8:44 AM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — The most feared short hole in golf exacts a toll every year at the Masters. And it may have stalled a career, too. Some may view that as a leap much longer than the width of Rae’s Creek, and a heavy burden to place on a space of 155
Month: March 2020
9:54 AM ET Associated Press Finland’s Sami Valimaki overcame difficult conditions to win the Oman Open on Sunday after beating South African Brandon Stone in a playoff in the third edition of the European Tour event. Valimaki and Stone finished joint top on 13-under 275 after both shot 2-under 70s in the final round played
9:15 AM ET The Edmonton Oilers have won five Stanley Cups in franchise history, though the last one was in 1990, when only six members of the current active roster were alive. Are they Canada’s best hope to win it all this spring? In a wide-open West — and led by the elite prowess of
6:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL: 1. Middle Tennessee visit creates a buzz: Four pictures of Patriots coach Bill Belichick working out Middle Tennessee defensive end/outside linebacker Tyshun Render on Monday spread quickly on social media. A rain-soaked Belichick putting a projected late-round draft
6:00 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Sunday will be the fourth and final day of the on-field workouts at the NFL’s scouting combine at Lucas Oil Stadium, after the defensive linemen, linebackers worked out for all 32 teams Saturday. A look at what you need to know: The workouts: 2 p.m.-7 p.m. ET (NFL Network), cornerbacks
9:16 AM GMT Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat in the third ODI, most likely because the Pallekele surface often has something for the seamers under lights. They also won their last match by 161 runs, batting first. The hosts were unchanged for the dead rubber, with Dasun Shanaka and Niroshan Dickwella
2:20 AM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — With LeBron James‘ gold No. 23 uniform folded on his chair behind him, Memphis Grizzlies rookie Ja Morant reflected on beating one of his idols for the first time as the Grizzlies avoided a season sweep in what could be an NBA playoff preview. “That’s big bro — the
2:37 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Since the moment James Harden became a member of the Houston Rockets in October 2012, the team has been almost exclusively built around him and his prodigious talent. That has led to plenty of Rockets victories on the back of Harden’s incredible offensive displays. And when Houston has
2:08 AM GMT The Stormers’ unbeaten start to the Super Rugby season came to a limp end as they slumped to a 33-14 home defeat at the hands of the Blues in a scrappy game at Newlands on Saturday. The Cape Town-based side were poor in every department as a brace of tries from English
1:05 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The widow of basketball star Kobe Bryant is “absolutely devastated” by allegations that deputies shared graphic photos of the helicopter crash scene where Bryant, their 13-year-old daughter and seven others were killed, her lawyer said in a statement Saturday. The Los Angeles Times reported on Thursday that