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Venus Williams will compete in women’s doubles at the US Open after receiving a wildcard entry with 2021 singles runner-up Leylah Fernandez.Williams and Canadian Fernandez will meet sixth seeds Lyudmyla Kichenok and Ellen Perez in the first round. The 45-year-old Williams is appearing at her first Grand Slam tournament in two years after making a comeback following 16 months away from the tour. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Highlights of the US Open match between Venus Williams and Karolina Muchova She competed in star-studded mixed doubles event last week, then in singles on Monday night…

ST. LOUIS (AP) Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras has been suspended for six games and fined an undisclosed amount for his tirade in St. Louis’ 7-6 win over Pittsburgh on Monday night. Contreras has informed Major League Baseball he plans to appeal the suspension, which means it will not take effect immediately. He was in the lineup for Tuesday night’s 8-3 loss to the Pirates and went 0 for 3, driving in a run with a groundout in the sixth inning. After the game, Contreras declined to comment about the suspension with his hearing pending. On Monday, Contreras threw a…

“It’s the Finals, man. I’ve worked my whole life to be here and I want to be out there to compete. Help my teammates any way I can.”That was Tyrese Haliburton after undergoing an MRI on his strained calf and before Game 6 of the NBA Finals last June. He knew the risk he was taking, he even called Kevin Durant — who had tried to play through a calf injury in the Finals with the Warriors and tore his Achilles — for advice. Haliburton got through Game 6, but early in Game 7, the worst possible outcome happened —…

Sheer Sports Management has announced the signing of three undefeated fighters Dalis Kaleiopu, Asa Stevens, and David Romero.

Subscribe to Yahoo Fantasy Forecast’Cram Week’ rolls along on the pod as the biggest weekend of fantasy drafting is fast approaching. Scott Pianowski joins Matt Harmon to share their most important fantasy takeaways from the preseason. If you missed any important fantasy news during the preseason, this is essentially the perfect recap for you. If you’re tired of the outrageous overreactions and hot takes from the preseason, this pod is also for you.Advertisement(5:15) – Fantasy fallout: Spencer Rattler named QB1 for Saints(8:20) – Fantasy fallout: Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift get engaged(16:15) – The 8 biggest fantasy takeaways from the…

Bears cornerback Zah Frazier, a fifth-round pick in the 2025 draft, will miss his entire rookie season on the Non-Football Injury/Illness list.Via Courtney Cronin of ESPN.com, G.M. Ryan Poles addressed the matter on Tuesday.“He had a situation that presented itself in a category that I would say [is] ‘personal,’” Poles said. “As we dug into it, tried to help him out, it revealed itself as something that happened before he got here. So, credit to our staff finding the root cause of what he was going through.“Kind of a bummer on the front end, but I think because of everyone’s…

Aug 26, 2025, 12:19 PM ETWe’ve reached a point in European football where the Premier League has by far the biggest spending power among the big five leagues. It had been a gradual push in the 21st century, before the COVID-19 pandemic truly solidified things. Ultimately, Premier League clubs were able to power through despite the loss of income from having no fans in the stands due to their massive TV deal, which wasn’t the same case elsewhere in Europe. Even with a stagnation in domestic TV money from the latest contract, they are still set up better than the…

Jorge CastilloAug 26, 2025, 04:21 PM ETCloseESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024.NEW YORK — The Mets are calling up top-tier pitching prospect Jonah Tong, manager Carlos Mendoza announced Tuesday, as the club continues to bolster its staff with young talent for the stretch run.Mendoza said Tong will start against the Miami Marlins on Friday in his major league debut.Tong pitched himself into the big league picture…

Coco Gauff joined a sparkling Naomi Osaka, rampant Iga Swiatek and defending champion Jannik Sinner in next round of the US Open on Tuesday.Gauff, who was playing her first match since adding biomechanics expert Gavin MacMillan to her coaching team in order to help with her shaky serving, navigated a big test against unseeded Ajla Tomljanovic 6-4 6-7 (2-7) 7-5. “It wasn’t the best,” Gauff said, “but I’m happy to get through.” Instagram This content is provided by Instagram, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You…

Eric MoodyAug 26, 2025, 06:53 AM ETCloseEric Moody is a writer for fantasy football, men’s and women’s basketball, and sports betting at ESPN. Eric joined ESPN in 2021 after working as a senior fantasy analyst at Pro Football Network. Prior to that, he spent much of his career as a manager at a Fortune 100 financial services company.It is peak fantasy football draft season, and the work you put in now can set up a championship run this fall. Mock drafts, statistics, trends and projections all matter, but so does how a player looks in live game action. I like…