Month: January 2020

9:25 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Phil Mickelson called the concept of a new professional golf tour that would bring together big names with huge purses “intriguing,” adding that he is “curious” about what the Premier Golf League is putting together. Several players and agents have been approached by the league about participating, according to
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9:08 PM ET ST. LOUIS — It might be a work in progress when it arrives, but the NHL will have puck and player tracking in every arena beginning next season. During his All-Star Game news conference, commissioner Gary Bettman said that puck and player tracking will be “up and running in the arenas of
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8:27 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — The PGA Tour is raising the prize money at The Players Championship to $15 million, making it the largest purse in golf unless any of the majors decide to up the ante this year. The winner of the March 12-15 event at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra
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8:08 PM ET MIAMI — Heat coach Erik Spoelstra responded swiftly to swingman Jimmy Butler not being selected as a starter for next month’s All Star game in Chicago, calling his omission “a joke” and adding that he’s hopeful it will help change the voting process. “I just think it’s ridiculous that we’re still in
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1:01 AM GMT Varun Shetty January 25: Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Renegades in Sydney Our XI: Aaron Finch, Moises Henriques, Steven Smith, Beau Webster, Mohammad Nabi, James Vince, Josh Philippe, Ben Dwarshuis, Cameron Boyce, Tom Curran, Kane Richardson NOTE: We might not always be able to tip you off about late injury (or other relevant)
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7:55 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle will be making his Super Bowl debut on Feb. 2 and, in addition to his large entourage of friends and family, he’ll be bringing a couple of special guests along with him. In conjunction with financial-services company USAA and the Tragedy
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7:31 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Already a World Series MVP, six-time All-Star and five-time Gold Glove catcher, Salvador Perez became something else when he stepped onto the main stage at the Kansas City Royals‘ annual FanFest: a U.S. citizen. Perez took his oath of citizenship on Friday, the completion of a
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6:27 PM ET Former light heavyweight title challengers Anthony Smith and Glover Teixeira will headline UFC Fight Night on April 25, it was announced Friday. The event will take place in Smith’s home state of Nebraska, inside Lincoln’s Pinnacle Bank Arena. The 31-year-old Smith (32-14) hasn’t fought since he submitted Alexander Gustafsson in the fourth
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5:51 PM ET The agent for Stipe Miocic said Friday there is still no firm timeframe for the UFC heavyweight champion to return to competition and that Miocic could need more surgery. “Mr. Miocic’s health is his top priority,” agent Jim Walter told ESPN. “Until we are 100 percent confident — or at least remotely
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4:23 PM GMT James Harrington It’s the first Six Nations after a World Cup, and while not absolutely everything has changed — unless you’re France that is — plenty has. As is standard at the end of a World Cup cycle, plenty of players have retired: Rory Best, Guilhem Guirado, Louis Picamoles, Greig Laidlaw to
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