12:54 PM ET Thailand’s Pornanong Phatlum leads the British Open at the halfway stage and is one shot clear of England’s Georgia Hall and overnight leader Minjee Lee going into the weekend at Royal Lytham & St Annes. Phatlum carded a 5-under-par 67 for the second day in a row to move to 10-under overall.
Month: August 2018
1:01 PM BST Matt Toomua has made a surprise appearance while Will Genia produced strong return in the Bledisloe Cup trial at Sydney’s Leichhardt Oval. Toomua, who on Wednesday signed a two-and-a-half year deal with Australian Rugby and the Melbourne Rebels, started at five-eighth in the Cheika’s Choice team chosen by Wallabies coach Michael Cheika,
11:48 AM ET As of late 2016, Sergey Kovalev was undefeated, owned three light heavyweight world title belts and was one of most feared fighters on the planet, rising up the pound-for-pound rankings thanks to a series of big knockouts and significant victories against Bernard Hopkins and Jean Pascal. And then Andre Ward came into
2:10 PM ET Sergey Kovalev was smiling as he finished a workout with trainer Abror Tursunpulatov ahead of Kovalev’s WBO light heavyweight championship fight against Eleider Alvarez on Saturday in Atlantic City. It will be Kovalev’s third fight under the guidance of Tursunpulatov, after Kovalev parted ways with his previous trainer, John David Jackson, after
12:14 PM ET Mark Stone avoided arbitration with the Ottawa Senators on Friday, signing a one-year, $7.35 million contract that is the highest on the team. The 26-year-old had reportedly asked for $9 million, while the team countered at $5 million. Stone had 20 goals and a career-high 42 assists in only 58 games last
10:02 AM ET If you’re a fan of Kyle Busch or Kevin Harvick, you’ve probably been a happy camper this NASCAR season. And if you’re not a fan of one of those two Cup series drivers, then it has probably irked you to see those two drivers win six each or a combined 12 of
10:08 AM ET Philadelphia’s Tevin Farmer won a vacant junior lightweight title with a unanimous 12-round decision over Billy Dib on Friday at Technology Park in Redfern, Australia. The wide scores of 118-109, 119-108 and 120-107 were indicative of the one-sided nature of fight that saw Farmer in control from start to finish. Farmer, a
2:02 PM ET Christopher Bell had this to say Wednesday: “For me, the only stat the matters are wins, race wins.” And if that’s true (and there’s really no reason to suspect otherwise), the driver of the No. 20 Toyota in the NASCAR Xfinity Series has to be pleased with how his past three weeks
10:16 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Legalized sports wagering presents the greatest opportunity for the National Hockey League to grow its product since the expansion boom 25 years ago. This might seem like hyperbole, given that more people likely wager on the coin toss at the Super Bowl than wager on professional hockey in a given
9:31 AM ET A pair of rematches are slated to headline UFC 227 this weekend inside Staples Center in Los Angeles. Former teammates-turned-rivals TJ Dillashaw and Cody Garbrandt will meet in the main event Saturday in a rematch of a riveting fight at UFC 217 last November in New York. Dillashaw stunned then-champion Garbrandt with