1:37 AM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Roger Federer served poorly. Closed poorly, too. And now he’s gone, beaten at the US Open by an opponent ranked outside the top 50 for the first time in his career. Looking slow and tired on a sweltering night in Arthur Ashe Stadium, Federer double-faulted 10
Month: September 2018
12:02 AM ET New York Mets right-hander Jacob deGrom tied a modern-era major league record Monday night by allowing three or fewer runs in 25 straight starts in a single season. The Cy Young candidate, who is just 8-8 despite a sparkling 1.68 ERA this season, went six innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers and
11:54 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Jamaica Tallawahs have called up New Zealand legspinner Ish Sodhi as a like-for-like replacement for Australia’s Adam Zampa, who will be returning to the country for the start of their domestic season. This will be Sodhi’s first CPL stint. He was most recently involved in the Vitality Blast, where he
9:45 PM BST ESPN staff Leicester Tigers head coach Matt O’Connor has left the club with immediate effect after just one game of the new Premiership season. It comes 48 hours after Leicester lost 40-6 at Exeter in their opener. In May, Leicester missed out on a place in the Premiership play-offs for the first
8:53 PM ET TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Bobby Bowden and Frank Beamer took in the pregame festivities before Florida State and Virginia Tech kicked off, joking about how grateful they were to be watching and not coaching. The two legendary coaches served as honorary captains for the big matchup, which has traditionally been among the best
7:08 PM ET Associated Press NORTON, Mass. — Bryson DeChambeau has found the right formula for the richest part of the PGA Tour season. Frustrated all weekend by a cold putter and even more so over the back nine Monday, Tiger Woods declined to speak to the media after tying for 24th at TPC Boston.
7:29 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — There was trash talk, laughter and — most of all — it was the first time top Madden player Shay Kivlen had smiled in over a week. The 21-year-old known as “Young Kiv” took on Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans in a Madden video game Monday to
9:55 PM ET NORTON, Mass. — For the first time in 16 tournaments encompassing 60 rounds of golf in 2018, Tiger Woods declined to speak to the media afterward. It was hard to blame him. Frustrated all weekend by a cold putter and even more so over the closing nine holes Monday at the Dell
5:29 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — There’s an informal new course at the University of Texas: American Literature with Tom Herman. First on the syllabus: comparing a second straight loss to Maryland with the works of Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck. Texas, Herman said Monday, was like the simple but brutish Lenny from
5:26 PM ET Peter BodoTennis Close Peter Bodo has been covering tennis for over 35 years, mostly recently for ESPN. He is a former WTA Writer of the Year and the author of numerous books, including the classic “The Courts of Babylon” and the New York Times bestseller (with Pete Sampras), “A Champion’s Mind.” NEW