11:53 PM ET Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner became the latest athlete, and the third major leaguer this month, to have old embarrassing and offensive tweets resurface. Tweets dating back to 2011 and 2012 from the then-18-year-old’s account used a gay slur, featured anti-gay comments and a joke with racist undertones. On Sunday night, Turner
11:23 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball IRVINE, Calif. — Sam Shields‘ comeback continued Sunday when the Los Angeles Rams cornerback practiced in full pads for the first time since a concussion sidelined him
9:19 PM ET Associated Press OAKVILLE, Ontario — Dustin Johnson is used to cheers and chants of “Let’s go DJ!” But getting serenaded with “O Canada”? “I did hear it a couple of times, them singing `O Canada’,” said Johnson, laughing Sunday after winning the RBC Canadian Open. “With the amount of support I get
8:53 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports LONG POND, Pa. — Kyle Busch often makes incredible moves on the race track, ones that people would compare to Jeff Gordon or David Pearson. If he races someone a little hard, trades
7:40 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — On the fourth day of Cleveland Browns training camp, Baker Mayfield gave his coach reason for praise. “Baker Mayfield has been everything I thought a quarterback should be for our organization thus far,” coach Hue Jackson said after an impressive day of practice from the first overall pick in
7:32 PM ET ESPN News Services ATLANTA — Atlanta Braves pitcher Sean Newcomb says he “regrets” posting a series of offensive tweets that surfaced during his near-no-hitter Sunday afternoon against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The tweets were sent in 2011 and 2012, when Newcomb was 18. One tweet included a racial epithet that was part
7:29 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — John Isner won the BB&T Atlanta Open for the fifth time in six years Sunday, beating fellow American Ryan Harrison in the final for the second straight year. As far as John Isner is concerned, his Wimbledon semifinal loss never happened. It’s time to move on. The top-seeded
7:33 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports LONG POND, Pa. — Daniel Suarez has somewhat impatiently waited for the NASCAR Cup Series races where he would run amid the leaders all day. That still didn’t happen Sunday at Pocono Raceway.
9:03 PM ET Associated Press LONG POND, Pa. — Kyle Busch and his Joe Gibbs Racing team were in sync everywhere on the track but victory lane. When it was time to snap photos of the winners, some members flashed one finger, and others held up six. Yes, that’s one for the win at Pocono
6:22 PM ET Georgia continued its streak of landing top running backs on Sunday, when No. 20-ranked John Emery committed to the Dawgs. Emory is the No. 2-ranked running back in the class, and he gives Georgia 12 ESPN 300 commitments in the 2019 class. This commitment comes in a class after the Georgia staff