12:51 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Ian Poulter and Tyrrell Hatton birdied six holes on the back nine to give England a share of the lead with South Korea and Australia after the opening fourballs at the World Cup of Golf. Cameron Smith made a 10-foot birdie putt on the 18th Thursday to
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11:12 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Boston coach Brad Stevens knows what is wrong with the Celtics. Plenty. Trey Burke scored 29 points, Tim Hardaway Jr. had 21 and the New York Knicks snapped a six-game losing streak with a 117-109 victory over the surprisingly inconsistent Celtics on Wednesday night. Noah Vonleh had 16
11:13 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — Raymond Brothers, the agent for Philadelphia 76ers guard Markelle Fultz, told ESPN on Wednesday that he has not requested a trade on behalf of his client. “I have given no indication to Elton Brand or anyone else that Markelle would prefer to be traded,” Brothers told ESPN’s Adrian
10:48 PM ET ATLANTA — Hawks wingman Vince Carter became the 22nd player in NBA history to score 25,000 points in Atlanta’s 124-108 loss to the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday. Carter, an eight-time All-Star playing in his 21st season and 1,423rd career NBA game, notched the milestone bucket in the final second of the game.
10:52 PM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Shohei Ohtani says it didn’t take him long to realize he was competing at a much higher level during his first season in Major League Baseball. Ohtani returned to Japan and held a news conference Thursday at the National Press Club, where he spoke at length on his
8:06 AM ET UFC President Dana White was recently in Australia to present middleweight champion Robert Whittaker with a GQ Man of the Year Award. White sat down with ESPN to discuss the UFC’s growth in Australia, Fight Night Adelaide, a Conor McGregor–Khabib Nurmagomedov rematch, his favourite fights of 2018 and plans for the UFC
11:11 PM ET When Northwestern plays in the Big Ten championship game at Indianapolis on Dec. 1, the Wildcats will be joined by a caravan of 58 buses carrying more than 3,400 Northwestern students. Northwestern sold out its allotment of more than 10,000 seats in roughly 48 hours, purchased by season-ticket holders and students. After
10:30 PM ET This season, LeBron James has been taking advantage of the NBA’s relaxed sneaker rules to wear all sorts of exclusive colorways of his signature LeBron 16 sneaker. However, for his return to Cleveland on Wednesday night, James dug deep into the archives, wearing a pair of sneakers more connected with his home.
9:12 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — Dirk Nowitzki hopes to start his record 21st season with the same franchise in December as the Dallas Mavericks star continues a longer-than-expected recovery from ankle surgery seven months ago. The 13-time All-Star said he was gradually increasing activity without any setbacks after having one before the start
8:52 PM ET Marcus Harris, the Victoria opening batsman, has been rewarded for consistency over several seasons by vaulting into Australia’s 14-man Test squad for the first two Tests against India, while Peter Handscomb has also been recalled after a winter’s technical work. The inclusion of Harris, after consecutive seasons in which he has tallied