11:21 AM ET Associated Press SHANGHAI — Roger Federer didn’t face a break point as he won his opening match at the Shanghai Masters on Tuesday, beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-2, 7-6 (5). The second-seeded Federer, who is bidding to win a third Shanghai Masters title, dominated in the first set, but was tested in the
Month: October 2019
10:40 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones is not taking an emotional ride each week with the futures of head coach Jason Garrett and quarterback Dak Prescott. As good as things appeared during the Cowboys’ 3-0 start to the season, Jones is not ready to change his expectations
11:01 AM BST France players must “kick the coaches out” and take full control of the team if they are to have any chance of winning the Rugby World Cup, Toulon president Mourad Boudjellal has said. Boudjellal’s call to take action comes amid French media reports that captain Guilhem Guirado has fallen out with coach
7:00 AM ET PITTSBURGH — The Penguins are getting booed. It’s opening night in Pittsburgh — six months after the Penguins were swept in the first round of the playoffs by the New York Islanders — and all summer, chatter has been about improving the team’s chemistry and transforming the roster to be both younger
1. Nikita Kucherov, RW, TB RW1 1 2. Nathan MacKinnon, C, Col C1 2 3. Connor McDavid, C, Edm C2 3 4. Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, TB G1 4 5. John Tavares, C, Tor C3 5 6. Johnny Gaudreau, LW, Cgy LW1 6 7. David Pastrnak, LW, Bos LW2 7 8. Leon Draisaitl, C, Edm C4
10:22 AM ET On Sunday, shortly after Naomi Osaka won the premier, mandatory tournament in Beijing (it’s the last top-tier, regular tour event of the year), she told the WTA podcast that she knew exactly what she wanted to accomplish during the fall Asian swing, declaring: “I had a clear, specific plan of what I
Oct 7, 2019 OKLAHOMA CITY — The hand was raised for the first question on OKC’s first media day without Russell Westbrook. At the podium on Sept. 30 was Chris Paul, and as the microphone landed in a reporter’s hand and he began to identify himself, Paul interrupted. “Berry Tramel,” Paul said with a smile.
7:10 AM ET “Baseball is the heart of America. As a patriot, I would never do anything to degrade …”“Besmirch. It’s better.”“… to besmirch our national pastime.”–Arnold Rothstein (Michael Stuhlbarg), rehearsing his testimony with his attorney before the grand jury convened to determine whether the 1919 World Series was fixed, “Boardwalk Empire,” Season 1, Episode
9:55 AM ET ESPN News Services Russell Westbrook tallied 13 points in 21 minutes in his first game action as a member of the Houston Rockets, a 134-129 loss to the Toronto Raptors in Tokyo. “It wasn’t bad,” said Westbrook, the longtime Oklahoma City star and former MVP now in his first season with Houston.
It is said that the most popular guy on the team is the backup quarterback because every time fans get disgruntled about the starter, they imagine life with his backup running the show instead. But it’s a be-careful-what-you-wish-for season in the NFL, with 42 quarterbacks having started games in the first five weeks. Some are