Month: July 2019

8:30 AM BST The Wallabies have covered all bases in their side to face South Africa in Saturday’s opening Rugby Championship at Ellis Park, including debutants, redemption stories and players rewarded for Super Rugby form. While the Springboks openly stated they had picked a B side with their eye on next week’s clash with the
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10:00 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” Mariano Rivera was the greatest regular-season reliever of all time and the greatest postseason reliever of all time. That’s why he’s a first-ballot Hall of Famer. Simple enough. But Bill James’ old
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7:22 AM ET As Melvin Gordon‘s contract impasse reaches a week, the Los Angeles Chargers running back says his teammates and running backs around the league support him. Gordon said he gave some teammates a heads-up that he would threaten to hold out if he didn’t get a new deal. “They’re all behind me. They
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6:58 AM BST Electric winger Sevu Reece will start for the All Blacks in their Rugby Championship clash with Argentina while four more uncapped players are lined up on the bench. Reece will be on the right wing for his maiden Test in Buenos Aires on Sunday (AEDT), having knocked down the selection door with
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Things have gotten interesting for 2018 Open Championship runner-up Kevin Kisner. His caddie, Duane “Dewey” Bock, injured his right calf while walking to the driving range on Wednesday. So Kisner’s swing coach, John Tillery, is on his bag for the opening round of The Open at Royal Portrush. “We’re going to go have fun,” Kisner
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1:39 PM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Rory McIlroy started his opening round of the 148th Open Championship with a quadruple-bogey on the first hole and finished with a triple-bogey on the 18th at Royal Portrush Golf Club. In between, it was an agonizingly frustrating day for the four-time major winner in the first Open
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6:27 AM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Rory McIlroy‘s start in the Open Championship in his native Northern Ireland couldn’t have been much worse. McIlroy, the favorite to win the 148th Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club, hit his tee shot on the first hole out of bounds and ended up with a quadruple-bogey
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James Harden has joined the Dynamo’s ownership group. Houston Rockets superstar James Harden has purchased a minority stake in the investment group that controls MLS’ Houston Dynamo, the NWSL’s Houston Dash and BBVA Stadium, the Dynamo announced on Thursday. “I’m very excited about the opportunity to join the ownership group of the Houston Dynamo and
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