For Serena Williams’ first 26 matches this year at major tournaments, no deficit was too daunting, no opponent too troublesome, no victory too far from reach. All Williams needed was two more wins to pull off that rare feat. In one of the most significant upsets in the history of tennis, Williams finally found a hole too big to climb out of, losing 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Friday at Flushing
Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly has heard air traffic control coming in over the headsets he uses to communicate with his staff. Except they were at the home of the twice-convicted New England Patriots. ”The whole world sees it,” Cleveland Browns linebacker Karlos Dansby said on Friday, a day after the Steelers’ headsets went out in the Patriots’ 28-21 victory.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Eli Manning has signed a four-year, $84 million contract extension with the New York Giants.
Arrieta pitched eight strong innings for his major league-leading 19th win, and Starlin Castro homered to lead the Chicago Cubs past the Philadelphia Phillies 5-1 in the first game of a doubleheader Friday night. In the second game, Kyle Schwarber homered twice to lead the Cubs to a 7-3 win and a sweep of the doubleheader. Arrieta said his timing was off, but it didn’t prohibit him from shutting down
The Oakland Raiders signed troubled pass rusher Aldon Smith to a contract Friday, five weeks after he was released by San Francisco. The 49ers cut ties with Smith on Aug. 7, a day after his fifth legal run-in since being drafted by the team in 2011. Smith was arrested in Santa Clara on charges of drunken driving, hit and run and vandalism.
Lee Slattery is looking to capture back-to-back European Tour victories after a seven-under-par 63 earned the Englishman a share of the lead in the third round of the Dutch Open at Zandvoort on Saturday. The 37-year-old, who won last week’s Russian Open, is on 16-under 194 on the links of the Kennemer Golf and Country Club, alongside Spain’s Rafa Cabrera-Bello (63). Scotland’s Paul Lawrie, the 1999 British Open champion, is
Lee Slattery is looking to capture back-to-back European Tour victories after a seven-under-par 63 earned the Englishman a share of the lead in the third round of the Dutch Open at Zandvoort on Saturday. The 37-year-old, who won last week’s Russian Open, is on 16-under 194 on the links of the Kennemer Golf and Country Club, alongside Spain’s Rafa Cabrera-Bello (63). Scotland’s Paul Lawrie, the 1999 British Open champion, is
New York (AFP) – Quarterback Eli Manning signed a four-year contract extension Friday with the New York Giants worth $84 million.
Former NBA all-star Dikembe Mutombo, women’s basketball great Lisa Leslie and Lindsay Gaze of Australia were enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday night. The enigmatic shot blocker headed the class of 2015 which was enshrined during a lavish ceremony at the Naismith museum in Springfield, Massachusetts. “I am so honoured to be in the basketball hall of fame.
(The Sports Xchange) – Yoenis Cespedes was hitless in the series opener against the Atlanta Braves on Thursday but the center fielder was soon hearing “MVP” chants from New York Mets fans a day later. Cespedes was 3-for-5 with three RBIs and his mammoth two-run homer in the ninth inning capped a 5-1 victory that gave the Mets an 8 1/2-game lead in the National League East with 21 games
