NEW YORK — ESPN averaged 1.1 million viewers across ESPN and ESPN2 on Friday, Sept. 4, the night Serena Williams and Venus Williams played their first U.S. Open doubles match together since 2022. The network released the figures Wednesday. Viewership peaked at 2.2 million between 9 and 9:15 p.m. CT....

CROMVOIRT, Netherlands — Rose Zhang went skydiving last week through a partnership with Red Bull, a jump that had been pushed back from March. On Thursday, U.S. captain Angela Stanford paired Zhang with Jennifer Kupcho for the fourth match of Friday morning’s foursomes at the Solheim Cup. The two tee...

MELBOURNE, Australia — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday that the league’s work is to reach an 18-game regular season before it looks for its next stage of growth. A permanent team based outside the United States is probably still several years away, Goodell said during Netflix’s broadcast from the...

MELBOURNE, Australia — The NFL has not finished its investigation into San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York, commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday, 17 days after York pleaded no contest to two misdemeanors in Ohio. On Netflix’s pregame show before the 49ers opened their season against the Los Angeles Rams at...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Los Angeles Rams receiver Davante Adams said Thursday that other NFL teams probably should adopt the Rams’ late-arrival approach to international travel. Adams made the comments in Melbourne, where the Rams landed just before dawn Thursday for Friday’s season opener against the San Francisco 49ers. The Rams...

MELBOURNE, Australia — The Los Angeles Rams touched down in Melbourne just before dawn Thursday, about 28 hours before kickoff of their season opener against the San Francisco 49ers. They plan to fly home before sunset Friday. That leaves about 36 hours on the ground between two flights of about...

NISHINOMIYA, Japan — Hanshin Tigers third baseman Teruaki Sato, the reigning Central League MVP, is expected to be posted for major league teams in early November, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Passan wrote Thursday that Sato could become the first reigning position-player MVP from Nippon Professional Baseball to join the...

CROMVOIRT, Netherlands — Europe’s Charley Hull and Lottie Woad will open the Solheim Cup on Friday against Nelly Korda and Allisen Corpuz of the U.S. The foursomes match tees off at 12:40 a.m. CT at Bernardus Golf, in front of an estimated 3,000 spectators in and around the horseshoe grandstand...

CROMVOIRT, Netherlands — Maja Stark and Linn Grant will play together in the fourth foursomes match of the Solheim Cup on Friday at Bernardus Golf. The Swedish pair faces Rose Zhang and Jennifer Kupcho of the U.S. at 1:16 a.m. CT. Stark is playing her third Solheim Cup. She said...

CROMVOIRT, Netherlands — Players and captains from the U.S. and Europe said Thursday that this week’s Solheim Cup will be played with respect, a year after heckling from fans marred the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in New York. Nelly Korda, the world’s top-ranked player, insisted the matches will be...