6:50 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Novak Djokovic reached the quarterfinals of the Japan Open on Wednesday by beating Japanese wild-card entry Go Soeda 6-3, 7-5. Djokovic, who is attempting to win a title on his tournament debut for the 10th time, hit 10 aces and saved three of four break points. “I was
Month: October 2019
9:36 AM ET Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr offered an impassioned defense of suspended middle linebacker Vontaze Burfict in London on Wednesday, and coach Jon Gruden told reporters he is “not happy … at all” with the NFL’s decision to sideline Burfict for the remainder of the season. Carr said Burfict is “one of the
9:36 AM ET While Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr offered an impassioned defense of suspended middle linebacker Vontaze Burfict in London on Wednesday, coach Jon Gruden told reporters he as “not happy … at all” with the NFL’s decision to sideline Burfict for the remainder of the season. Carr said Burfict was “one of the
Sep 23, 2019 TOKYO — The first two weeks of the Rugby World Cup are in the books, with only New Zealand, Canada, France and the United States still to play their second games in Japan. And that will be taken care of on Wednesday when the All Blacks and Canada face off in Oita,
9:24 AM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens signed inside linebacker Josh Bynes, who will be remembered for making the final tackle that sealed the team’s 34-31 Super Bowl victory over the San Francisco 49ers in February 2013. On a free kick in the final seconds, Bynes made his only tackle of the
7:26 AM ET We asked our NFL Nation reporters to check around the locker rooms of their respective teams regarding superstitions. Plenty are out there; not every player wants to talk about them. Scan through all 32 NFL teams by division, or click here to jump ahead to your team: Jump to:ARI | ATL |
7:30 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has carried a figurative chip on his shoulder since being the 199th pick in the 2000 NFL draft. He has something else, too: his shoulder pads from the University of Michigan. “I’ve worn them for 25 years,” he said. That revelation, first made
6:00 AM ET HOUSTON — Before Deshaun Watson led Clemson to a national championship or the Houston Texans on game-winning drives, he was a nervous 13-year-old ball boy for the Atlanta Falcons. The summer before Watson’s freshman year at Gainesville High School in Georgia, he spent his August with the Falcons at their practice facility
Sep 25, 2019 NEW YORK — Brian Cashman told a story about a horse named Nifty. Cashman hated his summer job on his father’s farm in Kentucky, hated mucking out stalls and cleaning fecal stains from barn walls with his bucket of ammonia and oversized brush. Young Brian loved baseball, and he wanted no part
7:00 AM ET While certain teams have turned the act of not spending on major league payroll into an art — if you consider losing 114 or 108 or 105 games a form of art — we can all agree that the Tampa Bay Rays and Oakland Athletics don’t spend due to obvious market limitations.