6:00 AM ET The 50-year friendship between the famous quarterback and his trusted protector was born at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, 1965. Joe Namath, recovering from knee surgery, hadn’t played a down in the NFL yet. He was 21, already rich because of a landmark contract with the New York Jets, but he
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10:17 AM ET Let’s keep these Olympic Games going. What could be better? Kevin Durant has passed Carmelo Anthony as the highest-scoring player in U.S. Olympic men’s basketball history as Team USA crushed the Czech Republic. We’ve also got a new fastest woman in the world. After beginning her career 4-for-4 in Olympic individual competition,
5:31 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Novak Djokovic came to the Tokyo Olympics aiming for a Golden Slam. He’ll leave without a medal and will need some time to recover from a draining performance in extreme conditions that didn’t meet expectations. The top-ranked Djokovic lost his cool and abused his racket several times during
Lewis Hamilton beat Valtteri Bottas to a Mercedes one-two ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying. The seven-time champion beat Bottas by 0.315 seconds with a time set on their first runs as neither Mercedes driver improved on their final laps. Verstappen did improve on his final run but ended up
8:00 AM ET Even four days without games at the All-Star break could not interrupt a wacky July that was filled, as always, with home runs, some of them grand slams, some of them by relievers, as well as a ridiculous number of hit batters, wild pitches and, as always, strikeouts. So, with statistical assistance
Isuru Udana had played 65 international games for Sri Lanka.© Instagram Sri Lanka pacer Isuru Udana on Saturday announced his retirement from international cricket. “I believe the time has come for me to make way for the next generation of players,” said Udana whilst notifying his decision to Sri Lanka Cricket. “It is with immense
Former Indian opener Virender Sehwag on Friday remembered the good old days by sharing a photograph of himself from his playing days. The picture also featured the batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, former skipper and current Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief Sourav Ganguly, ‘the wall’ Rahul Dravid and veteran all-rounder Yuvraj Singh. All
6:36 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Trophies aren’t handed out in July, but Manchester United have at least used the summer to show they remain interested in winning some. Toward the end of his time as manager at Old Trafford, Jose Mourinho came to believe the club were happy simply to compete in the big competitions
6:14 AM ET Associated Press KAWAGOE, Japan — Just over three weeks ago, Hideki Matsuyama was in isolation for COVID-19 and desperate to record a negative test to have any chance of competing in his home Olympics. Even when he cleared that hurdle, it was a matter of building endurance for stifling heat and shedding
10:17 PM ET Andrew Friedman’s reputation as a pragmatic executive who seeks value on the margins and shies away from the headline-grabbing acquisitions is no longer applicable. The Los Angeles Dodgers president of baseball operations, who cut his teeth in the front office of a famously frugal Tampa Bay Rays organization, is officially a big-game
8:32 PM ET Associated Press KAWAGOE, Japan — Coping with high expectations at home and low energy from his COVID-19 recovery, Hideki Matsuyama stayed on pace in his bid to add a gold medal in golf to his Masters green jacket. Matsuyama holed a 5-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole Saturday morning and saved
10:51 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — Jack Eichel‘s representatives released a statement Friday night saying “the process is not working,” deepening the rift between the Buffalo Sabres captain and the team. In an email to The Associated Press, agents Peter Fish and Peter Donatelli contradicted general manager Kevyn Adams in saying they were
6:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — In a span of 341 days, the San Francisco 49ers rewarded three players — tight end George Kittle, left tackle Trent Williams and, most recently, middle linebacker Fred Warner — with contracts at the top of the market for their respective positions. The number climbs to four if
8:46 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City have put together a £100 million ($140m) package in a bid to sign Jack Grealish from Aston Villa, sources have told ESPN. Aston Villa were informed on Friday that City are willing to pay £90m for the 25-year-old, while highly rated winger Morgan Rogers has also been proposed
9:25 PM ET WASHINGTON — An 11-game losing streak sealed the Chicago Cubs‘ fate in the standings not only for 2021, but also for the future of the franchise well beyond this season. In the span of 24 hours, president of baseball operations, Jed Hoyer, tore down the team he helped put together — which
9:19 PM ET Associated Press FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Annika Sorenstam shot a 3-under 69, racing to finish before dark, to take a three-stroke lead Friday in the U.S. Senior Women’s Open. The 50-year-old Sorenstam, a three-time U.S. Women’s Open champion making her first appearance in the senior event, birdied Nos. 7-9 to get to 8
4:14 PM ET The career trajectory of the first-ever UFC women’s flyweight champion continues to be an odd one. Nicco Montano missed weight Friday morning by seven pounds and her women’s bantamweight bout with Wu Yanan was pulled from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night card, the promotion announced. The bout was contracted at a limit of
7:38 PM ET The UFC is adding a lightweight matchup between Justin Gaethje and Michael Chandler to its pay-per-view event in November, multiple sources told ESPN on Friday. Contracts have not been signed, but both parties have agreed to the 155-pound contest. The promotion has not officially announced a date or location for UFC 268,