot-button issues — from Alex Ovechkin (and others) skipping the All-Star Game, to the