NEW YORK -- Moments after winning her third Grand Slam singles title, and first at the US Open, Aryna Sabalenka fell to the ground with her hands covering her face.She had just defeated American Jessica Pegula 7-5, 7-5 in front of a partisan and star-studded crowd Saturday under the roof of Arthur Ashe Stadium.It was a markedly different scene from a year ago, when Sabalenka squandered a one-set lead over […]

United States men's national team interim coach Mikey Varas said his players lacked the right mentality in a historic 2-1 loss to Canada Saturday at Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas.It was Canada's second victory over the USMNT on U.S. soil and first in 67 years."The mentality is on the players. They know it," he told reporters. "We speak the truth to each other. I love those guys. But […]

Nick Wagoner, ESPN Staff WriterSep 7, 2024, 06:26 PM ETCloseNick Wagoner is an NFL reporter at ESPN. Nick has covered the San Francisco 49ers and the NFL at ESPN since 2016, having previously covered the St. Louis Rams for 12 years, including three years (2013 to 2015) at ESPN. In his 10 years with the company, Nick has led ESPN's coverage of the Niners' 2019 Super Bowl run, Colin Kaepernick's […]

OXFORD, Miss. -- Jaxson Dart completed his first 24 passes to set SEC and school records, finishing 25-of-27 for 377 yards in No. 6 Mississippi's 52-3 victory over Middle Tennessee on Saturday.The streak ended when Dart and Tre Harris couldn't connect on a crossing pattern with 9:56 remaining. Dart broke the SEC record of 23 straight completions to start a game set by Tennessee's Tee Martin against South Carolina in […]

Three months after a dismal 2024 Copa América group stage exit, the United States men's national soccer team returned to action for the September international window under different management and a renewed desire from team members to prove themselves.But the promise of change and growth lasted mere minutes on Saturday as Canada exposed the Americans' ongoing weaknesses and lack of harmony with a 2-1 victory in Kansas City, Kansas.Editor's Picks2 […]

NEW YORK -- As the crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium cheered wildly, Aryna Sabalenka put her head down and walked to her chair.Coco Gauff was lying on the court with her head in her hands, celebrating her first major title, and Sabalenka was left to wonder how she had lost in the final at the 2023 US Open, after winning the first set 6-2. She was gracious on the court […]

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterSep 7, 2024, 11:17 PM ETCloseCollege football reporter.Joined ESPN in 2012.Graduate of the University of Delaware.The best upsets are the ones no one sees coming.Northern Illinois' stunning defeat of Notre Dame certainly fits the bill. Just a week ago, the Irish looked like a surefire playoff team after upending Texas A&M on the road.The best upsets aren't about luck.There was nothing unconventional in NIU's game plan. […]

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterAug 31, 2024, 11:40 PM ETCloseCollege football reporter.Joined ESPN in 2012.Graduate of the University of Delaware.Welcome to the season of change.It's 2024, and if we're to believe the punditry, this will be unlike anything we've seen before in college football, which is saying something in a sport that had an interim coach drive an ATV out of a locker room just nine months ago. But it's […]

Aug 31, 2024, 05:27 PM ETBayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso said he had a "bitter" feeling after the German champions saw their impressive unbeaten run in the Bundesliga end with a 3-2 defeat by RB Leipzig on Saturday.Under Alonso, Leverkusen have made crucial late goals a speciality. It briefly seemed like that might happen again when the referee went to review a possible penalty in the 86th minute after Leipzig's […]