Month: October 2019

10:20 AM BST The Wallabies will make history on Saturday when they wear their indigenous jersey for the first time at the Rugby World Cup. They have only worn an indigenous strip twice before but the Wallabies insist the jersey’s meaning has already evolved from its first wear, against the All Blacks in Brisbane in
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10:47 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Nick Taylor had to scramble for par on his opening two holes Thursday, and then he couldn’t miss in the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Taylor ran off a six-hole stretch at 6-under par, including a drive on the 314-yard 14th hole at the TPC Summerlin that
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10:14 PM ET Ohn Youngmisuk HONOLULU — LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer made it clear he will not back down from a fight with Madison Square Garden and New York Knicks owner James Dolan and that MSG should be prepared for a long battle over litigation trying to block the building of Ballmer’s proposed new
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9:43 PM ET Former women’s featherweight world titleholder Heather Hardy has tested positive for the banned substance furosemide. The WBC announced on Thursday night that the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association reported to the sanctioning body that Hardy’s A sample from a random test conducted in her hometown of Brooklyn, New York, on Sept. 12 in connection
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9:18 PM ET Running back Khalil Herbert, Kansas’ leading rusher, is no longer with the Jayhawks, coach Les Miles has announced. Herbert said in a statement he posted on social media Thursday that he decided to redshirt before Kansas’ game at TCU last weekend. He wanted to return to the Jayhawks for his redshirt senior
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8:12 PM ET Associated Press THE COLONY, Texas — Stephanie Meadow had five straight birdies on the front nine and shot a career-best 8-under 63 in hot and humid conditions Thursday to take the first-round lead in the LPGA Tour’s Volunteers of America Classic. “Sticky. I’m pretty hot, but it was a great day,” Meadow
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6:56 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw doesn’t spend much time outside of the immediate moment. He is well aware of the narrative that surrounds him, of an elite regular-season pitcher who has struggled in the playoffs, but doesn’t give it much thought. Kershaw is instead consumed by a stringent routine, his focus never
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6:19 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Churchill Downs has signed an agreement to buy Turfway Park for $46 million with plans to eventually demolish its grandstand and build a $150 million racing and gambling facility on the site. Churchill’s purchase of the Florence, Kentucky, track from Jack Ohio LLC and Hard Rock International
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