1:46 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Iga Swiatek continued to make it look easy at the Madrid Open, reaching the round of 16 with a comfortable 6-3, 6-2 win over Bernarda Pera on Sunday. The world No. 1 conceded only one break point and converted on four of the 13 that she earned against
Month: April 2023
11:07 AM ET Associated Press DOVER, Del. — Rain has postponed the NASCAR Cup Series race scheduled for Sunday at Dover Motor Speedway until Monday. The race will start at noon ET at the Monster Mile. This is the second straight year Dover’s only Cup race was postponed because of rain. Dover will hold a
Britain’s Adam Yates finished safely in the bunch on the final stage to clinch victory in the Tour de Romandie. It is the first overall title for the 30-year-old since his move to UAE Team Emirates this season. Yates took the yellow jersey after a win in Saturday’s fourth stage in the Swiss Alps and
Sergio Perez drove a consummate race with help from the safety car to beat Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen and win the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Perez and Verstappen fought a long, flat out battle after the Mexican leapfrogged ahead by being able to save time by making his pit stop under the safety car. Perez
1:13 PM ET Associated Press DOVER, Del. — Before Chase Elliott shredded on a snowboard and Alex Bowman moonlighted in a sprint car, Rick Hendrick issued a warning to all his Cup drivers who craved extracurricular activities outside their lucrative NASCAR careers. Be careful. Or else. Even so, Hendrick Motorsports has become the home of
6:16 AM ET Associated Press INCHEON, South Korea — Pablo Larrazábal shot a tidy 5-under 67 in the final round of the Korea Championship to complete a two-shot victory over Marcus Helligkilde on Sunday. The Spaniard’s 12-under 276 at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea was good enough to secure his eighth European tour title
10:45 PM ET ESPN News Services TAMPA, Fla. — John Tavares scored 4:35 into overtime, and the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Saturday night for their first NHL playoff series win in nearly two decades. The Maple Leafs won the best-of-seven matchup in six games, winning three times in overtime
12:00 PM ET KARL ANTHONY-TOWNS backed down Aaron Gordon in the post, as Jamal Murray was lurking with an eye locked on the Minnesota big man the entire possession. The moment Towns went to pass out of the ensuing double-team by Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Murray jumped the passing lane, intercepted the ball and slammed down a
5:29 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Seattle Mariners star Julio Rodríguez left Saturday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays in the sixth inning because of a sore lower back. He was replaced in center field by AJ Pollock. The 22-year-old Rodríguez won the AL Rookie of the Year award last season and was selected
5:03 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers ace Jacob deGrom underwent tests Saturday after early exits in two of his past three starts because of tightness in his lower right forearm near his wrist. Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said the “same thing cramped up on him again” on Friday night, when deGrom
6:17 PM ET ESPN News Services ARLINGTON, Texas — New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge has a mild hip strain that manager Aaron Boone said the team will continue to evaluate through the weekend before determining whether the reigning AL MVP will go on the injured list. “In the grand scheme of things and big
10:51 PM ET ESPN News Services MEXICO CITY — Manny Machado put San Diego ahead in the seventh inning with his second homer and the 11th of the night, and the San Diego Padres outslugged the San Francisco Giants 16-11 Saturday night in Major League Baseball’s first game in Mexico City. Nelson Cruz, Juan Soto,
9:11 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Drew Maggi got his first major league hit Saturday night, three days after making his big league debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates following 13 years in the minor leagues. The 33-year-old lined a 2-2 splitter from Hobie Harris into center field for an RBI single in the seventh
11:51 PM ET CHICAGO — After jogging lightly to first base on a ground ball back to the pitcher, White Sox center fielder Luis Robert Jr was pulled from the team’s 12-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday. Leading off the bottom of the first inning, Robert hit a ground ball to the
7:15 PM ET Two things were certain heading into the 2023 NFL draft: Bryce Young would be drafted No. 1 by the Carolina Panthers and everything else would be chaos. Check and check. The other thing that’s certain now that the draft is over: the AFC South is at the dawn of a new era.
1:48 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva found the perfect way to celebrate her 16th birthday by continuing her breakout showing at the Madrid Open with a two-set win over Magda Linette on Saturday. Andreeva thrust her arms high after winning a long exchange that ended with her breaking Linette’s serve
10:51 PM ET Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event in Las Vegas was supposed to be a competitive bout between two bantamweight prospects. It turned into a one-sided showcase fight for Song Yadong. Yadong defeated Ricky Simon by TKO in the fifth round of their five-round headliner on Saturday. After torching Simon with a perfect
10:23 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com The Toronto Maple Leafs have finally won a series. With their 2-1 overtime win over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 6 of the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Leafs won a postseason series for the first time since 2004. Toronto won the series 4-2. The win
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