3:20 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Colts All-Pro linebacker Darius Leonard is scheduled to undergo back surgery and is expected to miss the start of training camp, coach Frank Reich said Tuesday. “He’s had a back issue that has been a progressive thing that started early in the offseason, but has been something that has progressed,”
1:15 PM ET Associated Press Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson are welcome to play the U.S. Open next week under a USGA decision announced Tuesday that puts the open nature of the championship over a player’s decision to play in a Saudi-funded rival league. Mickelson and Johnson are among a dozen players in the LIV
12:57 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike is the third betting choice on the morning line for the Belmont Stakes, with Triple Crown newcomer We the People installed as the favorite. Rich Strike opened at 7-2 odds and drew the fourth post position in a field of eight horses
12:08 PM ET Tiger Woods has pulled out of next week’s U.S. Open, giving his body more time to heal and get stronger, as he still plans to play in the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews in Scotland in July. Woods, 46, announced that he wouldn’t play in the U.S. Open, scheduled for June
Hampshire 145 for 1 (McDermott 83, Vince 54*) beat Middlesex 142 for 7 (Holden 35, Davies 34, Dawson 3-14) by nine wickets There have been swingers in Radlett – famously so, as they were once the subject of a Channel 4 documentary – but sadly, as far as Middlesex were concerned, they were not of
12:26 PM ET U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu retired injured from her opening match at the WTA 250 event in Nottingham on Tuesday, casting doubt over her participation at Wimbledon. Raducanu retired while trailing 4-3 in the opening set against Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic, nearly half an hour into the match after she suffered what appeared
11:09 AM ET Associated Press ST. ALBANS, England — Graeme McDowell accepts it is “incredibly polarizing” to join the Saudi-funded rebel golf tour. He even offered a reason why. “Take the Khashoggi situation,” he said. “We all agree that’s reprehensible. Nobody is going to argue that fact.” The Northern Irish golfer was referencing the 2018
11:41 AM ET CHICAGO — The Bears were forced to cancel their organized team activity practice originally scheduled for Tuesday after having live contact during practices in May, a source confirmed to ESPN. According to a source, NFLPA representatives were present at Halas Hall last month for a practice, which was a part of their
10:49 AM ET Naoya Inoue can’t be denied any longer. In the wake of Canelo Alvarez’s loss to Dmitry Bivol, and now, Inoue’s second-round TKO of future Hall of Famer Nonito Donaire on Tuesday in Saitama, Japan, there’s little doubt in my opinion that “Monster” is the now the pound-for-pound king. While the Japanese star
10:11 AM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Eduardo Escobar knew he needed a triple to complete his first cycle, and he was going to do whatever it took to get it. Sure enough, he did. Escobar hit a two-run triple with two outs in the ninth inning, giving him six RBIs in boosting Carlos