6:29 PM ET Rory McIlroy probably hasn’t even figured out what to buy first with his $15 million FedEx Cup check. Still, the start of a new season in golf is just about here. That means it’s never too soon to look ahead, to daydream about April in Augusta and the possibilities that come with
Month: September 2019
3:19 PM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Chicago Bears will open the regular season Thursday night against the Green Bay Packers with Eddy Pineiro as their starting place-kicker, coach Matt Nagy announced on Sunday. “We feel like he’s certainly earned it,” Nagy said. “We put him — he made it through a lot of
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium — There was a sombre and subdued atmosphere hanging over the Spa-Francorchamps paddock on Sunday ahead of the grand prix. The day before had brought the tragic news that Anthoine Hubert had succumbed to injuries sustained in a horrible collision with another driver during an F2 race at the Belgian circuit on Saturday
1:37 PM ET SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium — Ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix, Pierre Gasly asked his friend Charles Leclerc to go claim his first Formula One win for their friend Anthoine Hubert. Leclerc duly obliged on Sunday afternoon. The motor racing world was shaken this weekend after promising F2 driver Hubert, 22, was killed in
2:10 PM BST Wales’ head coach Warren Gatland has announced his squad for the Rugby World Cup, with a number of surprise calls having been made. Cory Hill was included despite fears that he may miss the opening two games of the tournament due to injury, while Rob Evans and Samson Lee missed out. Rhys
12:04 PM ET Associated Press Sebastian Soderberg won a five-man playoff for the European Masters title Sunday, sinking his birdie putt on the first extra hole as Rory McIlroy and the remaining competitors faltered. History repeated itself for McIlroy at the Crans-sur-Sierre club in the Swiss Alps, where he lost a playoff as a 19-year-old
10:24 AM ET SHANGHAI — Kemba Walker and Jayson Tatum are probably going to win a lot of games with the Boston Celtics over the next few years. Sunday they combined to play important roles in the first consequential win together as Team USA opened the FIBA World Cup with a 88-67 victory over the
9:20 AM ET HOUSTON — It’s mid-May in south Houston and Dana Holgorsen is holding court. He’s perched on a barstool next to two friends, TCU coach Gary Patterson and former Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops. They agreed to host a roundtable discussion for the Houston Touchdown Club (the organization usually hosts luncheons for the region’s
9:21 AM ET Kevin Pelton’s NBA mailbag returns, featuring your questions on how Team USA would do against the rest of the league, how long to believe in potential for high draft picks, gaps between advanced stats and the eye test and veteran players signing international deals. You can tweet your questions using the hashtag
12:47 AM ET Maybe, just maybe, Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields is that good. Maybe Auburn is capable of another special season under coach Gus Malzahn, and Oregon isn’t the Pac-12’s best hope. Or maybe it was all just another August mirage. Week 1 guarantees knee-jerk reactions and things you think you know — but