Month: December 2019

8:54 PM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Adam Scott, Sergio Garcia, Ernie Els and other players at this week’s Australian Open could have another course hazard to contend with: smoke from nearby bushfires. A temperature inversion that formed over Sydney on Monday night trapped smoke in the region on Tuesday and caused considerable haze during
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7:40 PM ET Penn State junior defensive end Yetur Gross-Matos announced Tuesday that he will enter the 2020 NFL draft. Gross-Matos, a first-team selection for the All-Big Ten defensive team, led the Nittany Lions with 8.5 sacks and 14 tackles for loss this season. He is ranked third on ESPN draft insider Mel Kiper’s list
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7:16 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With injuries mounting at running back, the Kansas City Chiefs signed veteran Spencer Ware. Ware played for the Chiefs from 2015 through last season and led the team in rushing in 2016 with 921 yards. Injuries to Damien Williams (rib) and Darrel Williams (hamstring) left the Chiefs before
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5:50 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Gerrit Cole, the top pitcher on the free-agent market, was set to meet with New York Yankees officials in California on Tuesday. General manager Brian Cashman, manager Aaron Boone and new Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake made the trip to speak with the 29-year-old right-hander, according
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1:32 PM ET Alistair Overeem is a Netherlands-based heavyweight with a kickboxing background. Jairzinho Rozenstruik is a Netherlands-based heavyweight with a kickboxing background. Their fight careers, however, are at very different places. Overeem, a 39-year-old veteran of 63 professional MMA fights who is a former champion in the Strikeforce, Dream and K-1 promotions, faces relative
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3:56 PM ET NASSAU, Bahamas — Tiger Woods twice turned down offers to play in the controversial Saudi International tournament on the European Tour, but he defended Phil Mickelson‘s decision to play the event early next year. Woods, who begins play in the Hero World Challenge on Wednesday at Albany Golf Club, was offered in
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2:21 PM ET PHOENIX — The tournament chairman of the Waste Management Phoenix Open is “disappointed” that Phil Mickelson became the most recent PGA Tour golfer to decide to play in the controversial Saudi Invitational instead of the Arizona event in which he’s participated for 30 years. Phoenix Open chairman Tim Woods said he’s not
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1:50 PM ET NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets will continue to play without All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving for at least the next two games, coach Kenny Atkinson said after practice on Tuesday. Atkinson said Irving, who has missed the past nine games because of a right shoulder impingement, will stay behind and continue
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