12:38 PM ET A lingering lower back problem has forced Jo-Wilfried Tsonga out of his home Grand Slam at the French Open and the rest of 2020, the former world No. 5 said on Wednesday. Tsonga, 35, has not played since lower back pain forced him to retire from his first-round match at the Australian
1:13 PM ET The key light heavyweight fight between Thiago Santos and Glover Teixeira is off — again. Santos has tested positive for the coronavirus and is out of the scheduled Oct. 4 co-main event with Teixeira in Abu Dhabi, Santos’ manager Alex Davis confirmed Wednesday with ESPN. Santos vs. Teixeira was originally booked for
12:16 PM ET Associated Press MERIBEL, France — Colombian rider Miguel Angel Lopez won the toughest mountain stage of the Tour de France, while race leader Primoz Roglic added a few crucial seconds to his advantage over rival Tadej Pogacar on Wednesday. Roglic finished 15 seconds behind Lopez in second place, while Pogacar trudged over
11:29 AM ET The Big Ten announced Wednesday it would begin the football season the weekend of Oct. 23-24, after more than a month of intraconference squabbling, protests, petitions and lawsuits to try to get the league to reconsider its original postponement. It has been a long and wild course to get to this point.
5:00 PM ET Former UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson took to social media on Monday to ask the promotion to pay Dustin Poirier more money, so the two can fight on Oct. 24. The UFC was targeting a 155-pound matchup between Ferguson (25-4) and Poirier (26-6), also a former interim champion, as its co-main
12:35 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles running back Miles Sanders and right tackle Lane Johnson are on track to play against the Los Angeles Rams after missing the season opener with injuries, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Johnson had ankle surgery in August, sources told ESPN, and he was unable to go as a game-time
11:01 AM ET PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers chose to wear the name of Antwon Rose Jr., a Black teenager killed by Pittsburgh police in 2018, on the backs of their helmets for the entire 2020 season — but one player had a different name on his helmet Monday night, which came as a surprise
12:08 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — In a surprising turn of events, the San Francisco 49ers are placing cornerback Richard Sherman on injured reserve with a leg injury, a league source told ESPN on Wednesday. Landing on injured reserve requires Sherman to miss at least the next three weeks under the league’s adjusted injured
6:15 AM ET White Sox broadcaster Ken “Hawk” Harrelson was furious with umpire Joe West, as many have been these past 44 years. On this day in 2010, West had called a second balk of the game on Mark Buehrle, and Hawk was so outraged he said on the air, “Joe West should retire!” Two
11:40 AM ET In the wake of the news that the Big Ten will begin its football season the weekend of Oct. 24, the Pac-12 remains on standby, waiting for governmental restrictions in California and Oregon to be lifted before formalizing a return-to-play plan. “At this time, our universities in California and Oregon do not