10:30 AM ET INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — For four rounds in the California desert, seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams looked as primed for a run to a final as she has since, well, last year at this very tournament. A year ago at Indian Wells, she was ranked No. 8, played through two top-25
Month: March 2019
1:06 PM ET ESPN staff A new Formula One season is upon us, with this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix kicking off the 2019 campaign. At this stage, it’s hard to know anything for certain, but that’s never stopped people making wild predictions before. F1 editor Laurence Edmondson and deputy Nate Saunders have joined columnists Maurice
11:12 AM ET Liam Brickhill Four-and-a-half months of recovery from a shoulder injury cut short JP Duminy‘s involvement with South Africa this season, but it also gave him the chance to reflect and gain some perspective. Duminy turns 35 in a month, and he has indicated that his desire to spend more time with his
10:42 AM ET Mike Trout has been baseball’s consensus best player for a long time now. That was reflected this week in the unveiling of our annual MLB Rank Top 100, which once again placed Trout at the top of the heap. This is the sixth straight year in which Trout has topped our rankings,
10:17 AM ET The NFL has suspended Cleveland Browns running back Kareem Hunt for the first eight games of the upcoming season for violating its personal conduct policy, the league announced. Hunt’s suspension stems from a February 2018 incident in which he was shown on video shoving and kicking a woman during an early-morning altercation
10:42 AM ET Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Calif. — Major champion. FedEx Cup champion. And now Justin Thomas has another title. Matchmaker for Michelle Wie and Jonnie West. Wie, the golf prodigy from Hawaii and former U.S. Women’s Open champion, revealed on Instagram this week that she is engaged to West, the Golden State
9:27 AM ET Josh Hader put together a solid fantasy baseball résumé in 2018. The Milwaukee Brewers‘ left-hander comes off a fantastic season in which — as a multi-inning relief weapon for the eventual National League Central champions — he struck out 143 of the 306 batters he faced in 81 1/3 innings, or more
9:47 AM ET The Jacksonville Jaguars are signing tight end Geoff Swaim, the team announced Friday. Swaim entered the 2018 season with nine catches for 94 yards in his first three seasons but finished last season with 26 catches for 242 yards and a touchdown, becoming a starter for the Dallas Cowboys after the retirements
9:49 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NBA is now offering a 10-minute viewing pass for those fans who want to see what’s happening in the league at a given moment. The item will be rolled out starting Saturday and costs 99 cents. Fans will have the ability to watch as many live
5:31 AM ET ESPN staff Charlie Whiting, the FIA’s director of Formula One and one of the most influential people in the sport, has died at the age of 66. The news comes just three days ahead of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday. The FIA, F1’s governing body, confirmed Whiting died on Thursday