3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Gloucestershire 172 for 7 (Salter 4-12) tied with Glamorgan 172 for 5 (Fakhar 58) Glamorgan’s Andrew Salter returned the superb figures of 4 for 12 in three overs, including a first-ball wicket and three more in the space of seven deliveries, but AJ Tye battled back for Gloucestershire to seal
Month: August 2019
3:55 PM ET ESPN News Services MILTON KEYNES, England — Ashleigh Buhai of South Africa shot a 7-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead in the first round of the Women’s British Open on Thursday. Buhai finished just ahead of Japan’s Hinako Shibuno and American Danielle Kang, who each had a bogey in rounds of
3:10 PM ET The Texas A&M added their second commitment to the 2021 class by landing ESPN Junior 300 prospect Shadrach Banks on Thursday. Banks, who made the announcement on Twitter, is the No. 11 overall recruit in the ESPN Junior 300. The 6-foot, 194-pound receiver chose Texas A&M over his final list of Alabama,
3:01 PM ET Longtime Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster, who has coached with the Hokies for the previous 33 years, will retire after the 2019 season, the school announced on Thursday. Foster, the architect of Virginia Tech’s “Lunch Pail Defense,” is the longest continually tenured FBS assistant coach at the same school. He was
2:17 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The New York Rangers bought out the last two years of Kevin Shattenkirk‘s contract Thursday after deciding the defenseman doesn’t fit into their ambitious rebuild. Shattenkirk, 30, played 119 games with the Rangers over the last two seasons, scoring 51 points (7 goals, 44 assists) with a minus-29. But his
2:16 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Recently retired forward Matt Cullen is sticking with the Pittsburgh Penguins, joining the hockey operations department. The team announced Thursday that Cullen will have a player development role. General manager Jim Rutherford called Cullen a “valuable asset” who will put his 21 years of NHL experience to use
2:04 PM ET BUDAPEST, Hungary — Nico Hulkenberg still has a bitter taste in his mouth from his retirement from a promising position at the German Grand Prix last weekend. Hulkenberg was running in the top five for most of the afternoon as the conditions mixed up the order in the wildest race in recent
12:27 PM ET The defending national champion Clemson Tigers starts the season the way they finished last January — atop the Amway Coaches Poll. The Tigers received 59 of 65 first-place votes in the poll, released Thursday, giving them the top spot in the preseason coaches ranking for the first time in school history. No.
5:13 AM ET FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Atlanta Falcons tight end Austin Hooper couldn’t recall all the details, but he remembered being fascinated the first time he spoke with Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez. “Obviously, as a kid growing up watching him, I just enjoyed his style of play,” Hooper said. “I can’t tell you
11:29 AM ET ESPN News Services The San Francisco Giants have placed outfielder Alex Dickerson on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. The Giants announced the move before Thursday afternoon’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies. Dickerson, 29, missed two straight seasons in 2017 and 2018 because of back and elbow injuries. The