11:50 AM ET Associated Press NANCHANG, China — Top-seeded Zhang Shuai registered a straight-sets victory over 2013 Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki in first-round play at the Jiangxi Open on Tuesday. Zhang hopes to clinch her third WTA title but had to fight for nearly two hours to beat her German opponent 7-6 (0), 6-3. Zhang,
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11:40 AM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Brian Windhorst Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love has signed a four-year, $120 million contract extension that tops out his overall deal at five years, $145 million, league sources told ESPN on
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11:09 AM ET Unified middleweight world titleholder Gennady Golovkin will defend his belts against former champion Canelo Alvarez on Saturday, Sept. 15, in a rematch of last September’s controversial split draw. Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs) has 20 straight defenses in the division and is tied with Bernard Hopkins for the record. Hopkins made 20 middleweight
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11:06 AM ET Toto Wolff has called on Mercedes to up its rate of development and outperform Ferrari after the extent of the Italian team’s power advantage became clear at the German Grand Prix. The dramatic reversal in fortunes experienced by Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton during the German Grand Prix weekend highlighted why F1
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10:44 AM ET Graham DeLaet, who has not played a PGA Tour event since October, has opted to have a procedure on his back and will need six to 12 months to recover, he said Tuesday. DeLaet, 36, who had a stem cell injection late last year, said his L4-L5 disc degeneration has gotten worse
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11:14 AM ET CHICAGO — Michigan State linebacker Jon Reschke, who made racially insensitive comments about a teammate in January 2017 and left the program soon after, is back on the Spartans roster and may return this season. Coach Mark Dantonio said Tuesday that Reschke, a starter in 2015, is taking the necessary steps toward
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Jose Mourinho tells ESPN FC that the World Cup was the perfect habitat for Paul Pogba as he could ‘only think about football.’ Jose Mourinho chats with ESPN FC about Manchester United’s transfer needs, expectations for Alexis Sanchez, his love for LA and more. In many ways, it is difficult to argue with Jose Mourinho’s
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