2:47 PM ET New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman, who reportedly is facing a four-game suspension for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing substances, apologized via Instagram on Friday. ESPN’s Field Yates and Adam Schefter reported on the suspension Thursday, which is currently under appeal. Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman is appealing a four-game
5:15 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota football players who were suspended in 2016 following a sexual assault investigation are seeking $45 million in damages from the school through a gender and racial discrimination federal lawsuit. The lawsuit, filed Friday and obtained by ESPN, states that “racial and gender discrimination; intentional, willful, and malicious misconduct;
1:50 PM ET UAE Team Emirates rider Dan Martin won the 130-kilometre fifth stage of the Criterium du Dauphine on Friday, while Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas took the overall lead from Italian team mate Gianni Moscon. Ireland’s Martin finished the stage with a time of three hours, 21 minutes and 19 seconds. He was four
2:46 PM ET PARIS — By now, you get the picture. As Rafael Nadal prepares to return serve, he’s so far back beyond the baseline that he’s almost out of the camera shot. At times, perhaps even into a different area code. But Nadal summons the strength to return hard and high, pushing his opponents
12:50 PM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment PARIS — Unseeded Japanese pair Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya will take on sixth-seeded Czech duo Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova in the French Open women’s doubles final. Both teams on Friday advanced to the final at Roland Garros for the first
1:01 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Justify turned in another strong gallop Friday in his final preparation for a Triple Crown bid in the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes. The chestnut colt will be the odds-on favorite Saturday to become the 13th horse to sweep the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont. Triple Crown contender
11:43 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN LAS VEGAS — Barry Trotz could not have looked more relaxed during the Washington Capitals‘ postseason run. At the end of most news conferences, the Capitals coach grabbed a Gatorade or water bottle sitting on his podium. Before leaving the room, he blurted out: “Hydrate! Everyone hydrate!” which became somewhat
11:00 AM ET SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — The USGA has the line rehearsed. The U.S. Open is “golf’s ultimate test,” it’ll say, over and over. At Shinnecock Hills, a course born in the 1800s, an original member of the USGA, a U.S. Open host for the fifth time, the challenges hide at every turn. Here, at
11:12 AM BST JOHANNESBURG — It’s hard to believe that Handré Pollard is only 24 years old, especially when he addresses the media with such ease and conviction. But we really shouldn’t be surprised by his maturity, as he made his Springboks debut as a wet-behind-the-ears 20-year-old, contributing 13 points in a victory over Scotland.
2:30 PM ET Unless the UFC is sabotaged by one of its own stars this week, Saturday’s UFC 225 pay-per-view looks like the deepest event of the year. The same was said about UFC 223 two months ago in Brooklyn, before things started to unravel. There was an incident involving a famous Irishman, a dolly,