Month: October 2018

6:23 AM ET Associated Press SHANGHAI — Patrick Reed had a Ryder Cup he’d like to forget and spent three weeks at home in Texas preparing to finish the year strong. He was at his best Thursday in the HSBC Champions. Even in blustery conditions, Reed putted for birdie on every hole at Sheshan International
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7:01 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — Karolina Pliskova won the first set to eliminate Petra Kvitova, and then won the second set to advance to the semifinals at the WTA Finals. Pliskova, who advanced from her group for the second straight year, beat Kvitova 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday to improve her record to 2-1
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6:35 AM ET British sprint king Mark Cavendish has extended his contract with African-based cycling outfit Team Dimension Data in a deal that will see his influence felt not just in the saddle. Cavendish, 33, will continue as a rider but will also become part of the team’s newly formed Supervisory Board. “After spending my
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3:46 AM ET PHOENIX — After an angry Luke Walton held nothing back on his team’s poor defense at the morning team meeting, the Los Angeles Lakers responded to their coach and rode a dominant second quarter to their first victory of the season. “We could feel his anger,” Lance Stephenson told ESPN’s Dave McMenamin
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The All Blacks have sprung a major surprise by naming Damian McKenzie to start at fullback in the third Bledisloe Cup Test in Yokohama on Saturday. Coach Steve Hansen has shuffled Ben Smith to the wing to make room for the diminutive but exciting McKenzie, who had been employed primarily as a bench impact player
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12:20 AM ET Former junior welterweight world titlist Chris Algieri, out of the ring since a fifth-round knockout loss to Errol Spence Jr. at welterweight in April 2016, is on the comeback trail. Algieri has ironed out his long-standing issues with Star Boxing promoter Joe DeGuardia, signed a new promotional contract with him and announced
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11:25 PM ET BOSTON — Two frigid games in Boston left Fenway fans feeling plenty warm. Now the Dodgers have to hope they can thaw quickly back in sunny California. J.D. Martinez capped yet another Red Sox two-out rally with a two-run single in the fifth inning, lifting Boston to a 4-2 win over Los
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11:29 PM ET On a rollercoaster day where both team’s fortunes nearly flipped upside down, many accepted the tie in the second India-West Indies ODI as a suitable result. But that moment at the end of West Indies’ innings itself was made by a stalemate that wasn’t apparent at first. MS Dhoni had made a
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10:40 PM ET James Harden left the Houston Rockets‘ 100-89 loss to the visiting Utah Jazz on Wednesday night with tightness in his hamstring, coach Mike D’Antoni said. The team is not certain about the severity of the injury. Harden will be re-evaluated Thursday. Harden was subbed out at 5:19 of the fourth quarter and
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