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Today in History: September 13, Rabin and Arafat sign Oslo Accord

Sep. 13, 2024 00:01 AM EDT

Today in History Today is Friday, Sept. 13, the 257th day of 2024. There are 109 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 13, 1993, at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands after...

Today in History: September 12, Voyager 1 leaves the solar system

Sep. 12, 2024 00:04 AM EDT

Today in History Today is Thursday, Sept. 12, the 256th day of 2024. There are 110 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 12, 2013, Voyager 1, launched 36 years earlier, became the first man-made spacecraft ever to leave the solar system. ...

Fritz returns to the ATP top 10, and Navarro is a career-high WTA No. 8 after the US Open

Sep. 09, 2024 10:49 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Open men's runner-up Taylor Fritz returned to the top 10 in the ATP rankings at No. 7 on Monday, and women's runner-up Jessica Pegula rose to No. 3 in the WTA list, while semifinalist Emma Navarro climbed to a career-best No. 8. Men's champion Jannik Sinner...

2024 US Open: Here’s how to watch on TV, betting odds and more you should know

Sep. 08, 2024 20:04 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Get caught up at the U.S. Open with a guide that tells you everything you need to know about how to watch the year's last Grand Slam tennis tournament, what the betting odds are, what the schedule is, who the defending champions are and more: Who are the betting...

US Open: 4 years later, what is happening with Djokovic's Professional Tennis Players Association?

Sep. 06, 2024 15:29 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The photo is, in many ways, a snapshot of a rather specific moment in time — August 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic — but it also remains a symbol of what Novak Djokovic and other players hope could end up being an important moment for the future of tennis. ...

Jannik Sinner plays Jack Draper in the US Open semifinals weeks after a doping exoneration

Sep. 05, 2024 16:06 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Six months after Jannik Sinner failed two drug tests, and 2 1/2 weeks after he was exonerated because he said trace amounts of an anabolic steroid entered his system unintentionally via a massage, the No. 1-ranked man in tennis will play in the U.S. Open semifinals. ...

US Open: No. 1 Jannik Sinner beats Daniil Medvedev to reach the semifinals

Sep. 05, 2024 00:16 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner used an aggressive, net-rushing style to reach the U.S. Open semifinals for the first time by getting past 2021 champion Daniil Medvedev 6-2, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Wednesday night. Sinner — a 23-year-old from Italy who was cleared in a doping...

Rafael Nadal tells a Spanish TV show he doesn't think Jannik Sinner intended to dope

Sep. 02, 2024 22:50 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Rafael Nadal told a Spanish television show that he doesn't think Jannik Sinner intended to use a banned substance and that the current No. 1-ranked man didn't receive preferential treatment when he was cleared of doping after testing positive twice in March for trace amounts of...

ESPN networks, ABC and Disney channels go dark on DirecTV on a busy night for sports

Sep. 01, 2024 21:37 PM EDT

ESPN has gone off the air on a major carrier for the second straight year during the U.S. Open tennis tournament and in the midst of the first full weekend of college football. Disney Entertainment channels went dark on DirecTV Sunday night after the sides were unable to reach a new...

Jannik Sinner never gives US Open opponent hope of an upset like those against Djokovic and Alcaraz

Sep. 01, 2024 00:14 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Jannik Sinner never gave his third-round opponent at the U.S. Open on Saturday, Chris O'Connell, even a moment to contemplate pulling off the sort of monumental upset that eliminated Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz. “It shows that this sport is unpredictable....