Month: May 2019

2:44 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff A back niggle has brought an early end to Kagiso Rabada‘s IPL season. Cricket South Africa has advised that the fast bowler return home as a precautionary measure ahead of the 2019 World Cup, which begins on May 30 with the tournament-opener between South Africa and hosts England. Rabada, the
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10:37 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Moments after the San Francisco 49ers used a fifth-round draft choice on linebacker Dre Greenlaw, a grateful father took to Twitter to thank Greenlaw for protecting his daughter at a fraternity party in 2015. Gerry Daly, who goes by @GerryDales on his Twitter handle, posted a series of
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10:09 PM ET The Washington Nationals have fired pitching coach Derek Lilliquist, general manager Mike Rizzo announced after the team’s 2-1 win against the Cardinals on Thursday night. Lilliquist had served in the role since November 2017. Washington minor league pitching coordinator Paul Menhart, who has been in that role since 2015, will replace Lilliquist,
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10:08 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Middleweight world titlist Demetrius Andrade has never fought in his hometown of Providence, Rhode Island, even though he has been a professional since 2008, following his stint on the U.S. Olympic team. But now Andrade will finally get the opportunity. Andrade will make his second title defense at the
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9:45 PM ET Associated Press DALY CITY, Calif. — Long-hitting Anne van Dam of the Netherlands two-putted for birdie on the par-5 18th for a 5-under 67 and a share of the first-round lead Thursday with South Koreans So Yeon Ryu and Eun-Hee Ji in the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship. The 23-year-old van Dam bogeyed two
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7:32 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Rory McIlroy made the most of his game and turned it into a 5-under 66 that gave him a share of the lead with Joel Dahmen after the opening round Thursday at the Wells Fargo Championship. McIlroy, a two-time winner at Quail Hollow, twice made birdie when
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