2:21 AM ET Associated Press AMSTERDAM — Unheralded Callum Shinkwin shot five birdies and an eagle Thursday on his way to a 6-under 66 and a one-shot lead after the first round of the 100th edition of the KLM Open. The 26-year-old British golfer is ranked No. 446 and hasn’t made the cut in his
Month: September 2019
9:51 PM ET The Houston Dynamo have little time to celebrate ending a seven-game winless match Wednesday because it will go for naught without a road victory Saturday against the Vancouver Whitecaps. Houston (10-15-4, 34 points) kept its slim Western Conference playoff hopes alive with a 2-0 victory vs. Minnesota United. It was the Dynamo’s
Craig Burley and Steve Nicol have different opinions on the significance of Aymeric Laporte’s injury to the Premier League title race. ESPN FC’s Shaka Hislop explains how Lionel Messi could add to his already historic career by reuniting with Pep Guardiola at Man City. After Michael Keane and Harry Maguire surrendered three goals against Kosovo,
5:49 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The shift to coordinator Todd Bowles’ aggressive defense continues to pay off for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who got an important divisional road win against the Carolina Panthers Thursday night, avoiding an 0-2 start for the first time since 2014. In eight quarters of football, the Bucs’ defense has
12:51 AM BST Legendary flanker George Smith wants Wallabies coach Michael Cheika to persist with his recent back row combination, even if it means putting David Pocock on the bench. The veteran loose forward returned from a calf injury to play his first Test of the year in Australia’s final pre-World Cup hit out against
8:39 PM ET The New England Revolution will try for their first-ever win at Orlando City on Saturday night in a match that has major playoff implications in the tight Eastern Conference race. New England (10-10-9, 39 points), which is 0-2-3 all-time in Orlando, enters the weekend in the seventh and final playoff spot, two
12:35 AM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — Mariners rookie Kyle Lewis has tied a major league record by hitting a home run in his first three games. Lewis joined Trevor Story as the only players to accomplish the feat. Story connected in his first four games — totaling six homers in that span — for
6:49 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton has more weapons around him than at any point in his career. The 2015 NFL MVP and the offense won’t be limited because of Newton’s offseason shoulder surgery and a preseason ankle injury. The offense will be explosive. These were things written and said
11:51 PM ET Former first-round pick Minkah Fitzpatrick has received permission from the Miami Dolphins to seek a trade, according to multiple league sources. Joel Segal, the agent for the defensive back, has been in contact with a number of teams. Fitzpatrick, the 11th overall pick in the 2018 draft, is a defensive back who
11:44 PM ET SAN DIEGO — The games are getting more and more important for the Chicago Cubs, which means one thing on a team whose starting rotation features pennant race stalwarts Jon Lester, Cole Hamels and Kyle Hendricks: Give the ball to Yu Darvish. In what might be the biggest surprise in a year