Month: February 2019

9:19 PM ET LOS ANGELES — It took him until late Saturday afternoon, but Tiger Woods finally got hot at chilly Riviera, starting the third round of the Genesis Open with five consecutive 3s, including an eagle and three birdies. The run vaulted him from just inside the cut line to inside the top-15 as
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10:10 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Justin Thomas got a lot done in eight holes Saturday, leaving with a one-shot lead over Adam Scott and facing a marathon finish in the rain-delayed Genesis Open. Thomas played six holes in the morning, nearly holing a 9-iron and then making par with a flop
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1:06 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Oklahoma City Thunder guard Hamidou Diallo knew he’d have to make an impression to win the slam dunk contest. So he decided to find a way to make the biggest one possible: by dunking over the biggest person in the building. Wearing a Superman shirt underneath his
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8:40 PM ET Golfer Nelly Korda is on the cusp of extending her family’s remarkable sporting love affair with Australia. The American holds a three-stroke lead at the Australian Open after Saturday’s third round in Adelaide. As hopes of a local winner fade, Korda is 11-under after landing four birdies in her last six holes
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8:49 PM ET Associated Press PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — By now, Tim Tebow has shown he belongs in professional baseball. He’s fully committed to the game and much more comfortable on the field. Sometimes, though, he still sounds like a football player. On his first day at spring training with the New York Mets,
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8:11 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Gene Littler, whose fluid swing carried him to 29 victories on the PGA Tour and a U.S. Open title at Oakland Hills, has died. Littler died Friday night with his family at his side, son Curt Littler said Saturday. He was 88. Littler held his own among
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1:04 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NBA commissioner Adam Silver made the league’s stance loud and clear on the recent spate of trade requests by some of its most high-profile players. “I would just say, blanketly, no, I don’t like trade demands, and I wish they didn’t come, and I wish all those matters were
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