5:47 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Moving on from a devastating summer of losing his child, Camilo Villegas made a 10-foot birdie putt on his final hole Thursday for a 6-under 64 and a share of the lead with Matt Wallace in the RSM Classic. Villegas and Wallace each finished on
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6:21 PM ET Associated Press BELLEAIR, Fla. — Women’s Open winner Sophia Popov left top-ranked playing partner Jin Young Ko and everyone else behind Thursday in the Pelican Women’s Championship. Popov shot a 6-under 64 in windy conditions to take a two-stroke lead over Ashleigh Buhai, with Ko eight shots behind after a 72 in
1:19 PM ET Editor’s note: This has been updated with Thursday’s news that Conor McGregor has signed his bout agreement to face Dustin Poirier on Jan. 23. UFC superstar Conor McGregor will return to the Octagon and face Dustin Poirier as the main event of UFC 257 on Jan. 23. The site has not yet
6:50 PM GMT Georgia coach Levan Maisashvili has named a new half-back pairing to face Wales in their Autumn Nations Cup fixture in Llanelli on Saturday in a major change to the side that was trounced 40-0 by England last weekend. The experienced Vasil Lobzhanidze comes in at scrumhalf to partner Tedo Abzhandadze in the
12:09 PM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers will begin defense of their World Series championship on the road against the Colorado Rockies as part of an Opening Day quadruple-header to be broadcast on ESPN on Thursday, April 1, 2021. In all, ESPN will cover 11 season-opening games, involving 19 different teams, over the first week
3:46 PM ET Detroit Lions rookie running back D’Andre Swift didn’t practice Thursday due to a concussion, leaving his status for Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers in doubt considering the NFL’s concussion protocol rules. It’s not clear when Swift suffered the concussion. He was not listed on the team’s injury report Wednesday and spoke
1:47 PM ET Golden State Warriors star guard Klay Thompson has suffered a season-ending Achilles tendon tear, a source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Thompson suffered a right leg injury during a workout Wednesday in Southern California, the team announced. He underwent an MRI on Thursday morning. Thompson was playing with several NBA players in Los
Nov 19, 2020 James Botham, grandson of former England cricketer Ian Botham, was among three uncapped players named by Wales in their side to face Georgia in the Autumn Nations Cup on Saturday. Cardiff Blues flanker Botham, 22, goes straight into the team despite having only been brought into the squad at the start of
2:23 PM ET The Pac-12 has loosened its scheduling restrictions for the 2020 season and will allow nonconference football games to be played if they meet a certain criteria. “The Pac-12 is committed to maintaining maximum flexibility to provide our football student-athletes with an opportunity to compete, while continuing to ensure that health and safety
8:35 AM ET Associated Press Tiger Woods still has one tournament left this year that might feel as big as any to him. The PNC Championship announced Thursday that Woods will play with 11-year-old son Charlie in the tournament that has paired major champions with their sons since 1995, the year before the 44-year-old Woods
8:55 AM ET AJ McKee was 12 years old at his childhood home in Long Beach, California, when he wrote himself a mock check for $1 million. The check was from McKee to McKee. The verbiage the then-preteen used to indicate the amount was “1 mil.” “I just always wanted to be a millionaire,” McKee
MS Dhoni can be seen wearing a black t-shirt, with Sakshi comfortable in a silver-coloured dress.© Instagram MS Dhoni’s wife Sakshi, who celebrated her 32nd birthday on Thursday, posted an adorable picture with her husband, with both of them sporting a big smile. Sakshi posted the picture on her Instagram account with Dhoni seen wearing
The South African edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup was earlier scheduled in November 2022.© AFP The South African edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup was on Thursday postponed by three months to February 2023 to avoid a cluster of big-ticket events in 2022 and manage players’ workload, International Cricket Council (ICC) announced
12:57 PM ET Jeff Carlisle Close U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Austin Lindberg The 2020 MLS Cup playoffs are upon us, with games beginning this Friday, and with 18 clubs vying for an opportunity to lift that most prized piece of silverware, ESPN’s Jeff Carlisle
8:52 AM ET Katie Taylor, an Olympic gold medalist, two-weight world champion and current undisputed lightweight champion of the world, is now ESPN’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter. Taylor dominated Miriam Gutierrez to score a one-sided unanimous decision victory on Nov. 14. That win impressed most of our voters and pushed her past Claressa Shields for
11:27 AM GMT England coach Eddie Jones has reverted to his World Cup back row of Tom Curry, Sam Underhill and Billy Vunipola for Saturday’s Nations Cup match against Ireland at Twickenham. The powerful trio are reunited for the toughest game England have faced since the restart after easy wins over Italy and Georgia. Maro
10:50 AM ET The most important thing that happens in boxing in 2020 might be what occurs inside the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, California, on Thursday night. The fabled gym founded by Freddie Roach and occupied by many boxing greats over the years, including Manny Pacquiao, will host the first three installments of
10:45 AM ET The National Hockey League is not exactly known for its ingenuity. Its most successful invention in the past 15 years was “a hockey game, but outside.” They moved from 5-on-5 overtime to 4-on-4 overtime, added a shootout, realized the shootout was terrible, and the solution was 3-on-3 hockey. Again, not exactly reinventing