8:27 PM ET Middleweight world titleholder Billy Joe Saunders and mandatory challenger Demetrius Andrade will meet this fall after their promoters, Frank Warren and Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing, came to an agreement on Wednesday. Hearn told ESPN that the fight “looks like” it will take place Oct. 20 and that he plans to switch
8:34 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The NBA’s oldest player — free-agent forward Vince Carter — has agreed to a one-year, $2.4 million deal with the Atlanta Hawks, league sources told ESPN. Carter, 41, will be starting his 21st season in an NBA career during which he has scored 24,868 points. Atlanta general manager Travis Schlenk
8:00 PM ET Longtime Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier has retired. The Dodgers made the announcement Wednesday, saying they plan to honor Ethier during a pregame ceremony Aug. 3 in Los Angeles. “I look forward to coming back to Los Angeles and Dodger Stadium, places I’m so lucky to have called home for the
6:40 PM ET Associated Press OAKVILLE, Ontario — Dustin Johnson got into the hockey — and family — spirit on the par-3 seventh hole at Glen Abbey. The top-ranked Johnson pulled on an Edmonton Oilers jersey with “Gretzky 99” on the back Wednesday before teeing off on the hole in the Canadian Open pro-am. Johnson
6:17 PM ET Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A woman who says she was raped by former Tennessee football players A.J. Johnson and Michael Williams has testified at the men’s trial, explaining why she initially told police she didn’t want the two arrested. The woman testified Wednesday that the two defendants raped her during a
3:00 AM ET Toss Bangladesh elect to bowl v West Indies Andre Russell guzzles down water on a humid day CWI Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza chose to bowl against West Indies in the second ODI at Providence, Guyana. There has been rain on and off in Georgetown in the last 24 hours and there’s rain forecast
6:11 PM ET Out of his customary yellow garb, wearing goggles and a billowing, unmarked rain jacket as he descended toward the team bus Wednesday evening after Stage 17 of the Tour de France, four-time champion Chris Froome apparently looked like a rogue cyclo-tourist to the police officer stationed near the finish line at Saint-Lary-Soulan.
5:12 PM ET Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Vancouver Canucks have signed forward Jake Virtanen to a two-year deal with an average annual value of $1.25 million. The 21-year-old had 10 goals and 10 assists in 75 games for the Canucks in 2017-18, setting career highs in games played, goals, assists, points and
2:38 PM ET Fernando Verdasco is out of the German Tennis Championships after losing to world No. 156 Thiago Monteiro in Hamburg. Eighth seed Verdasco converted an early break point to take the first set but fatigue crept into his game as he struggled to match his opponent in longer rallies. At 6-5 down and
12:19 PM ET Julia Goerges advanced to the quarterfinals of the Moscow River Cup with a 6-2 7-6 (2) victory over Russia’s Natalia Vikhlyantseva. The German top seed is the strong favourite to add another Russian trophy to her collection, after winning the Kremlin Cup, also held in Moscow, in 2017. Top seed Julia Goerges