The Latest: Nishikori retires with injury, Cilic advances
LONDON (AP) — The Latest from Wimbledon (all times local): Kei Nishikori retired from his fourth-round match against Marin Cilic because of injury.The fifth-seeded Japanese player was trailing 6-1, 5-1 when he decided to stop the match, giving Cilic a spot in the Wimbledon quarterfinals.Nishikori warmed up for Wimbledon by playing on grass in Halle, Germany, but he pulled out before his second match because of a rib injury.Cilic, who will next face either Roger Federer or Steve Johnson in the q..>> view originalPanthers ink F Reilly Smith to five-year extension
Robert Mayer-USA TODAY Sports The Florida Panthers continued to lock up its young core, signing second line winger Reilly Smith to a five-year, $25M contract. Smith's new deal will kick in at the start of the 2017-18 season. He will become an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2022. The final year of his current contract has a AAV annual of $3,425,000. The 25-year-old native of Etobicoke, ON scored a career-high 25 goals and added 25 assists in his first season with the Panthers ..>> view originalAllyson Felix, Justin Gatlin big winners at US trials
EUGENE, Ore. -- When English Gardner failed to qualify for the U.S. Olympic team at the 2012 track and field trials here, she left the track at Hayward Field, went to her car, opened the door, sat down and started bawling.If Gardner shed any tears on Sunday, they were tears of happiness. That's because she won the women's 100-meter dash to make the U.S. team. Her time of 10.74 seconds was the second fastest in the world this year, the seventh fastest all time and fourth fastest by an American wo..>> view originalKerber Leads Way Into Women's Quarterfinals at Wimbledon
LONDON — Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber advanced to the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the second time in three years Monday, beating Misaki Doi 6-3, 6-1 at the start of the busiest day in Grand Slam tennis.The fourth-seeded German needed just over an hour to defeat the 49th-ranked Doi, who was the first Japanese woman to reach the fourth round of a major tournament in 10 years.It was the first match between the two lefthanders since January's Australian Open, where Kerber saved a matc..>> view originalWhich teams made the best moves on Day 3 of NBA free agency?
On Day 3 of NBA free agency, some teams added key pieces to their rosters, while others made questionable deals. Here's a team-by-team analysis of the latest major and minor deals: (To look back at Friday's best, worst and craziest contracts, click ...>> view originalMavericks' Deron Williams: Goes back to Dallas on one-year deal
Williams (sports hernia) agreed Sunday to re-sign with the Mavericks on a one-year, $10 million contract, ESPN.com's Marc Stein reports.Williams was probably the top point guard left on the free agent market after Mike Conley, Rajon Rondo and Jeremy Lin found homes, and the Mavericks did well to retain him at a relative discount compared to some of the lavish deals others have received this offseason. Once one of the premier players at his position, the 31-year-old Williams has seen his produc..>> view originalAndy Murray vs. Nick Kyrgios: Where the match will be won
WIMBLEDON, London -- It's the pick of the last-16 matches in the men's singles as the hero of the home crowd meets the villain of popular perception. ESPN's Darren Cahill, who has worked with Andy Murray and coached Andre Agassi and Lleyton Hewitt, and world No.21 Feliciano Lopez, who has hit with the Briton many times and was beaten by Nick Kyrgios in the last round, identify the potential pivotal points:Emotional controlNick Kyrgios' demeanour on court could keep body language experts occupied..>> view originalJordan Wilimovsky hangs tough with Connor Jaeger at U.S. Olympic swimming trials
OMAHA, Neb. >> Jordan Wilimovsky stuck with American-record miler Connor Jaeger longer Sunday night than at least one person planned.“I was hoping that I was going to be able to break him a little bit earlier,” Jaeger said after the men’s 1,500-meter freestyle final or so-called mile to cap the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials.“I never really broke him.”The 22-year-old Wilimovsky from Malibu High and Team Santa Monica couldn’t be broken on the final day of Trials but history was at CenturyLink Cen..>> view originalStriker Giroud is gunning for goalkeeper Neuer at Euro 2016.
AP 9:48 a.m. EDT July 4, 2016(Photo: The Associated Press)PARIS (AP) — Olivier Giroud is gunning for goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.With 10 goals in his past 11 games for France, Giroud is in the best form of his career heading into the European Championship semifinal against Germany on Thursday.He also has a taste for scoring against Neuer."Of course he's a key player for them, but I've scored a few against him," Giroud said Monday. "In any case, he's not an insurmountable wall."When Fran..>> view original
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