Month: August 2018

4:04 PM ET Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. — Grammy Award winner Darius Rucker and World Golf Hall of Famer Beth Daniel were named honorary chairs of next year’s U.S. Women’s Open at the Country Club of Charleston. The tournament will take place from May 30-June 2. Rucker and Daniel are both Charleston natives. Rucker was
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4:10 PM ET Gilbert Arenas says that trash talking during a card game popular around the NBA — not money — led to a gun showdown with teammate Javaris Crittenton. Speaking in depth about the situation for the first time, Arenas told The Action Network that he and Crittenton were playing booray, a cross between
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3:25 PM ET Melinda FarrellCricinfo The ECB has confirmed to the MCC Cricket Committee that they are likely to ditch six-ball overs in The Hundred tournament with bowlers instead sending down 20 deliveries, probably in sets of five balls. The ECB’s chief commercial officer, Sanjay Patel, who is also the managing director of the new
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7:38 AM ET Mercedes has become the latest Formula One team to launch its own Esports team ahead of this year’s official F1 Esports Series. The world champions have recruited the inaugural F1 Esports Series champion Brendon Leigh, alongside fellow gamers Harry Jacks, Patryk Krutyi and Dani Bereznay, who was selected by the team at
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2:27 PM ET The Force India Formula One team has been rescued from administration by a consortium of investors led by Lawrence Stroll, the father of Williams driver Lance Stroll. The news emerged on Tuesday evening after administrators weighed up a series of offers for the business. The team had faced the threat of a
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1:12 PM ET ST. LOUIS — A key figure on so many European Ryder Cup teams, Sergio Garcia finds himself well outside of an automatic qualifying place for the 2018 squad and the subject of surprising debate about whether captain Thomas Bjorn should make him an at-large pick. Garcia, 38, who won his first major
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1:57 PM ET Conor McGregor is back. After more than 20 months without an MMA fight, the former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion will take on Khabib Nurmagomedov on October 6 in Las Vegas. The Dagestan native, in possession of the lightweight belt, has won all 26 fights of his professional career. Every McGregor bout
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1:58 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — One of NASCAR’s longtime team owners believes Brian France has been unfairly blamed for the downturn in the series. France has taken a leave absence as chairman and CEO of NASCAR after his Sunday night arrest on charges of driving while intoxicated and criminal possession of oxycodone.
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