9:51 PM ET Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is back hitting again in the minor leagues, and Toronto Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins indicated Friday that it won’t be too long before he’s doing it for the big league club. The touted prospect was slowed in spring training by a strained oblique, but he joined Triple-A
Month: April 2019
10:12 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Cole Custer was openly hoping for rain to shorten the NASCAR Xfinity race at Richmond Raceway on Friday night. Then, he was desperately hoping for the rain to stay away. Custer passed Austin Cindric with 20 laps to go and earned his second victory of the season.
9:23 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — If you wanted drama and star power for the weekend at Augusta National Golf Club, the 83rd edition of the Masters has more than delivered. There is more star power atop the leaderboard than on the sidewalks of Hollywood Boulevard. Five players share the 36-hole lead, and each of
11:58 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Super middleweight world titlist Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez made the move up to the light heavyweight division and turned in a dominating performance on Friday night at the Staples Center. Ramirez, who still holds the 168-pound belt he has defended five times, laid a beating on Tommy Karpency before Karpency’s
Eddie Pepperell 9:05 a.m. Branden Grace, Emiliano Grillo 9:15 a.m. Zach Johnson, Takumi Kanaya (a) 9:25 a.m. Alex Noren, Billy Horschel 9:35 a.m. Martin Kaymer, Devon Bling (a) 9:45 a.m. Henrik Stenson, Haotong Li 9:55 a.m. Keith Mitchell, Aaron Wise 10:05 a.m. Tyrrell Hatton, Patrick Cantlay 10:15 a.m. Hideki Matsuyama, Trevor Immelman 10:25 a.m. Satoshi
9:43 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — NBA commissioner Adam Silver reiterated Friday that he remains intrigued by the possibility of the NBA adding some kind of midseason tournament to its schedule in the future. “It may be that even if guys were playing all 82 games, it’s not the optimal way to present
It is hard not to picture Gernot Rohr, an impish smile lurking beneath his serious visage, doing all he can to restrain himself from rubbing his hands in Grinch-like glee as he contemplated the kind draw for his side at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Rohr could not have asked for a more favourable
7:54 PM ET Chris PetersESPN NHL Close Chris Peters is ESPN’s NHL draft and prospects analyst. The Chicago native previously covered the NHL for CBSSports.com and founded the popular independent blog UnitedStatesofHockey.com where he covered the game at all levels since 2010. BUFFALO, N.Y. — UMass defenseman Cale Makar was named the 2019 recipient of
6:56 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — As their quest for a third straight NBA championship begins on Saturday against the Los Angeles Clippers, Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors are confident that after several weeks of contentious disagreements with officials, they will be able to focus more and not let whistles affect them as
10:03 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — The sliding, perhaps overzealous, security guard meant well, but for a few fleeting, scary moments on Friday afternoon, the scene appeared ominous for Tiger Woods, who was clipped in the right knee and was left hobbling to the 14th green at Augusta National. That he would go on to