6:00 AM ET Tessa Grossman was about to get into her mother’s white Mazda on May 3 when a notification popped up on her cell phone. Home in California for a couple of weeks after the spring semester of grad school at Illinois State, she saw whom the email was from and started getting nervous
6:14 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Alexander Zverev followed up his comeback win over Novak Djokovic by winning the gold medal in men’s tennis at the Tokyo Olympics. The fifth-ranked German overwhelmed Russian opponent Karan Khachanov 6-3, 6-1 at the Tokyo Games on Sunday for the biggest title of his career. The 6-foot-6 (1.98-meter)
6:04 AM ET Associated Press KAWAGOE, Japan — Xander Schauffele won an Olympic gold medal he badly wanted by overcoming more pressure than he could have imagined Sunday. Right when Schauffele appeared to lose his firm grip on the gold, the 27-year-old American responded with two clutch putts at the end for a 4-under 67
6:34 AM ET It’s Day 9 in Tokyo and the final day of what has been a lucrative location for Team USA at these Olympic Games: the pool. There was also Xander Schauffele winning America’s first gold medal in golf in 121 years. Sunday starts with the gymnastics event finals. But, back to the pool.
6:43 AM ET BUDAPEST, Hungary — Red Bull has fitted a new power unit to Max Verstappen’s car after engine supplier Honda detected a potential issue it believes is linked to Verstappen’s high-speed crash at the British Grand Prix. The new power unit, which is the same specification as the old one, will be Verstappen’s
News Bangladesh head coach says he does not expect big turning tracks in his side’s bid to register their first T20I series win over Australia Bangladesh are looking for their first-ever T20I series win against Australia, but they won’t resort to big turners in order to achieve this. Head coach Russell Domingo said as much
8:26 PM ET Adam Buksa scored in second-half stoppage time to lift the New England Revolution to a 3-2 victory with the New York Red Bulls on Saturday in Harrison, N.J. Buksa’s left-footed shot from the center of the box beat a diving Carlos Coronel inside the right post in the 91st minute. The goal
1:40 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Aldon Smith declined to answer questions Saturday about his pending legal case in Louisiana or how it might impact his availability this season with the Seattle Seahawks. “I can’t comment on that right now,” he said. In his first interview since signing with the Seahawks in April,
11:51 PM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — White Sox rookie Seby Zavala hit the first three home runs of his career, including a grand slam, but the Cleveland Indians rallied to beat Chicago 12-11 on Saturday night. Zavala became the first player in big league history to hit his first three career home runs
12:01 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim There’s nothing flashy about Sean Strickland, unless you’re counting the punches he relentlessly flashes into the face of his opponent. Strickland won his fifth fight in a row on Saturday night, overwhelming Uriah Hall with five rounds of aggression and nonstop punch output to win a lopsided unanimous decision in