3:25 AM ET Associated Press SHIGA, Japan — So Yeon Ryu shot a 7-under 65 to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the Toto Japan Classic. Nasa Hataoka of Japan and South Koreans Jiyai Shin and In-Kyung Kim were a stroke back after rounds of 66 on Friday. Ten other players were
Month: November 2018
2:16 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — When Gordon Hayward went up to attempt to block a layup try by Milwaukee Bucks guard Pat Connaughton midway through the second quarter of the Celtics’ 117-113 victory at TD Garden, it looked like simply one moment among many in what easily was Hayward’s best game of the
1:17 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Jon Gruden stood by his claim that players are “dying” to play for the Oakland Raiders in 2019, adding that he doesn’t believe his current players took it as a message that they are not good enough. “I’m just trying to get people excited about the Oakland Raiders,”
2:48 PM ET Vinod Rai, the chairman of the Committee of Administrators (CoA) that is overseeing the BCCI, has categorically denied that he acted unilaterally in dealing with the controversy surrounding the sexual-harassment allegations raised by an anonymous person against BCCI chief executive officer Rahul Johri. Rai’s role came into focus after it emerged that
12:10 AM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Patrick Eaves is in the Anaheim Ducks‘ lineup for the first time this season following a health scare that cost him much of the 2017-18 season. Eaves returned for a game Thursday night against the New York Rangers. He played in only two games last season. He
11:52 PM ET The University of Maryland’s police department has opened an investigation into an altercation between two football players that occurred at the end of Tuesday’s practice. Police said in a statement Thursday that an athletics department employee alerted an officer, who was at Maryland’s practice at the time, to the fight. “The officer
10:20 PM ET Junior featherweight contender Diego De La Hoya has been a professional prize fighter since 2013 but has never had a chance to fight in his hometown of Mexicali, Mexico or even in his home country. That will change when De La Hoya, the 24-year-old first cousin of Hall of Famer and promoter
9:34 PM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print LAS VEGAS — Peter Uihlein topped the leaderboard at 8-under 63 on Thursday in the Shriners Hospitals For Children Open, with Jordan Spieth 3 strokes back in his season debut. Uihlein birdied six of his final nine holes in the morning round at
9:22 PM ET David Freese is returning to the Los Angeles Dodgers on a one-year, $5 million contract, according to multiple reports. The reigning NL champions held a $6 million option on the 35-year-old infielder, who joined the team in August after a trade from Pittsburgh Pirates. The team did not exercise the option, and
6:04 PM ET Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. — A former University of New Mexico kicker who was the first female to play and score in a Division I football game faces months of recovery after becoming seriously ill from an adverse reaction to a prescribed medicine. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that the