2:58 PM ET Associated Press MASON, Ohio — Australian Open semifinalist Hyeon Chung won the last five games to rally past Jack Sock 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday in the first round of the Western & Southern Open. Two-time Cincinnati semifinalist Milos Raonic advanced with a 6-3, 6-3 first-round win over qualifier Dusan Lajovic in
1:51 PM ET Junior welterweight contender Alex Saucedo’s world title shot will come in front of a hometown crowd in Oklahoma City and on an ESPN platform this fall thanks to his promoter, Top Rank, winning the purse bid Tuesday for his mandatory fight against titlist Maurice Hooker. In a mild surprise, Top Rank bid
1:47 PM ET Australian featherweight Alex Volkanovski says he’s fully recovered from a painful rib injury suffered last month, and is ready to book his next bout. Ideally, some time in October. Preferably in the U.S. And 100 percent against a ranked opponent. Volkanovski (18-1) improved to 5-1 in the UFC last month, with a
12:25 PM ET Connor McDonagh McLaren has announced Fernando Alonso will retire from Formula One at the end of the 2018 season. The Spaniard’s future in the sport has remained uncertain due to McLaren’s inability to give him a race-winning car in 2017. Alonso has been racing in the World Endurance Championship alongside his F1
1:11 PM ET Connor McDonagh So the news is out, Fernando Alonso will retire from Formula One at the end of the season. After 17 seasons, two titles, 32 grand prix victories and 97 podium finishes the Spaniard will bow out of the sport. While his final years in the sport have not been fruitful
12:36 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Ryan Ellis was already being coveted as a potential unrestricted free agent in July 2019, as the kind of defenseman a team could build a blueline around. Which is why Nashville Predators GM David Poile didn’t allow him to get within sniffing distance of the open market, signing the 27-year-old
12:26 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Former US Open champion Stan Wawrinka and former No. 1 Victoria Azarenka have received wild cards for this year’s final Grand Slam tournament. Svetlana Kuznetsova, another US Open champion, also was given a wild card Tuesday by the U.S. Tennis Association. Wawrinka did not defend his 2016
9:00 AM ET From the Masters to the U.S. Open, from The Open to the PGA, golf’s major championships did not disappoint. There was Jordan Spieth threatening to shoot 62 on Sunday at the Masters, only to narrowly miss catching eventual winner Patrick Reed. There was Brooks Koepka, doing at the U.S. Open something that
1:00 PM ET NASCAR is off road courses and back to ovals, and that meant one thing — another victory for Kevin Harvick. The driver of the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Ford picked up his seventh victory of the season, a crazy number considering how dominant Martin Truex Jr.’s eight-win season felt last year. And Harvick
9:51 AM ET There will be a celebration on tap when the Cleveland Browns win their first regular-season game: Fans will get free beer. Browns’ fans were only crying in their beer last season. Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Anheuser-Busch, whose Bud Light brand is the official beer of the NFL and 28 of its 32