Month: January 2019

10:54 PM ET Associated Press KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii — David Toms shot his second straight 7-under 65 on Friday to take a four-stroke lead in the PGA Tour Champions’ season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship. Toms, 52, had eight birdies and a bogey on another windy day at Hualalai. “It was a tougher day today,” Toms said. “I
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9:33 AM ET ESPN News Services MELBOURNE, Australia — It was all a bit overwhelming for the latest opponent who could do nothing to slow Serena Williams at the Australian Open. So Dayana Yastremska, an 18-year-old from Ukraine, found herself wiping away tears as she walked to the net. Williams knows what it’s like to
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10:17 PM ET Former Washington Capitals coach Barry Trotz, making his first visit to Capital One Arena as coach of the New York Islanders, was greeted with a standing ovation Friday night when a video tribute in his honor played during the first break in action. Trotz saluted the fans throughout the video, which ended
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9:04 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao, fighting for the first time in the United States in 26 months, heard cheers from the thousands inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Friday when he came to the stage for his weigh-in for his fight against Adrien Broner, who also had many fans rooting wildly
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9:35 PM ET CHICAGO — Cubs star Kris Bryant expressed frustration for free agents Bryce Harper and Manny Machado, who remain unsigned with less than a month to go before spring training begins. With the offseason providing few answers for baseball’s superstar free agents, we shed some light on where things stand and where they’re
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8:50 PM ET Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. — Vincent Trocheck returned to the Florida Panthers‘ lineup Friday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs after missing nearly two months. The 25-year-old center missed 27 games since breaking his right ankle in a game against the Ottawa Senators on Nov. 19. He practiced with the Panthers for
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8:29 PM ET For the first time in his professional career, Phil Mickelson will skip his hometown PGA Tour event, the Farmers Insurance Open. Mickelson, 48, who is leading the Desert Classic through 36 holes, said Friday he would not play next week at Torrey Pines, the San Diego course where he has played 28
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8:06 PM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Trent Dilfer, the former NFL quarterback who won the Super Bowl in 2001 with the Baltimore Ravens, has been hired as head football coach at a Tennessee high school. Lipscomb Academy athletic director Dr. Mike Roller announced the hiring Friday. Dilfer says he felt led to Lipscomb
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7:40 PM ET Associated Press LA QUINTA, Calif. — Phil Mickelson birdied four of his last five holes Friday in the Desert Classic to take a two-stroke lead into the weekend in his first event of the year. A day after matching his career-low score with 12-under 60 at La Quinta Country Club, Mickelson had
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