2:50 PM ET Fewer players will be around for the weekend at PGA Tour events starting next season. The PGA Tour Player Advisory Council and Policy Board voted last month to reduce the 36-hole cut size from the top 70 players and ties to the top 65 players and ties starting with the 2019-20 season.
2:46 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — An Egyptian tennis player whose brother was banned from the sport for life for match-fixing has been suspended from tennis for alleged integrity violations. The Tennis Integrity Unit announced Tuesday that 21-year-old Youssef Hossam has been provisionally suspended while its investigation continues. Hossam may not compete in or
2:09 PM ET LOS ANGELES — When asked about his love of video games, Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons pulls out his phone and flips through a gallery of photos. After a bit of perusing, he stops on the picture he was attempting to find, an older, sepia-tone one contrasting with his state-of-the-art smartphone. In
2:09 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Video games have taken over the NBA. From the NBA 2K League, which features gaming squads for 21 of the league’s franchises, to Josh Hart and Reggie Jackson competing at the Fortnite Pro-Am at Epic Games’ Summer Block Party in June, it’s impossible to walk into an NBA locker
1:27 PM ET The Minnesota Wild have fired general manager Paul Fenton just over one year into his tenure with the club, it was announced Tuesday. “After giving much thought to this difficult decision, I informed Paul today that he was not the right fit for our organization going forward,” owner Craig Leipold said in
11:26 AM ET ESPN News Services The Ottawa Senators acquired forward Ryan Callahan in a trade with the Tampa Bay Lightning, the teams announced. Goaltender Mike Condon is heading to Florida along with a 2020 sixth-round draft pick while Ottawa also receives Tampa Bay’s fifth-round pick for next year. Callahan, 34, was placed on long-term
11:03 AM ET Kansas City Chiefs star wide receiver Tyreek Hill suffered a bruised quad during Tuesday’s training camp practice and is expected to be fine, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Hill was hit by cornerback Bashaud Breeland, who was breaking up a pass, and stayed on the ground before eventually hobbling over to
10:30 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India Test opener Prithvi Shaw has been suspended until November 15, 2019 for a doping violation. A BCCI release said Shaw had “inadvertently ingested a prohibited substance, which can be commonly found in cough syrups.” Shaw had provided a urine sample as part of the BCCI’s anti-doping testing programme during
3:00 PM ET If you like a race that often comes down to strategy and who can plan out the 160 laps the best (or in this case 163 laps), then Pocono is the track for you. Or if you like the uncertainty and nail biting that comes with whether the leaders can stretch their
6:50 AM ET The Mercedes F1 team has appointed a new non-executive chairman, a position previously held by Niki Lauda who died in May, and a new non-executive director to replace Ola Kallenius, who became chairman of parent company Daimler earlier this year. Markus Schafer, head of Damiler’s Group Research and Mercedes-Benz Cars Development, has