12:58 PM ET Associated Press DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Jeanne Evert Dubin, a former world-ranked professional tennis player and a younger sister of 18-time Grand Slam champion Chris Evert, has died. She was 62. Evert Dubin died Thursday after a 2½-year struggle with ovarian cancer, according to an online obituary posted by Lorne & Sons
12:48 PM ET Indiana tight end Peyton Hendershot was arrested Saturday following an altercation with his ex-girlfriend, Bloomington (Indiana) Police told the Bloomington Herald-Times. Police said in a release that Hendershot entered the woman’s apartment without permission, took her cellphone and grabbed her by the neck and shoved her against the wall when she tried
11:42 AM ET ESPN News Services Yoenis Cespedes broke his silence with the media Sunday, saying he didn’t want to talk about the past but he is hoping to be ready for Opening Day. On Monday the New York Mets outfielder had told reporters he did not plan to talk to the media. “Not today,
3:12 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Man’s most primitive endeavor came wrapped in the lavish and the absurd on Saturday night in Vegas. It was the biggest heavyweight fight in decades — a night the boxing folks hope is a prelude and not a throwback — and Tyson Fury owned every last inch of it.
9:19 AM ET NFL player leadership is still majorly divided over the thought of a 17-game season. Player reps fell into three categories when discussing the proposed new Collective Bargaining Agreement, sources told ESPN — those who never want 17 games, those who will accept it with tweaks to the deal, and those who accept
9:49 AM GMT The Women’s Six Nations match between Italy and Scotland has been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Italian Authorities cancelled all sporting events in the Veneto and Lombardi Regions after the confirmed number of cases of Covid-19 rose to 79 in Italy. The match was due to take place on Sunday
2:22 PM GMT South Africa 4 for 127 beat England 8 for 123 (Sciver 50, Khaka 3-25) by six wickets In her 100th T20I, Mignon du Preez struck back-to-back boundaries in the final over as South Africa held their nerve to secure just a third victory over England in the format in what could be
6:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Quick-hit thoughts and notes from around the NFL and the New England Patriots: 1. Watson hopes for agreement with owners in which players are true “partners”: As a vice president on the 11-member NFL Players Association executive committee, retiring Patriots tight end Ben Watson has been at the heart
3:35 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Tyson Fury left no doubt about who the heavyweight king of boxing is, as he thoroughly dismantled Deontay Wilder on Saturday in a highly anticipated rematch of their 2018 split draw. Fury decisively won the bout via TKO in the seventh round after Wilder’s corner threw in the towel.
2:14 AM ET SALT LAKE CITY — The most fascinating matchup in a potential playoff preview Saturday night at Vivint Smart Home Arena pitted the tallest man on the floor against the shortest, a 7-foot-1, two-time reigning NBA Defensive Player of the Year guarding a 6-foot-3 recent MVP. The Houston Rockets‘ unprecedented commitment to a