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They had played on and on, through 6 1/2 hours of ho-hum hold after ho-hum hold, during the second-longest match in the history of a tournament that began in 1877, all the way until the never-ending serving marathon did, finally, end at 26-24 in the fifth set Friday, with Anderson claiming the most important of the 569 points — the last. So when Anderson left Centre Court, well aware that his 7-6 (6), 6-7 (5), 6-7 (9), 6-4, 26-24 victory earned him the chance to win his first Grand Slam title at age 32, the South African said: “At the end, you feel like this is a draw between the two of us....

With the mid-season league break almost coming to its end, the M-League scheduled to resume and the Malaysia Cup set to kick off in early July, Selangor’s Indonesia star Andik Vermansah is raring for another crack at the cup again. Having recovered from a lengthy injury he picked up late last season while playing for the Garudas, to rejoin Selangor’s competitions squad in the mid-season transfer window, the winger used the competitions break to work on his fitness....

Reed makes it a point to communicate with Kelly often — he did it Thursday, in fact — to check on how the fellow Bills legend is doing in his recovery from cancer. MORE: Best players to have never won a Super Bowl | Belichick, Brady think Seau a lock for Hall | This year’s finalists “He’s getting stronger, his health is coming back,” Reed told Sporting News. “The guy has been through a lot....

NEW YORK — Viewers eager to watch “The Contender” won’t have to wait long to see Andre Ward feeling absolutely torn. The retired, undefeated unified super middleweight and lightweight champion, who was regarded as the pound-for-pound best boxer of his generation, surprises contestants on the reality show to find boxing’s next star by sparring with them early in the season. Right then and there, the same juices that made the S....

That was the case Monday as Anaheim Ducks forward Andrew Cogliano saw his consecutive games played streak snapped at 830 and had to watch from the sidelines for the first time in his career as his team fell 3-1 to the streaking Colorado Avalanche. MORE: NHL All-Star Game 2018: Breaking down the worst snubs, best 3-on-3 combinations Cogliano was suspended two games by the NHL on Sunday for an interference penalty committed against Los Angeles Kings’ forward Adrian Kempe during the first period of the Ducks’ 4-2 win....

Hulu’s Under the Banner of Heaven not only recounts the tragic events of the double-murder from the 1980s but draws on the history of Mormonism and fundamentalists. Under the Banner of Heaven explores how someone’s devotion to their faith could have been cited as the reason for such a grizzly crime. This was first done by the John Krakauer novel that the Hulu series adapted. RELATED: Only Murders In The Building Renewed For Season 3...

The other three, the ones closest to the locker rooms and primary areas of activity, are always bustling with people rushing around, be they media members or tournament personnel or whatever other souls have the appropriate credentials draped around their neck.
That one corner is where Andrew Wiggins watched his brother, Nick, play basketball Friday evening. These were rare, and almost certainly welcome, moments of quiet for the Kansas superstar freshman....

The former world No. 1 is making his comeback in singles just over six months after undergoing hip resurfacing surgery and having returned in doubles. Having accepted a wild card into the ATP Masters 1000 event, Murray — a three-time Grand Slam champion — is facing a tough run. Murray will face Richard Gasquet in the opening round and he holds an 8-3 win-loss record over the Frenchman. If the two-time Cincinnati champion can win his opener, Murray will face fourth seed Dominic Thiem, while the Brit is in the same quarter as Alexander Zverev and half as Rafael Nadal....

And as the Chiefs have raced off to an unexpected 4-0 start with their first-year starting QB, perhaps it’s also long overdue to put Reid in the conversation of best NFL coaches of all time. QUARTER-SEASON AWARDS:Andy Reid for coach of the year? Currently ranked ninth in all-time victories among NFL coaches with 198 (regular and postseason), Reid is rarely mentioned as a legendary coach when compared to the likes of Don Shula, George Halas, Bill Belichick and Tom Landry....

Andy Reid decided to send Mahomes back onto the field to start the second half after he missed the final Chiefs drive before halftime. The decision paid off as Mahomes led Kansas City to 10 second-half points to avoid the upset and advance to the franchise’s fifth consecutive AFC championship game appearance. “It was hard getting him out of the game, first of all,” Reid said. “He wanted to fight and so we got him out, went to the X-ray, got it X-rayed, looked at it, taped....

Will Tampa Bay coach Bruce Arians follow suit this year? Those veteran coaches meet in Super Bowl 55 on Sunday. Reid and Arians are among the six NFL 60-or-older coaches in the NFL, and both have a proven track record of success. Reid has led the Chiefs to five consecutive AFC West titles, and Kansas City has a chance to be the first team to repeat as Super Bowl champions since New England in 2003-04....

Last weekend at UFC Jacksonville, Angela Hill suffered a very controversial loss to former title challenger, Claudia Gadelha. Despite having a pretty dominant lead in round 2, most judges scored the fight for the Brazilian, leaving a majority section of fans and Hill stunned. The loss snapped a three-fight winning streak for the surging Hill with her record falling to 12-8. Post-fight, Claudia Gadelha didn’t wait long to callout former rival, Carla Esparza for a rematch and the two proceeded to take shots at each other....

Li Na announced her retirement after failing to overcome “chronic” injuries. The 32-year-old World No.6 won the Australian Open in January 2014 and the French Open in 2011. But she had not played since losing in the third round of Wimbledon in June and after undergoing a knee surgery in July. 0 votes

In every way but financially, it may have been a break for Wallace that 1996’s big fiction awards went to more modest, mainstream talents. It didn’t dent the critical reputation of the outrageously ambitious, 1,079-page novel “Infinite Jest,” and he got to keep his outsider cachet. “A Supposedly Fun Thing” is a comparable outrage to mainstream journalism. “I’m fresh in from the East Coast to go to the Illinois State Fair for a swanky East-Coast magazine....

Many edible plant products, such as French beans, soybeans and pomegranates, contain “phytoestrogens” that might combat ‘cancer, suggests Kenneth Setchell of the Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Washington. In his lab, rodents that are fed soy protein develop fewer tumors than those on a soy-free diet. This might help explain why women in Japan have low rates of breast cancer when they eat tofu, soy sauce and miso-all rich sources of good estrogen-but have “American” rates when they move to the United States and adopt a Western diet....

Anderson contested the second-longest match in Wimbledon history as he overcame John Isner 7-6 (8-6) 6-7 (5-7) 6-7 (9-11) 6-4 26-24 in an epic last-four tie on Friday. That encounter lasted six hours and 35 minutes, taking his total time on court prior to the final to just over 21 hours. The South African duly made a sluggish start against Djokovic on Sunday and, although he raised his level significantly in the third set, was beaten 6-2 6-2 7-6 (7-3) by the former world number one....

Drummond was shocked — shocked — and dismayed at being sent to a division rival shortly before 3 p.m. ET. The center sent this tweet to let everyone know how upset he was: A few thoughts here: It may be that the about-to-rebuild Pistons didn’t tell him the already-rebuilding Cavs were looking to acquire him and then gamble on him opting into the final year of his contract (at $28....

The midfielder cost Barcelona €35 million with a possibility of a further €20 million due in performance-based add-ons. Did they have to splash the cash on him? Will Gomes add immediate value to the first team, or was this move a statement of intent from Barcelona, an indicative ‘1-0’ in the off-field El Classico chronicles? Perhaps, it’s neither. In some quarters, Gomes is very highly rated. In others, Gomes is considered to be a tad bit overrated....