5:12 PM ET Associated Press CHENGDU, China — Bernard Tomic upset top-seeded Fabio Fognini 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (7) to win the Chengdu Open championship on Sunday. The 25-year-old Australian, ranked No. 123 in the world, smashed 12 aces and saved seven of 11 break points he faced to win his first ATP title since Bogota
Month: October 2018
10:35 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports CONCORD, N.C. — The new Charlotte Motor Speedway road course race, an elimination event of all things in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, could have crossed the line from cool and innovative to
11:02 PM ET OAKLAND — Baker Mayfield threw two touchdown passes, but mistakes doomed the Cleveland Browns to more agony and a 45-42 overtime loss to the Oakland Raiders. The Browns led 28-14 in the third quarter and 42-34 with just more than a minute left. It was a game the Browns felt they should
8:37 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN Washington Capitals winger Tom Wilson has been offered an in-person hearing with the NHL’s Department of Player safety. Wilson was ejected from Sunday’s preseason game against the St. Louis Blues for an illegal check to the head on Oskar Sundqvist. After the hit, Sundqvist laid motionless on the ice and
8:33 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — It took more than four games and almost 10 years, but Jon Gruden has his first victory since his return to the NFL as Oakland Raiders coach. The Raiders’ 45-42 overtime win over the Cleveland Browns at the Oakland Coliseum on Sunday was Gruden’s first win since Nov. 30,
8:09 PM ET Texas Tech Red Raiders starting quarterback Alan Bowman‘s status is uncertain after the quarterback suffered a partially collapsed lung, coach Kliff Kingsbury said Sunday. Bowman, who started Texas Tech’s three wins this season, left late in the first half of a 42-34 loss to the West Virginia Mountaineers after being sandwiched by
8:01 PM ET UMass has suspended football coach Mark Whipple one week without pay and ordered him to undergo sensitivity training after using the word “rape” in describing a non-penalty call during Saturday’s 58-42 loss to Miami of Ohio. “We had a chance there with 16 down and they rape us, and he picks up
7:49 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jaguars coach Doug Marrone said there was no animosity toward the Jets when he decided to go for two points instead of kicking a PAT after a touchdown in the final seconds of Jacksonville’s 31-12 victory over New York on Sunday. Marrone said several players were dealing with minor
10:32 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — At the quarter mark of their season, this much is obvious: The New York Giants are a franchise headed to nowhere. They’ve changed coaches (multiple times in the past few years), have a new general manager and boast plenty of shiny, explosive weapons. It all means nothing at
7:00 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN Who is the best team in the NHL now? Who will it be four years from now? Sidney Crosby has been the face of the league for more than a decade, but has 21-year-old Connor McDavid taken over? ESPN spoke to more than 50 players, front-office executives and coaches before