11:45 AM ET Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan — Defending champion Nelly Korda shot a 7-under 65 to take a three-stroke lead after Saturday’s third round of the LPGA Swinging Skirts. Korda, who started the round one stroke back of overnight leader Mi Jung Hur, carded seven birdies at the par-72 Miramar Golf Country Club to
11:35 AM ET ESPN News Services Rafael Nadal withdrew from his semifinal match at the Paris Masters on Saturday with an abdominal strain, preventing a showdown against rival Novak Djokovic as both players are vying for the year-end No. 1 ranking. Nadal, who could have ensured the year-end No. 1 spot for a fifth time
10:17 AM ET SMU will be without top wide receiver Reggie Roberson Jr. for the Mustangs’ showdown at No. 24 Memphis on Saturday night. Roberson suffered a foot injury in last week’s win over Houston and did not travel with the team. He enters Saturday eighth in the nation in receiving yards with 803 and
3:11 PM ET Road teams had their worst week of the season last week and still had a winning record at 8-7 ATS. Including Thursday’s game, road teams are 73-46-3 ATS this season (.613). Road underdogs are even better at 52-30-2 ATS (.634). This week, five nonconference matchups highlight the action. NFC teams are 20-16
9:00 AM ET ESPN staff Well, it’s Week 10 and the once-young college football season has gone and hit double digits. As the calendar flips to November, things are starting to get real. Settle in and fight off the early arrival of Christmas music with our guide to the day. Jump to: Top 25 games
6:00 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Colts are coming through in close games so far this season. And one big reason they’ve been successful wasn’t something that started in training camp. It began when the Colts reported for OTAs in the spring. It’s called “situational football” to coach Frank Reich, and while some teams
6:00 AM ET It has been a bit of a soft launch for the 2019 rookie running back class, with only the Oakland Raiders‘ Josh Jacobs emerging as a go-to guy in the first half of the season. But we saw some encouraging signs from the Chicago Bears‘ David Montgomery, the Buffalo Bills‘ Devin Singletary,
© AFP Imad Wasim, Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Amir were among a group of Pakistan’s cricketers on the verge of a strike last week, until a meeting with PCB chief executive Wasim Khan averted the threat – for now. Frustration and discontent with the PCB’s restrictive participation policy on foreign leagues had been rising among
6:00 AM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — Nine days ago, wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders woke up a member of the Denver Broncos in the midst of a season that was going nowhere fast. By the time Sanders’ head hit the pillow in Santa Clara, California, that night, he had been traded to an undefeated San Francisco
4:38 AM ET Associated Press SHANGHAI — Rory McIlroy spun a wedge down to 3 feet for birdie on his final hole for a clean card at a 5-under 67, giving him a one-shot lead over Louis Oosthuizen on a Saturday of big runs and ugly collapses at the HSBC Champions. Oosthuizen opened with five