4:18 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Johanna Konta didn’t appreciate having her performance questioned after losing in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon on Tuesday. As the last British player remaining in the tournament, Konta was the crowd favorite against Barbora Strycova on Centre Court, but she lost 7-6 (5), 6-1 despite holding a 4-1 lead
Month: July 2019
4:07 PM ET Former Auburn quarterback Malik Willis will continue his college football career at Liberty, where he will play for first-year coach Hugh Freeze. Willis entered his name into the transfer portal last month and has two years of eligibility remaining. He will seek a waiver from the NCAA to be eligible to play
7:00 AM ET The way NFL teams use personnel is different from when I played from 2000 to 2006 as a defensive back. You don’t see as many old-school fullbacks with the neck rolls, digging out linebackers in traditional two-back sets. The tight end position? Much more versatility and speed there. Those guys can move.
8th Alonso singled to center, Dahl scored and Grandal scored, DeJong to second. 3 4 7th Gallo homered to right (397 feet). 1 4 7th Bogaerts grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Chapman scored, McCann out at second. 1 3 6th Blackmon homered to center (384 feet). 1 2 5th Polanco reached
1:24 PM ET Marcus Stoinis will be fit to play in Australia’s semi-final against England and Peter Handscomb will be in the XI as a replacement for Usman Khawaja, according to Justin Langer. Stoinis appeared to have recovered from a side strain he sustained in Australia’s loss to South Africa and batted and bowled during
2:20 PM ET ESPN News Services Commissioner Rob Manfred once again emphatically denied that Major League Baseball has altered baseballs to generate more offense, amid widespread criticism from some of the sport’s top pitchers. “Baseball has done nothing, given no direction for an alteration in the baseball,” Manfred told reporters Tuesday. “The flaw in logic
2:01 PM ET MIAMI — Dolphins defensive tackle Kendrick Norton is starting his recovery from a car accident that led to the amputation of his left arm this week. The NFL stepped in with some help Tuesday morning, telling Norton that all of his medical bills will be covered, per his agent Malki Kawa. Norton
1:05 PM ET A lot happened since we last checked in on these rankings. The St. Louis Blues won the Stanley Cup, the New Jersey Devils won the draft lottery, and at least 20 of these top-250 fantasy players are now wearing a different jersey than the one they donned at the end of the
12:06 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The head of the baseball players’ association has detailed the union’s goals during collective bargaining, listing the restoration of a “competitive environment” and “meaningful free agency” as aims. Baseball’s labor contract runs until December 2021, but the sides committed last winter to early talks. Thus far, they met
4:40 AM ET Associated Press Italian rider Elia Viviani claimed his first career stage win on the Tour de France after storming a bunch sprint on Tuesday. Viviani was ideally set up by the Deceuninck-Quick Step leadout train in the finale and made the most of the slight uphill finish in the eastern city of