Month: January 2020

8:22 PM ET SAN DIEGO — The putting stroke he lost somewhere between the practice green and the first tee eventually returned, but not until after Tiger Woods four-putted the first green for a shocking double-bogey 6 on Friday at Torrey Pines. Woods recovered to shoot 1-under-par 71 on the South Course to finish in
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8:27 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — The PGA Tour is raising the prize money at The Players Championship to $15 million, making it the largest purse in golf unless any of the majors decide to up the ante this year. The winner of the March 12-15 event at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra
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7:55 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle will be making his Super Bowl debut on Feb. 2 and, in addition to his large entourage of friends and family, he’ll be bringing a couple of special guests along with him. In conjunction with financial-services company USAA and the Tragedy
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1:01 AM GMT Varun Shetty January 25: Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Renegades in Sydney Our XI: Aaron Finch, Moises Henriques, Steven Smith, Beau Webster, Mohammad Nabi, James Vince, Josh Philippe, Ben Dwarshuis, Cameron Boyce, Tom Curran, Kane Richardson NOTE: We might not always be able to tip you off about late injury (or other relevant)
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7:19 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Luis Rojas never expected to be the man behind the microphone. Eleven days earlier, he was preparing for his second spring training as the Mets’ relatively anonymous quality control coach. Now he is a major league manager, just like his dad, tasked with lifting New York’s perennial
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7:31 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Already a World Series MVP, six-time All-Star and five-time Gold Glove catcher, Salvador Perez became something else when he stepped onto the main stage at the Kansas City Royals‘ annual FanFest: a U.S. citizen. Perez took his oath of citizenship on Friday, the completion of a
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7:52 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN CHICAGO — After six consecutive losses, Sacramento Kings coach Luke Walton decided to mix things up on Friday night. Walton decided to start Bogdan Bogdanovic at guard over Buddy Hield against the Chicago Bulls — but not as a form of punishment. And his gamble worked. “We don’t win that
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6:19 PM ET The Golden State Warriors have traded center Willie Cauley-Stein to the Dallas Mavericks for a 2020 second-round draft pick, it was announced Saturday. Cauley-Stein, 26, provides the Mavericks with a backup big man to replace Dwight Powell, who suffered a ruptured right Achilles tendon Tuesday. Dallas is sending the Utah Jazz‘s 2020
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6:27 PM ET Former light heavyweight title challengers Anthony Smith and Glover Teixeira will headline UFC Fight Night on April 25, it was announced Friday. The event will take place in Smith’s home state of Nebraska, inside Lincoln’s Pinnacle Bank Arena. The 31-year-old Smith (32-14) hasn’t fought since he submitted Alexander Gustafsson in the fourth
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