10:42 AM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print SHENZHEN, China — Rain disrupted play at the Shenzhen Open on Thursday, with two quarterfinal matches suspended. Qualifier Veronika Kudermetova was leading Vera Zvonareva 6-4, and Sorana Cirstea was leading Alison Riske 2-0 when play was stopped. The matches will resume Friday. In
1:38 AM ET He may have missed a chance to play Rafael Nadal at the Brisbane International. But France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga says he is now looking forward to facing a player who reminds him of a “more aggressive” Lleyton Hewitt – Australian No.1 Alex de Minaur. Former Australian Open finalist Tsonga booked a Brisbane quarter-final
10:10 AM ET For the first time, the NFL is partnering with a casino at the league level. The NFL on Thursday announced a partnership with Caesars Entertainment that will make the gaming giant the first-ever “Official Casino Sponsor of the NFL.” The multiyear sponsorship will begin during the 2019 playoffs and gives Caesars exclusive
9:20 AM ET The start of 2019 in British boxing is amazingly bare with so few confirmed fights, so few actual dates and venues announced and at the same time dozens of crucial fights under secret negotiation. The clandestine deals are rampant and there will be a frantic flurry of announcements in the next two
2:08 PM ET Welcome to a weekly feature we’re doing here, where we try to have some fun with underlying numbers. The plan is to highlight a couple of trends, then dig beneath the surface to get a better sense of what they ultimately mean, what’s causing them, and how likely it is that they’ll
9:09 AM ET The Toronto Maple Leafs are running out of goalies. The team put starter Frederik Andersen, who has been out since Dec. 22 with a groin injury, on injured reserve Thursday, retroactive to Dec. 23. Backup Garret Sparks is also injured. He was put in the concussion protocol after taking a shot off
8:34 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN THE FIRST MEETING Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse had with Kawhi Leonard came with trepidation. As Nurse walked down the hall from his office inside the team’s practice facility to the coach’s meeting room last July, just weeks after being named Toronto’s head coach, uncertainty loomed large. Nurse had heard
8:54 AM ET Welcome to the NFL playoffs! If you’re a lucky fan, congratulations. Your team has delivered on the preseason hype, survived the exhausting 16-game regular-season, and made it to January for postseason football. If you’re a fan of the Patriots or Saints, you probably made reservations months ago. If you’re backing the Colts
12:00 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — On Dec. 9, Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper could not be stopped. He caught 10 passes for 217 yards and three touchdowns, including the game winner in overtime, against the Philadelphia Eagles. In the three games since, Cooper has 13 receptions for 83 yards, including five catches for
12:00 AM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The door has been left ajar. Eli Manning‘s future with the New York Giants remains uncertain going into this offseason. That is where everything stands on Jan. 3, which just so happens to be Manning’s 38th birthday. He has one year remaining on a contract that has a