6:53 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Shannon Johnson birdied the par-5 18th hole to beat defending champion Kelsey Chugg 1 up Thursday in the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur final at Norwood Hills Country Club. The 35-year-old Johnson, a sales representative for Ping Golf from Norton, Massachusetts, reached the 18th green in two with a
8:25 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kevin O’Connell won an all-North Carolina final in the U.S. Mid-Amateur, beating Brett Boner 4 and 3 on Thursday at Charlotte Country Club for a likely Masters invitation. O’Connell, a 30-year-old former golf equipment representative from Cary, also earned spots in the U.S. Open next year at
7:25 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Doug Baldwin insists he’s “ready to go” now that he’s sufficiently healed from the knee injury that sidelined — and frustrated — him for the past two weeks. The Seattle Seahawks‘ No. 1 receiver is hoping the team’s training staff agrees with him. He knows that will
4:36 PM ET At 4 p.m. ET on Sunday, @daviddupree05 on Twitter replied to a tweet of mine about the Arizona game. DuPree’s Twitter bio reads: “My life mission is to actually save the world and love my kids. The world is crazy with darkness, but life is amazing while our hearts beat one pump
7:09 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Lonzo Ball participated in a full-contact practice Thursday for the first time in training camp, Los Angeles Lakers coach Luke Walton said. It was the most intense basketball the point guard has played in five months, according to Ball, who underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee in
6:27 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos tight end Jake Butt tore his left ACL in the team’s walk-through Thursday and will miss the remainder of the season It is the third torn ACL Butt has suffered in the past four years but the first to his left knee. He tore his right ACL
6:29 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Unbeaten and uninvited last year, UCF could still find its way into this year’s College Football Playoff. That is, if the Knights keep winning. CFP executive director Bill Hancock said that the Knights — who have the nation’s longest winning streak at 16 games — will
6:00 PM ET ESPN News Services Charlotte Hornets coach James Borrego, citing the NBA as a model for uniting a cross-section of people and cultures, says he wants to use his position as the league’s first Hispanic head coach “to be an inspiration for young men and women, to show you can be anything you
5:52 PM ET The NHL has suspended Robert Bortuzzo of the St. Louis Blues for the remainder of the preseason and one regular-season game after he elbowed Washington’s Michal Kempny during the teams’ game Tuesday night. Bortuzzo had a hearing with the NHL Player Safety board earlier Thursday. Kempny was skating deep into the Blues’
5:25 PM ET Middleweight Billy Joe Saunders’ world title belt and a scheduled defense against mandatory challenger Demetrius Andrade are in jeopardy after Saunders failed a drug test for the banned substance oxilofrine, a stimulant. Saunders-Andrade is scheduled to headline a Matchroom Boxing card on streaming service DAZN at TD Garden in Boston on Oct.