8:18 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — Amid the champagne showers that drenched Golden State’s locker room in the TD Garden, Jordan Poole and Andrew Wiggins hopped on Instagram Live to share the celebration with their followers. In the livestream, Poole looked at Wiggins and proclaimed, “You’re going to get a bag.” An uncontrollable
8:29 PM ET BROOKLINE, Mass. — There has been drama at this U.S. Open from the moment players arrived on property. Before it started, it wasn’t about the golf. It was about the state of golf. Now, though, it’s about the golf, with a leaderboard that has a mix of stars, up-and-comers and a few
6:35 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Former heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz is set to fight Luis Ortiz on Sept. 4 in Los Angeles, sources told ESPN on Saturday. The fight, which ESPN reported was signed in April, will be a PBC on Fox PPV, sources said. The fight will be Ruiz’s first in 15 months, and
Fernando Alonso said his aim was to lead Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix after taking his first front-row start for 10 years. The 40-year-old qualified second behind Max Verstappen’s Red Bull in the wet in Montreal for his best qualifying result since taking pole in Germany in 2012. He said: “The goal is to lead the
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has accused rivals of “pitiful” and “disingenuous” behaviour in the row over cars bouncing in Formula 1. Wolff had a bust-up with Red Bull’s Christian Horner and Ferrari’s Mattia Binotto in a team principals’ meeting on Saturday at the Canadian Grand Prix. And afterwards he said they were guilty of
5:00 AM ET Sid LoweSpain writer Three years after being relegated from LaLiga, Cristhian Stuani and Girona are on the verge of a return to Spain’s top flight. Pedro Salado/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images “The thorn that relegation left in my side can only be removed by promotion,” Cristhian Stuani said, and so here he is again.
3:49 PM ET Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Lorenzo Cain was designated for assignment on Saturday, the team announced before its game against the Cincinnati Reds. Cain, 36, was hitting .179 in 145 at-bats while the Brewers’ offense struggled throughout June. The veteran was 4-for-26 this month with no walks and seven strikeouts. As a team, the
5:27 PM ET ESPN News Services Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom underwent left hip resurfacing surgery Friday, the team announced on social media Saturday. The surgery was performed in Belgium, the Capitals said, and the veteran forward will begin his rehabilitation and recovery process immediately. After the Capitals lost to the Florida Panthers in the
3:37 PM ET On Wednesday, Calvin Kattar shared his thoughts on how his upcoming UFC Fight Night bout with Josh Emmett might play out. “Either one of us gets it done early and make it look easy, or it’s gonna be a five-round banger,” he said. With two of the best strikers in the featherweight
5:47 PM BST Replacement fly-half Freddie Burns landed a last-minute drop goal to give Leicester their first English Premiership rugby title for nine years as they overcame a dogged Saracens 15-12 at Twickenham on Saturday. First-half tries by South African forwards Hanro Liebenberg and Jasper Wiese had Leicester 12-6 up at the break but Saracens
5:31 PM ET Cristian Arango‘s 79th-minute equalizer allowed LAFC to escape with a point in a 1-1 road draw against the Seattle Sounders FC on Saturday. After threatening on several occasions, LAFC finally broke through with a goal as Arango received a deflected pass in the box and his header snuck inside the post and
3:39 PM ET Kenny Atkinson has decided he won’t become the Charlotte Hornets‘ head coach and instead will remain with the Golden State Warriors as the top assistant, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Atkinson was offered the job during the NBA Finals, but after further conversations Atkinson was led to believe it would be best
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took pole position in a wet qualifying at the Canadian Grand Prix with Alpine’s Fernando Alonso a surprise second. Verstappen was in control throughout the session as the track started wet and progressively dried and ended up 0.645 seconds clear of the field. Alonso took his first front-row grid slot since
7:31 PM ET The House Oversight Committee chairwoman implored Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder to reconsider his decision not to testify at a hearing next week, also saying his reasons for rejecting their invitation were based on inaccuracies. Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) sent a six-page letter to Snyder’s attorney, Karen Patten Seymour, saying Snyder could
11:25 AM ET Associated Press HALLE, Germany — Back-to-back finals in grass-court tournaments would be an excellent Wimbledon warm-up for any player. But Daniil Medvedev can’t play at the All England Club this season. Top-ranked Medvedev beat Oscar Otte 7-6 (3), 6-3 on Saturday to advance to the final of the Halle Open, a week
6:00 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Being considered the next Deebo Samuel is the hot thing in the NFL right now. When a player has the skill set to be a playmaker as a running back and a receiver, the default assumption seems to be that teams should use that dual threat just like the
6:00 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Drew Lock learned an important lesson last offseason while battling Teddy Bridgewater to be the Denver Broncos‘ starting quarterback. He fixated on who won each practice, and as he realized after losing the competition, that mindset did him no good. “I tried to compare the whole time:
11:53 AM ET Associated Press BERLIN — Coco Gauff‘s best run yet in a grass-court tournament came to an end when the 18-year-old American lost to Ons Jabeur 7-6 (4), 6-2 in the semifinals of the Berlin Open on Saturday. Cheered on by fans waving Tunisian flags amid a heat wave in Berlin, Jabeur recovered