7:25 PM ET Dustin Johnson, on the heels of his first FedEx Cup victory last week, was named the PGA Tour’s Player of the Year on Monday. Johnson was voted the recipient of the tour’s Jack Nicklaus Award, while Scottie Scheffler received the Arnold Palmer Award as the PGA Tour’s Rookie of the Year. The
5:57 PM ET Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — A Georgia man was sentenced Monday to more than two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a scheme that used stolen identities to obtain tickets to the Masters golf tournament. Federal prosecutors say Stephen Michael Freeman, 42, of Athens, and three family members in Texas
5:55 PM ET Billionaire Steve Cohen reached an agreement Monday to take majority ownership of the New York Mets. The sale is subject to the approval of the Major League Baseball club owners. Once that hurdle is cleared, he’ll assume full control of the franchise. At least 23 of the 30 owners will need to
6:50 PM ET The subtext to Chelsea‘s £220 million summer spending spree is Frank Lampard’s judgement that many of his existing squad were not at the required level. Lampard will be satisfied the Blues started their much-anticipated Premier League campaign with a 3-1 win at Brighton, but if anything the players who have been asked
2:56 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — Andy Murray received a wild card into the French Open on Monday. The former No. 1 was the only non-Frenchman of eight players to be given a pass into the main draw of the clay-court Grand Slam, which begins in 13 days. Murray was also awarded a wild
Sep 14, 2020 Grigor Dimitrov and Marin Cilic will both progress into the Italian Open second round after securing wins in the first round of the tournament on Monday. No. 15 seed Dimitrov beat wildcard Gianluca Mager from Italy 7-5, 6-1 in just over an hour. He will face the winner of Yoshihito Nishioka and
2:23 PM ET Elise Mertens made a smooth transition from hardcourts to clay on Monday with a straight sets victory over Hsieh Su-Wei. The No. 11 seed beat Su-Wei 6-3, 6-1 after losing out in the US Open quarterfinals to eventual runner-up Victoria Azarenka. Mertens struck 17 winners and converter six of 11 break point
2:30 PM ET NEW YORK — The most extraordinary US Open ever staged produced the most remarkable men’s final, as well as a dramatic, high-quality women’s final, with Dominic Thiem and Naomi Osaka emerging as the respective, worthy champions. Yet the real star of this tournament was, well, the tournament. From the early stages of
Britain’s Lizzy Banks claimed stage four of the Giro Rosa in Tivoli. The 29-year-old, who won stage eight of last year’s race, prevailed in the 170km stage, the longest of the nine in the event, which concludes on Saturday. Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten, who has held the leader’s jersey since stage two, retained the
8:50 AM ET The first Sunday of the NFL season was wild. The NFC’s worst team from 2019 won, while the defending NFC champs lost. The team everyone insisted was tanking for top 2021 quarterback prospect Trevor Lawrence won, in part because Philip Rivers threw an interception while his team was trailing late in the
Jofra Archer said England have not “forgotten about the Black Lives Matter” campaign after they were strongly criticised by West Indies great Michael Holding for no longer taking a knee. England and West Indies cricketers adopted the gesture at the start of each of their three Tests in July to show their support for the
Ravindra Jadeja, Piyush Chawla, Kedar Jadhav showed some of their dance moves in the video© Twitter With the Indian Premier League (IPL) set to begin on September 19, Ravindra Jadeja took to Twitter to share a cheerful dance video with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) teammates Piyush Chawla and Kedar Jadhav. Reassuring fans that everything is
7:15 AM ET KENNETH FERRIE WAS already cooked when he stood near Phil Mickelson on the 72nd tee of the United States Open. The Englishman could have slipped under the ropes inside Winged Foot, the Yankee Stadium of golf, and joined the thousands of New Yorkers cheering for their left-hander to close it out. Ferrie,
Susie Wolff has memories of Lewis Hamilton that go back to a childhood spent racing karts against each other, an era of innocence in what she calls the purest form of racing where money and politics and gender played no part. “We’ve known each from the age of eight,” says Wolff. “We competed against each
7:00 AM ET First, a flashback to the most impressive throw I’ve ever seen in person. It came in a spring game — the 2009 Missouri spring game, to be exact. Blaine Gabbert, the home-state, five-star QB, was prepping to become the starter. On one play in the scrimmage, the sophomore-to-be rolled left, couldn’t find
9:32 AM ET The summer transfer window has now entered its final three weeks, with all business in Europe’s major leagues needing to be completed by Oct. 5, but so far, most top clubs have been cautious with big money moves in the market due to the financial uncertainty created by the coronavirus pandemic. Chelsea
12:52 PM ET Former UFC fighter Artem Lobov is returning to MMA. The 34-year-old Lobov (13-15-1, 1 NC) signed a one-fight deal with European-based Arena Fight Championship to fight on their Dec. 12 card in Marseille, France. Lobov will fight Ylies Drijoun (17-6). A fan favorite due to his fighting style and relationship with teammate
Defending Tour de France champion Egan Bernal said he “felt empty” as he lost more than seven minutes to leader Primoz Roglic on Sunday’s Grand Colombier climb. The Ineos Grenadiers rider is all but out of contention for the win with a week of the race still to go. Roglic leads Tadej Pogacar by 40