10:53 AM ET Associated Press Rafael Nadal pulled out of next week’s hard-court tournament at Rotterdam, Netherlands, because of the bad back that bothered him during the Australian Open. Nadal’s withdrawal from the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was announced Thursday. The 20-time Grand Slam champion wrote in a series of posts on Twitter that
Month: February 2021
9:25 AM ET Replacing some of college football’s top quarterbacks will be one of most heavily talked about topics headed into spring football and the fall 2021 season. While Alabama’s and Clemson’s new starting signal-callers will garner the majority of national attention, several other programs will be breaking in starting quarterbacks who were once highly
9:14 AM GMT France’s Six Nations game against Scotland was in doubt again on Thursday after the French rugby federation (FFR) suspended training due to another player testing positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number infected to 11. The entire squad was now isolating, FFR said. After two days without a new case in the
8:34 AM ET With the 2021 NHL season structured as it is, and being played when it is, hockey fans were preconditioned to expect the unexpected before it started. Oh, it’s already been a ride. Well over 100 players listed on the coronavirus-related absences list. Thirty-five games being postponed and rescheduled due to positive tests.
Britain’s Adam Yates remains second in the UAE Tour after failing to gain time on leader Tadej Pogacar on stage five. Red jersey wearer Pogacar, 22, is now expected to retain his 45-second lead through the final two sprint stages. Jumbo-Visma’s Jonas Vingegaard won the mountainous 166km stage to Jebel Jais. Ineos Grenadiers’ Yates, 28,
7:00 AM ET STATELINE, Nev. — Brianna and Austyn Rowland smiled for their wedding photographer moments after tying the knot at a Lake Tahoe resort on Sunday. Snow-capped mountains filled the horizon. The sun glistened on the water. And Gritty, the Philadelphia Flyers‘ ubiquitous orange mascot, gleefully held the bride’s veil. The couple had imagined
7:00 AM ET With the last few top free agents coming off the market in recent weeks, most of the dust has settled on the peculiar 2020-21 Major League Baseball hot stove season. It’s time to take stock. The last time we did this was just before the virtual winter meetings took place in nowhere-land
Former Australia spinner Shane Warne on Thursday said he was “very surprised” that India were not “super aggressive” in the first session of the second day of the third Test against England at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. India witnessed a dismal start on Day Two as Joe Root and Jack Leach completely dominated the
1:25 AM ET French Open champion Iga Swiatek is through to the semi-finals of the Adelaide International after Ash Barty’s conqueror was forced to pull out with injury. World No. 18 Swiatek was leading 6-2, 3-0 when American Danielle Collins retired during Thursday’s quarterfinal. Collins, who beat world No. 1 Barty in straight sets a
4:30 AM ET From Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland‘s dominant displays to the struggles of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, plus much more, the first legs of the Champions League round of 16 had plenty of things to discuss. We asked Gab Marcotti, Mark Ogden and Graham Hunter for their views on some big questions.
7:44 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cy Young Award winner Shane Bieber hopes to be talking about a new contract with the Cleveland Indians as soon as possible — maybe even this spring. They don’t seem to be in quite the same rush. Earlier this week, Bieber — who at just 25 led the
2:22 AM GMT Auckland’s City Kickboxing is resisting a request from the UFC to remove the silver fern logo from its fighters’ uniforms, including middleweight champion Israel Adesanya who next weekend also fights for the light heavyweight title against Jan Blachowicz. ESPN understands the UFC was contacted by someone at New Zealand Rugby [NZR] over
7:05 PM ET Shohei Ohtani said he topped out at 97 mph while throwing live batting practice on Wednesday, an encouraging development that further supports the enthusiasm voiced by prominent members of the Los Angeles Angels throughout the offseason. Ohtani, the Japanese two-way player who hasn’t pitched regularly since the start of the 2018 season,
7:09 AM ET ONE MONTH INTO the NBA season, Steve Kerr had seen enough to make a rather grand declaration about the Utah Jazz. The Jazz had just dismissed Kerr’s Golden State Warriors, leading by 36 points after three quarters and cruising to a 127-108 victory on Jan. 23. It was Utah’s eighth straight win,
5:46 PM ET Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht said Thursday that he and coach Bruce Arians would be “elated” if they could get a deal done with quarterback Tom Brady to keep him in Tampa beyond his two-year contract, which will end after the 2021 season. Licht said Tuesday on the Rich Eisen Show that
IND vs ENG: Virat Kohli was trapped LBW for 27 on Day 1 of the 3rd Test.© BCCI A fan on Wednesday breached the bio-bubble and security protocol on day one of the ongoing third Test between India and England at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad as he entered the field of play to
9:49 PM ET Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — Free-agent outfielder Shin-Soo Choo has agreed to a one-year contract to play for a baseball club in his native South Korea. Choo, who spent the last seven seasons with the Texas Rangers, signed a 2.7 billion won ($2.4 million) deal with a Korean Baseball Organization team
8:52 PM ET Associated Press The United States women’s national team beat Argentina 6-0 to repeat as SheBelieves Cup champions. Wednesday’s win at Orlando’s Exploria Stadium gave the USWNT its third straight win after 1-0 victories over Canada and Brazil. The U.S. were able to put away Argentina early on as Megan Rapinoe scored twice
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