Playoff-hungry Blue Jays host hot Royals with 30 games left in regular season
The Toronto Blue Jays, with 30 games left in their regular season, begin a sprint, with hurdles, to the finish line Tuesday night against the visiting Kansas City Royals.
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NBA Summer Forecast 2026-27: Conference champions and Finals predictions - ESPN
The NBA has had eight different champions since 2019: the Toronto Raptors, Los Angeles Lakers, Milwaukee Bucks, Golden State Warriors, Denver Nuggets, Boston Celtics, Oklahoma City Thunder and New York Knicks. Will the 2027 Finals follow the same script?
Gauff powers past Pegula to win Cincinnati WTA 1000 crown
CINCINNATI: Coco Gauff made a statement with the US Open approaching, dominating Jessica Pegula 6-2, 6-4 to win her first title of 2026 at the WTA 1000 in Cincinnati. World number four Gauff claimed her first WTA title since last October in Wuhan, having come up short in finals in Miami and Rome this year. Her victory over third-ranked Pegula gave her a second Cincinnati crown. Gauff earned her first in 2023, going on to claim the first of her two Grand Slam titles at the US Open that year. It was the first all-American WTA final in Cincinnati since Rosie Casals beat Nancy Richey 1970. Gauff polished off an impressive tournament with a victory in 75 minutes and will head to New York on riding a wave of confidence for the start of the US Open next Sunday. Pegula, coming off a hard-fought win over defending champion Iga Swiatek, had no answer for Gauff’s speed and aggression. Gauff broke Pegula twice for a 4-0 lead and was up 5-0 before Pegula got on the scoreboard, holding serve and clawing back a break. It was a brief reprieve as Gauff broke again to pocket the opening set after 34 minutes. The second set was more of the same, Gauff breaking on the way to a 3-0 lead and Pegula playing catch-up. Gauff polished off the victory on her first match point to conclude 12 days of tennis at the sprawling Midwest venue. Gauff’s win squared the career series between the two at five wins each.
Fonseca pulls out of US Open injured
NEW YORK, Aug 24 : Brazil's Joao Fonseca has pulled out of the U.S. Open due to an abdominal injury, the 20-year-old said on Instagram on Monday, marking the latest high-profile absence in the men's singles field.
Former NBA players Kanter Freedom, White not eligible for WNBA, sources say
NEW YORK, Aug 24 : Two former NBA players who sought to enter the 2027 WNBA draft are not eligible to participate in the women's basketball league, according to sources around the league on Monday.
Federer playing Flushing Meadows exhibition in long overdue US Open sendoff
NEW YORK, Aug 24 : Roger Federer will make a long-awaited curtain call for his adoring fans at Flushing Meadows on Tuesday as the man who defined a generation of tennis plays in an exhibition event ahead of the U.S. Open singles main draw.
Roger Federer, 45, set to return, play exhibition at US Open - ESPN
NEW YORK — Roger Federer is actually nervous about his tennis.
Enes Kanter Freedom met with hostile WNBA fans en route to Fever-Sky matchup
Enes Kanter Freedom was met with hostility as he gets ready to watch the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky play. (Courtesy: Enes Kanter Freedom/America First Policy Institute)