8:09 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Nineteen holes was not enough to decide “The Match” between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson on Friday at Shadow Creek. So they settled it in true gambling fashion by making a makeshift 20th hole, played from the practice putting green behind the clubhouse to a newly cut hole on
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12:17 AM ET ESPN staff The first two days of Week 13 had a little bit of everything. The Apple Cup in a snowstorm? Check. A 59-56 Big 12 showdown? Check. An Egg Bowl brawl that featured personal fouls on everyone? Yeah, we’ve had that, too. And the week is just getting started. Here’s what
8:16 PM ET Associated Press TOKYO — The Seibu Lions will begin the posting process for left-handed pitcher Yusei Kikuchi on Dec. 3 so that he can negotiate with teams in Major League Baseball. The posting period begins Dec. 5, and Kikuchi will have 30 days to sign a contract with a major league team.
7:31 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Boston Celtics forward Al Horford has a sore left knee and will miss a game for the first time of the season. Marcus Morris took Horford’s spot in the lineup against Atlanta, making his first start since last season. Horford was listed as probable with the same injury
6:56 PM ET Houston Texans owner Bob McNair died Friday at 80 in Houston. “It is with deep sadness that we announce Houston Texans Founder, Senior Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and philanthropist, Robert C. McNair passed away peacefully in Houston today with his loving wife, Janice, and his family by his side,” the team
6:16 PM ET After welterweight contender “Mean Machine” Egidijus Kavaliauskas knocked out Roberto Arriaza in the third round Nov. 16 with world titleholder Terence Crawford watching intently at ringside, Top Rank chairman Bob Arum, who promotes both of them, came to press row at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City and made his intentions clear.
6:15 PM ET All-American defensive tackle Ed Oliver‘s return to the Houston lineup on Friday vs. Memphis was cut short after aggravating his right knee injury, but it might not be the final collegiate game for the highly regarded NFL draft prospect. Oliver, who played in the first half of the Cougars’ 52-31 loss to
6:03 PM ET Those who weren’t planning on paying $19.99 for “The Match” between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson on Friday got a break when Turner executives decided, at the last minute, to give away its stream for free. A source told ESPN that a technical issue with the purchasing mechanism on Bleacher Report Live
5:56 PM ET LAWRENCE, Kan. — Texas has won nine games for the first time in six years and secured a spot Friday in the Big 12 Championship Game for the first time since 2009 — sure signs to coach Tom Herman that the Longhorns are ahead of schedule in his second season. “We’re overachieving
5:46 PM ET Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz looked as if he’d survived a Black Friday skirmish at Walmart after the Hawkeyes beat Nebraska on Friday, winning 31-28 on Miguel Recinos‘ 41-yard field goal as time expired. Ferentz walked off the field with a bloodied mouth, courtesy of a headbutt from his quarterback, Nate Stanley. No,