4:14 PM ET COLLEGE PARK, Md. — In his first public comments since being named Maryland‘s interim head coach, former offensive coordinator Matt Canada on Wednesday said the players’ health and safety “is No. 1.” “Our practices have been extremely crisp,” Canada told a small group of reporters at practice. “The focus of our players’
3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Birmingham 105 for 3 (Pollock 36, Bell 34) beat Lancashire 102 (Hannon-Dalby 4-20) by seven wicketsScorecard Birmingham Bears preserved their hopes of qualifying for the Vitality Blast quarter-finals with a comfortable seven-wicket win over Lancashire Lightning at Edgbaston. Lancashire, already assured a place in the last eight, chose to
An own goal in the last 10 minutes allowed Bidvest Wits a ‘snatch and grab’ win away at Orlando Pirates for their third win in as many games at the start of the new season and top place in South Africa’s Premier Soccer League. New signing Hashim Domingo’s clever play coming in from the flank
2:21 PM ET Former junior featherweight world titleholder Jessie Magdaleno has signed a multi-year contract extension with promoter Top Rank. “Jessie has consistently been in thrilling contests, including against Nonito Donaire and Isaac Dogboe. His style makes him must-watch TV,” Top Rank president Todd duBoef told ESPN on Wednesday. “We believe that there are many
1:56 PM ET The Shreveport Police Department in Louisiana is in the process of issuing an arrest warrant for Donny Aaron, the husband of UFC flyweight Andrea Lee. Shreveport PD spokesperson Cpl. Angie Willhite confirmed to ESPN an arrest warrant for Aaron is “forthcoming” — perhaps as soon as Wednesday afternoon. He is facing potential
1:23 PM ET Peter BodoTennis Close Peter Bodo has been covering tennis for over 35 years, mostly recently for ESPN. He is a former WTA Writer of the Year and the author of numerous books, including the classic “The Courts of Babylon” and the New York Times bestseller (with Pete Sampras), “A Champion’s Mind.” Serena
9:25 PM ET Associated Press MASON, Ohio — Novak Djokovic completed his comeback from elbow surgery by winning Wimbledon for the fourth time. He’s inching closer to one of the few titles to elude him throughout his career. Djokovic overcame an upset stomach and a sluggish first set Wednesday, beating Adrian Mannarino 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
1:11 PM BST England centre Ben Te’o has admitted he wasn’t sure if he would return to rugby following his latest battle with injury. The 31-year-old missed England’s summer tour of South Africa due to a thigh injury and spent further time on the sidelines last season after undergoing ankle surgery. England and Bath duo
12:17 AM ET Christian Ramirez scored twice in his first start for his new team, lifting LAFC to a 2-0 home victory over Real Salt Lake on Wednesday evening. Ramirez was in his second appearance for LAFC after arriving in a trade from Minnesota United last week. After narrowly missing a scoring chance as a
9:31 AM ET Aug. 26, 1978. It was a dark and stormy night … OK, it wasn’t necessarily stormy. But it was a little damp. You’ll have that in Bristol, Tennessee, in late August. And it was most definitely dark, as it always was as night fell among the barns and farms tacked up along