12:05 PM ET Soraya Nadia McDonald MELBOURNE, Australia — Naomi Osaka, who, as of Monday, will be the No. 1 tennis player in the world, has a habit of doing extremely grown-up things — at least on the tennis court. Saturday night at the Australian Open, it was defeating Petra Kvitova in three tension-filled sets
11:53 AM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie will undergo surgery Monday to repair torn ligaments in his right thumb, league sources told ESPN on Saturday. Dinwiddie, engaged in a career season for the surging Nets, is expected to miss three to six weeks, league sources told ESPN. Dinwiddie met with two New
10:17 AM ET American Bryson DeChambeau fired a four-under 68 in the third round to take a one-shot lead over defending champion Li Haotong in the Omega Dubai Desert Classic on Saturday. World no. 5 DeChambeau had two straight bogeys on the seventh and eighth holes but ended the round strongly with four birdies after
3:21 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Moments after winning what will be remembered as one of the greatest slugfests in Grand Slam history, Naomi Osaka stood at center court, shoulder-to-shoulder with Australian Open runner-up Petra Kvitova, and allowed the slightest satisfied smile to slowly lift her cheeks. As the crowd inside Rod Laver Arena stood,
7:23 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — When this season began, the Boston Celtics seemed destined for greatness. The team was within a few possessions of reaching the NBA Finals without Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward last season, and with those two back — and LeBron James having abdicated his throne atop the East —
10:44 AM ET Former light heavyweight world champion Adonis Stevenson, who suffered a catastrophic brain injury in a knockout loss on Dec. 1, has begun to walk with assistance and speak, according to Simone “Sisi” God, Stevenson’s girlfriend and the mother of his daughter. “Last month, I disclosed that Adonis had woken up and was
8:24 AM ET Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — It took a bear — Jazz Bear — to catch a bat and leave the high-flying hijinks to the NBA players. A wayward bat flew around the court inside the Vivint Smart Home Arena about an hour before Utah’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday,
11:50 PM ET In the past two years, the Washington Redskins had consecutive 7-9 seasons and missed the playoffs twice, and they watched one of their former assistant coaches become the darling of the NFL. Sean McVay, who spent seven years with the Redskins from 2010 to 2016, is the youngest head coach to take
8:16 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Late into the evening after his first playoff victory two weeks ago, Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay finally exhaled. The whirlwind week leading to a 30-22 win over the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC divisional playoffs behind him, McVay reflected on achieving a career milestone. Not surprisingly,
A controversial equalizer by Jake Cooper and a late winner from Murray Wallace sends Millwall into the FA Cup 5th Round with a 3-2 win over Everton. Murray Wallace scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time to seal an extraordinary win for Championship Millwall over Everton in the FA Cup. A man was slashed