8:48 AM ET Juan Martin del Potro will soon be back among us, belting those monstrous forehands and serves, unless things go horribly wrong. In Del Potro’s case, that worst-case scenario is an omnipresent possibility. The Argentinian star is entered in the upcoming Madrid Masters tournament (May 5-12). Apart from an aborted February comeback, it
Month: April 2019
Mar 26, 2019 Who is the best fighter regardless of weight class? See ESPN’s P4P rankings. Click here Check out my rankings within each division by clicking on the links below. If there is a lineal champion in a weight class, he is ranked No. 1. For a list of the current champions in all
1:43 PM ET Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody has attributed their up-and-down season to losing key moments in matches they had otherwise dominated. Sunrisers have six points from seven matches and are currently looking to snap a three-match losing streak. One of Sunrisers’ handicaps, the unavailability of captain Kane WIlliamson in five of their matches
12:39 PM BST Warren Whiteley resumes the captaincy of the Lions having been recalled after injury to face the Chiefs in FMG Stadium in Waikato on Friday. Whiteley returns after missing seven weeks having sustained a pectoralis major muscle tear in the match against the Stormers in Cape Town. He joined the Lions’ touring squad
9:33 AM ET The Los Angeles Chargers and Travis Benjamin have agreed to a one-year extension that keeps the wide receiver under contract through 2020, a league source told ESPN’s Field Yates. The source said Benjamin will receive a $3 million signing bonus while reducing his base salary from $5.25 million to $1 million for
12:28 PM ET MIAMI — Major League Baseball is investigating racist Instagram messages sent to Chicago Cubs pitcher Carl Edwards Jr., a league spokesperson confirmed Tuesday. The team also reacted to the messages, which came after Edwards struggled in his first few appearances of the season before he was demoted to Triple-A Iowa. “We were
11:24 AM ET NEW YORK — The banged-up New York Yankees added yet another player to the injured list Tuesday. This time, it was Greg Bird, the oft-injured first baseman who had been struggling offensively at the start of this season. Bird was placed on the 10-day IL, retroactive to Sunday, with a left plantar
11:25 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN Carolina Hurricanes forward Andrei Svechnikov, 19, is in the concussion protocol after being knocked out by Alex Ovechkin in a fight during Monday night’s game. Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour made the announcement, saying he assumed that Svechnikov would miss Thursday’s Game 4. Svechnikov is the youngest player in the NHL
Apr 15, 2019 THE CLOCK HANGS on a silver hook, “Lillard Time” scrawled across in red cursive. A “D” is in place of where the 12 would be. It’s always set to midnight. It’s always Lillard Time. It’s an Adidas promotional item that found a home inside Damian Lillard‘s locker, along with a few other
10:56 AM ET ESPN staff Haas boss Guenther Steiner says the team is struggling to find an answer for its lack of race pace at the last two races. The Chinese Grand Prix was the second race in a row Haas had both cars qualify in the top ten but fail to score any points