5:00 AM ET LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A friendly security guard checked my temperature and pointed toward an opening in an unmarked green fence, and just like that, I was alone in Churchill Downs. It was Derby week, and yet everything was so quiet I could hear the cicadas. That’s what the world’s most famous racetrack
8:50 AM ET Luis Suarez and Arturo Vidal trained separately from their Barcelona teammates on Saturday, sources have told ESPN, as both players prepare to leave the club. ESPN reported on Friday that Suarez, 33, had agreed to join Juventus while Vidal, also 33, is in talks with Inter Milan. – Lowe: Messi set for
9:19 AM ET NEW YORK — Dominic Thiem still likes to tee up the tape of his 2018 US Open quarterfinal with then-No. 1 Rafael Nadal, to marvel at the scene late that night in Arthur Ashe Stadium, to revel at the quality of play throughout that 4-hour, 49-minute clash. “I like to watch the
Lewis Hamilton beat Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas to pole position at the Italian Grand Prix. Hamilton’s margin of 0.069 seconds was his sixth pole in eight races and puts him in the best place to score his 90th Grand Prix victory on Sunday. It was the fastest qualifying lap in Formula 1 history, at 164.286mph,
Shane Watson has played 32 matches for Chennai Super Kings, scoring 493 runs.© Instagram After having his first training session ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) all-rounder Shane Watson said that there was little rustiness but it will not take long to go away. CSK resumed their training on
7:00 AM ET The Dallas Stars dispatched an injury-riddled Colorado Avalanche and the Vegas Golden Knights finally solved Thatcher Demko and the Vancouver Canucks in their respective Game 7 wins. That gives us three of the NHL’s final four of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Will it be the Philadelphia Flyers or the New York
2:19 AM ET To those who have done battle with the Houston Rockets the past few seasons as they morphed into the purest form of positionless, small-ball basketball the NBA has ever seen, Friday’s 112-97 dismantling of the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinals series does not come as a
12:56 AM ET The Vegas Golden Knights overcame their postseason baggage and one of the hottest goaltenders in the playoffs to win Game 7 against Vancouver on Friday night, advancing to the Western Conference Final against the Dallas Stars. “I need a drink after the last three games before I think about Dallas. We’ll talk
David Warner said it felt “bizarre” to be playing England without a crowd following Australia’s two-run defeat by their arch-rivals in a Twenty20 international at Southampton on Friday that marked the tourists’ first competitive match in nearly six months. All of England’s home fixtures this season are being played behind closed doors in response to
1:50 PM ET Marc Raimondi This weekend’s super-sized UFC main event is now official. Alistair Overeem and Augusto Sakai both weighed in successfully Friday morning for their heavyweight headliner. Overeem weighed 252.5 pounds and Sakai came in at 261.5. The non-title heavyweight limit is 266 pounds. Overeem and Sakai will meet Saturday night to cap
11:18 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Six-time US Open champion Serena Williams and 2017 winner Sloane Stephens are set to face off at Arthur Ashe Stadium at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Saturday afternoon (2 p.m. ET, ESPN2) in the most hyped match of the third round of the 2020 US Open.
11:26 PM ET The UFC is planning a return trip to Fight Island in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi at the end of the month. Sources confirmed to ESPN multiple reports on Friday that the UFC will promote five live events in Abu Dhabi, beginning with its UFC 253 pay-per-view event on Sept. 26. The events
8:41 PM ET Associated Press Clint Bowyer was as puzzled as anyone last May returning to Darlington Raceway about whether NASCAR could handle a pandemic. He remembers seeing scores of people camping out at a dragstrip not far from the South Carolina racetrack — “Packed to the gills with people in the pit area,” he
7:50 AM ET NHL Insiders The Vegas Golden Knights and Vancouver Canucks are headed to a Game 7, after the Canucks came back from a 3-1 series deficit. Who will emerge victorious and move on to the Western Conference finals? Our panel identifies the X factors in the game, and makes predictions on the final
9:31 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com After a nearly three-hour delay to start the match, fifth-seeded Alexander Zverev came back from an early deficit to beat Adrian Mannarino, 6-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2, in the third round at the US Open on Friday. The United States Tennis Association cited a conversation with health officials as the reason
5:48 PM ET Associated Press CADIZ, Spain — American golfer John Catlin will take a two-stroke lead into the weekend at the Andalucia Masters after being the only player in the field to have carded two under-par rounds at Valderrama. Catlin started the day in a four-way tie for the lead and added a 1-under
8:32 PM ET In a surprising move, the Miami Dolphins are releasing quarterback Josh Rosen instead of working out a trade for him, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday. The Dolphins could have decided to keep him — and his $750,000 salary — as a backup, but they saw more value in cutting
8:00 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Five days later, Dustin Johnson and Jon Rahm are still going at it. They dressed about the same Friday for the Tour Championship, matched birdies on five holes and wound up tied for the lead at East Lake. That required Rahm getting the better of Johnson again. Rahm,