Westbrook, Biles win athlete of year honors at The ESPYS
Westbook was the NBA MVP, led the league in scoring and set a record for most triple-doubles in a season with 42. The Oklahoma City Thunder star won the trophy over Kris Bryant of the Chicago Cubs, Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Olympic swim
Baseball chasing Dodgers, Astros on eve of second half
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Astros are looking down at the rest of the majors right now, and it's quite a gap at the moment.
NBA eliminates timeouts to keep the ends of games moving
The league's Board of Governors unanimously approved some changes that will potentially eliminate four timeouts per game, help speed up the final minutes of games and emphasize a timely resumption of play after halftime.
All rise as Judge smashes his way to Home Run Derby title
Judge, 6-foot-7 and 282 pounds, hit 47 home runs in the derby that totaled 3.9 miles. His longest drive of the night went 513 feet, and he topped 500 four times.
AL's Chris Sale, NL's Max Scherzer to start All-Star Game
The American League's starting batting order has combined for 181 home runs, led by New York Yankees rookie sensation Aaron Judge with 30. The National League's lineup has 158, topped by 26 from hometown star Giancarlo Stanton of the Miami Marlins.
2-time champ Nadal loses 15-13 in 5th set at Wimbledon
After repeatedly digging himself out of difficult situations, Nadal finally succumbed, broken in the last game of a 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 15-13 loss to Muller on Monday.
Giants swept heading into All-Star break
Stanton homered twice, the second coming after A.J. Ellis' tiebreaking two-run shot in the 11th inning, and Miami held on to beat San Francisco 10-8 on Sunday to complete the three-game sweep.
Kingly start from Hernandez gives Mariners 4-0 win over A's
Hernandez rediscovered some of his past form allowing two hits over six strong innings, and Nelson Cruz hit his 17th home run of the season to give the Mariners a 4-0 win over the Oakland Athletics.
Venus Williams wins, Kerber loses at Wimbledon
Williams, who last won the title at the All England Club in 2008, advanced to the Wimbledon quarterfinals by beating 19-year-old Ana Konjuh 6-3, 6-2 on Monday.
Marlins hold off rally in ninth, beat Giants 5-4
Justin Bour hit his 20th home run, Marcell Ozuna drove in two runs and the Marlins held on to beat the San Francisco Giants 5-4 on Saturday night.
