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ATP roundup: Taylor Fritz wins 4th Eastbourne crown
Top-seeded Taylor Fritz captured his record-extending fourth Lexus Eastbourne Open title Saturday with a 7-5, 6-1 victory against fellow American Jenson Brooksby in England.,Fritz overcame an early break in the opening set and finished the match in 88 minutes, following up his previous triumphs at t...

WTA roundup: Jessica Pegula jolts Iga Swiatek in Germany
Top-seed Jessica Pegula captured her third title of the season Saturday with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over fourth-seeded Iga Swiatek in the final of the Bad Homburg Open in Germany.,Pegula overcame nine aces by the Poland native and saved the only break point she faced to win the match in 1 hour, 46 minut...

ATP roundup: Taylor Fritz, Jenson Brooksby to meet in Eastbourne final
The Lexus Eastbourne Open will feature an all-American final as No. 1 seed Taylor Fritz and lucky loser Jenson Brooksby advanced Friday in England.,Fritz smashed 18 aces without a double fault on his way to defeating Spanish sixth seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3, 3-6, 6-1. Fritz converted on al...
Jake Paul vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.: Odds, Picks, and Best Bets
Jake Paul is favored over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in Saturday’s boxing match in Anaheim. Best bets include Paul via decision (-110) and the fight to go the distance (-155). Draw odds as high as 22-1....

WTA roundup: Iga Swiatek reaches first grass final
Fourth-seeded Iga Swiatek of Poland reached her first final of 2025 and her first ever on grass with a swift victory Friday at the Bad Homburg Open in Germany.,Swiatek only faced one break point in a 6-1, 6-3 defeat of No. 2 seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy in just 66 minutes. It was the five-time Gran...

WTA roundup: Linda Noskova joins three high seeds in Bad Homburg semis
Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic won in an upset and advanced to the semifinals to face No. 1 Jessica Pegula, who survived a three-set scare Thursday at the Bad Homburg Open in Germany.,Noskova took down Russian third seed Mirra Andreeva 6-3, 6-3. She never lost her serve, saving all three break ...

ATP roundup: Taylor Fritz wins twice in Eastbourne
No. 1 seed and three-time Eastbourne Open champion Taylor Fritz won his first two matches on Thursday to reach the semifinals in England.,After holding off Brazil's Joao Fonseca 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-5 in his delayed opener at the grass-court event, Fritz outlasted fellow American Marcos Giron 7-5, 4-6, 7...

NBA trade notebook: Grizzlies trade 4 picks for Cedric Coward
The Memphis Grizzlies made one of the first big moves on NBA Draft night by sending two first-round picks and two second-rounders to the Portland Trail Blazers for the No. 11 overall selection, which they used to take Washington State guard Cedric Coward on Wednesday night.,The Grizzlies sent the No...

ATP roundup: Learner Tien upsets top seed Ben Shelton in Mallorca
Top-seed Ben Shelton fell to fellow American Learner Tien 6-4, 7-6 (2) on Wednesday as the 19-year-old Tien advanced to the quarterfinals of the Mallorca Championships in Spain.,Tien, ranked No. 67 in the world, had 16 fewer unforced errors (38-22) than No. 10 Shelton, who led 4-1 in the second set ...

WTA roundup: Iga Swiatek earns milestone win at Bad Homburg
Fourth-seeded Iga Swiatek overcame a slow start against another former World No. 1, Victoria Azarenka, to win 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday at the Bad Homburg Open in Germany.,Poland's Swiatek notched her 300th career tour-level win and first of the grass-court season after being down 4-1 in the first set to ...

ATP roundup: Brit Jacob Fearnley pulls off early upset in Eastbourne
Jacob Fearnley of Great Britain needed just 65 minutes to take down Italian fifth seed Flavio Cobolli in the first round of the Lexus Eastbourne Open on Tuesday in England.,Fearnley, ranked No. 51 in the world, won four ATP Challenger Tour titles last year, but he remains in search of his first ATP ...

ATP roundup: France's Alexandre Muller falls in Spain
Russia's Roman Safiullin sent fifth-seeded Alexandre Muller of France packing with a 7-6 (5), 7-5 win in first-round play on the grass at the Mallorca Championships in Spain. Safiullin entered the match ranked 75th in the world while Muller was No. 40.,Sixth-seeded Gabriel Diallo of Canada took care...

WTA Roundup: Lulu Sun knocks off defending champ Daria Kasatkina at Eastbourne
Wimbledon quarterfinalist Lulu Sun emerged on top after a grueling three-setter to defeat No. 1 seed and defending champion Daria Kasatkina 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 at the Eastbourne Open on Monday.,Dealing with blustery conditions, New Zealand's Sun converted 4 of 6 break points in the first set and rallied f...

Eagles QB Jalen Hurts writes football-based children's book
Super Bowl-winning quarterback Jalen Hurts is releasing a children's book next year.,Hurts announced the new work on social media on Monday, posting a photo of the cover on X.,It's called "Better Than a Touchdown" and is set to be released March 10.,<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="zxx" di...
MLB's Biggest Midseason Surprises: Rafael Devers Trade, Cal Raleigh’s Power Surge, and More
From the shocking Rafael Devers trade to Cal Raleigh’s record home run pace and the Rockies’ historically awful season, here are MLB’s biggest first-half surprises....
David Ortiz Takes Shot at Rafael Devers as Red Sox Drama Continues
Rafael Devers’ messy Red Sox exit gets even uglier as David Ortiz takes a jab on Instagram. Devers now embraces first base with the Giants....

Giants expect WR Malik Nabers (toe) for training camp
New York Giants head coach Brian Daboll said Wednesday that he isn't concerned about star wide receiver Malik Nabers' availability for training camp.,Daboll said the team is aware of Nabers' ailing toe, an injury that he has dealt with dating back to his college days at LSU. But, the coach said Nabe...

WTA roundup: Tatjana Maria rides serve to title in London
German qualifier Tatjana Maria captured her fourth career title with a 6-3, 6-4 win over eighth-seeded Amanda Anisimova on Sunday in the final of the HSBC Championships in London.,With her husband and two daughters in attendance, Maria fired seven aces and won 66 percent of her first serves to dispa...

ATP roundup: Taylor Fritz upends Alexander Zverev in Germany
Second-seeded Taylor Fritz recorded a 6-3, 7-6 (0) win over home favorite Alexander Zverev in the final of the BOSS Open on Sunday at Stuttgart, Germany.,Fritz fired 11 aces to defeat the top-seeded German for the fifth straight time and capture his first title of the year and ninth overall. ,The Am...

ATP roundup: Taylor Fritz charges into final at Stuttgart
Taylor Fritz earned a spot in his first tour-level final since November with a 6-4, 7-6 (5) victory over Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime in the BOSS Open semifinals at Stuttgart, Germany.,Fritz will face home favorite Alexander Zverev in the final after the Germany native and top seed earned a 7-6 (8...