12:38 PM ET A lingering lower back problem has forced Jo-Wilfried Tsonga out of his home Grand Slam at the French Open and the rest of 2020, the former world No. 5 said on Wednesday. Tsonga, 35, has not played since lower back pain forced him to retire from his first-round match at the Australian
1:13 PM ET The key light heavyweight fight between Thiago Santos and Glover Teixeira is off — again. Santos has tested positive for the coronavirus and is out of the scheduled Oct. 4 co-main event with Teixeira in Abu Dhabi, Santos’ manager Alex Davis confirmed Wednesday with ESPN. Santos vs. Teixeira was originally booked for
10:39 AM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University After what may have been the ugliest, most controversial month in league history, Big Ten college football is
11:52 AM ET As we all know, there’s a big difference between negotiating a contract and not wanting to fight. The entire MMA community — including the UFC brass — knows Dustin Poirier wants the Tony Ferguson fight. To suggest otherwise is simply unfair to Poirier, a veteran who has developed a reputation as the
Miguel Angel Lopez won stage 17 of the Tour de France as Primoz Roglic extended his lead in the race. Astana’s Lopez pulled clear of the other general classification contenders on the final climb of the day, beating Roglic into second by 15 seconds. The stage victory took Lopez into third overall, while Roglic moved
Virat Kohli took steady steps in front, before diving across to his right to complete the catch.© Twitter Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli seems to be getting even better with each training session, ahead of the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), set to take place in the United Arab Emirates
8:59 AM ET The Big Ten is expected to announce on Wednesday a return to football in October, sources confirmed to ESPN. The news was first reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The Big Ten on Aug. 11 postponed all the fall sports seasons, including football, because of concerns about the pandemic. The league’s presidents
8:07 AM ET Steve KimESPN Mexican Independence Day weekend has become a popular time of the year to hold major boxing events. Chango Carmona defeated Mando Ramos on that weekend at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 1972. Years later, the great Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. staked his claim to the date, then Oscar De
Geraint Thomas will compete for Great Britain in the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in Imola. The 2018 Tour de France champion has chosen to sit out of the road race, however, as he continues preparations for the Giro d’Italia in October. Performance director Stephen Park said: “Geraint is in good form,
7:13 AM ET James OlleySenior Writer, ESPN FC Close Follow on Twitter Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho has said he tried to sign Gareth Bale for Real Madrid but refused to comment on Spurs’ pursuit of the winger. Sources have told ESPN that Spurs are locked in talks with Real
6:15 AM ET White Sox broadcaster Ken “Hawk” Harrelson was furious with umpire Joe West, as many have been these past 44 years. On this day in 2010, West had called a second balk of the game on Mark Buehrle, and Hawk was so outraged he said on the air, “Joe West should retire!” Two
6:47 AM ET The Dallas Stars are in the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in 20 years … and they’ll have to wait a little bit longer to find out who they are playing. The New York Islanders kept their season alive by besting the Tampa Bay Lightning in a double-overtime Game 5.
9:00 AM ET ESPN.com staff The NFL opens a pair of glitzy, new stadiums this season for the Los Angeles Rams/Chargers and the Las Vegas Raiders. While it’s unclear how many, if any, fans will get to sit in these state-of-the-art marvels this season, their debut does bring excitement, inspiring ESPN to rank the 28
6:18 AM ET Since golf returned from the coronavirus shutdown in mid-June, the scores have been low. Only twice has the winner not gotten to double-digits under par. Four times the winner has been at least 20 under. At The Northern Trust, Dustin Johnson was 30 under. These guys are making it look easy. Well,
Already regarded as the world’s richest and most successful Twenty20 cricket team, the Mumbai Indians will now attempt to underline their status by claiming their first back-to-back titles in the Indian Premier League. Led by senior Indian batsman Rohit Sharma and owned by Nita Ambani — wife of India’s richest man, Reliance Industries billionaire Mukesh
11:26 PM ET A balanced Miami Heat team came into Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals with the No. 4 offense and No. 4 defense in the postseason. In the final 12 seconds of an overtime thriller on Tuesday, they executed two phenomenal, game-winning plays: one an offensive gem by their closer, Jimmy Butler;
Ineos Grenadiers rider Egan Bernal has ended his Tour de France defence with a withdrawal before stage 17. The Colombian, 23, lost more than seven minutes to leader Primoz Roglic on Sunday’s Grand Colombier climb. After Tuesday’s stage 16, Bernal was 16th in the general classification, just over 19 minutes off the lead. “This is
5:00 PM ET MLB InsidersESPN The 2020 MLB playoffs are less than two weeks away, even though it seems like only yesterday that the regular season kicked off. The compressed 60-game schedule is rapidly coming to a close, and the MLB standings are tight heading to the finish with wild-card positioning, postseason seeding and the