10:22 AM ET Associated Press ROME — Serena Williams is set to return from injury at the upcoming Italian Open. Tournament director Sergio Palmieri told The Associated Press on Friday that he spoke with Williams’ agent and that Williams “has already reserved her rooms and should be here a few days early” for the May
Month: May 2019
shares Rishabh Pant blasts one through the off side © BCCI Big picture Playing at home is always an advantage. The familiar conditions give you the chance to dominate the opposition. Except when you are Delhi Capitals (or Daredevils). Out of the 69 IPL games they have played at Feroz Shah Kotla over the
9:58 AM ET The NCAA announced Thursday that it has rescinded a policy that prohibited championship competitions from being held in states that allow single-game sports betting. The NCAA Board of Governors temporarily suspended the policy last year, after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal statute that had restricted state-sponsored sports betting to
9:19 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Unified middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez and IBF middleweight world titleholder Daniel Jacobs meet Saturday in a highly anticipated unification bout at T-Mobile Arena in
3:04 PM ET LAS VEGAS — If it’s Cinco de Mayo weekend, one thing is for sure: Unified middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez is fighting. Alvarez will square off with Daniel Jacobs to unify their three middleweight title belts in the biggest fight of the year Saturday (DAZN, 9 p.m. ET) at T-Mobile Arena. “This
12:22 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN It’s an annual rite that seemed to skip a year: Where was the usual outrage over the NHL Awards nominations? The nominations seemed to arrive and then leave the public consciousness faster than that “Hellboy” remake with Chief Hopper from “Stranger Things.” Part of me hopes that it’s because the
1:00 AM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Larry McNulty’s voice drops as he talks of that day his quarterback at North Carolina’s Charlotte Latin School almost snapped in half. His tone indicates a cross between amazement and admiration. The way McNulty remembers the moment, Charlotte Christian outside linebacker Jeb Blazevich came storming untouched off the
8:47 AM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Triple Crown-winning jockey Mike Smith will ride in the Kentucky Derby after all. Race officials said Friday that Smith has picked up the mount on 30-1 shot Cutting Humor, trained by Todd Pletcher. The 53-year-old rider had been on the early 4-1 favorite, Omaha Beach, until that
1:59 AM ET On April 8, Mark Gastineau emerged from his eighth and final chemotherapy session and walked through the first-floor waiting room at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. Wiping tears from his eyes, he stopped at an antique ship bell mounted on the wall beneath a flat-screen TV. Eschewing the nearby box
11:12 AM ET ON A COLD, February night in Chicago, a cluster of reporters gathered around Kyrie Irving, backing him up against a white board in the visitors locker room of the United Center. Minutes earlier, the Boston Celtics had stooped to a new low in their vexing season, suffering a dispirited loss to the