5:33 PM ET Associated Press GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Maria Sakkari used her strong first serve to extend her dominance over former French Open champion Iga Swiatek with a 6-2, 6-4 win Thursday in their opening match at the WTA Finals. Sakkari, a 26-year-old player who is having a breakout year, also ousted Swiatek in straight
Month: November 2021
7:56 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Marc Leishman, Russell Henley, Talor Gooch and Luke List shared the lead Thursday in the suspended first round of the Houston Open, with List still on the course when darkness stopped play. Rain delayed the start for 2 1/2 hours, with 0.9 inches falling at Memorial Park. None
12:29 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Longtime baseball scout Art Stewart, who began his career with the New York Yankees in the 1950s before becoming the longest-tenured member of the Kansas City Royals organization, died Thursday. He was 94. The Royals announced the death of Stewart, who had just completed his 52nd
5:56 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — The Brewers will go with multiple hitting coaches next season after hiring Ozzie Timmons and Connor Dawson to replace the fired Andy Haines. Brewers president of baseball operations David Stearns announced Thursday that the NL Central champions had selected Timmons and Dawson to split up responsibilities as part
5:23 PM ET Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario — The Ottawa Senators placed two more players in the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol Thursday, hours before they were scheduled to host the Los Angeles Kings. The Senators added forward Alex Formenton and goaltender Matt Murray to the COVID list, bringing the number of their players in protocol to
5:27 PM ET Associated Press Sebastian Korda and Brandon Nakashima set up an all-American semifinal at the Next Gen ATP Finals by winning their last round-robin matches on Thursday. The 21-year-old Korda, the son of 1998 Australian Open champion Petr Korda, methodically picked apart local favorite Lorenzo Musetti of Italy in a 4-2, 4-3 (4),
3:51 PM ET CINCINNATI — United States men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter says that his side still has “a long way to go” to get the respect of rivals Mexico. Speaking to reporters on a Zoom call ahead of Friday’s World Cup qualifier between the two long-time rivals (stream LIVE on ESPN2, 9 p.m.
1:49 PM ET The NHL is in talks with Las Vegas officials about holding two new All-Star Game skills competition events outdoors on the Las Vegas Strip, a source tells ESPN. League executives were in Las Vegas this week to present the plan to city officials, local police and at least one hotel, The Bellagio.
3:10 PM ET Associated Press Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian has advanced to her first WTA final after former world No. 1 Simona Halep pulled out a few hours before their semifinal clash on Thursday, citing a knee injury she sustained in Wednesday’s quarterfinal. Cristian, who is ranked No. 100, is only the fifth “lucky loser” since
2:55 PM ET The UFC has added a welterweight matchup between Stephen Thompson and Belal Muhammad to its event on Dec. 18 in Las Vegas, both fighters confirmed on Thursday. The 170-pound contest will take place on the final UFC Fight Night event of 2021. Thompson confirmed the news to ESPN and Muhammad confirmed it
2:00 PM ET Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — All samples collected from horses competing in the Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar have tested clear. The Kenneth L. Maddy Equine Analytical Chemistry Laboratory at UC Davis announced the results Thursday. All horses competing in the world championships last weekend were tested for total carbon dioxide levels
2:44 PM ET Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vucevic tested positive for COVID-19 and entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols on Thursday, sources told ESPN. The Bulls listed Vucevic in the protocols, but the positive test means the two-time All-Star selection will be sidelined for 10 days or until he has two negative PCR tests
2:16 PM ET Undisputed junior middleweight and IBF, WBA and WBC middleweight champion Claressa Shields has signed a multifight deal worth seven figures with European broadcast company Sky Sports and the BOXXER promotion company. The deal for up to three fights will pay Shields an undisclosed seven-figure sum over the length of the contract. That
Lewis Hamilton says “every race is a must-win” as his title battle with Max Verstappen heads into its climax. Hamilton trails Verstappen by 19 points before this weekend’s Sao Paulo Grand Prix, with a maximum of 107 available over the remaining four races. He said: “Their pace was phenomenal in the last race. They’ve had
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6:00 AM ET ESPN staff Dave Aranda’s second season at Baylor has been one of turnarounds. The Bears improved from 2-7 last year to 7-2 this year, but they suffered a setback last week in a 30-28 loss to an emotional TCU team following Gary Patterson’s departure. This week provides the best measuring stick yet
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11:14 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Quarterback Cam Newton will meet with the Carolina Panthers on Thursday about a possible return to the team that he helped reach the Super Bowl in 2015, sources confirmed to ESPN. The Panthers, who selected Newton with the first overall pick in the 2011 draft, released him following the
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