6:14 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — Top-ranked Jin Young Ko moved into a tie for the lead at the HSBC Women’s World Championship on Friday in only her second round since returning from a three-month break from the LPGA Tour. Ko shot a 5-under 67, including a birdie on the par-5 16th, and was
Month: March 2022
3:59 AM ET ESPN staff India’s plan to host Denmark on grass courts proved to work as straight-sets win for Yuki Bhambri and Ramkumar Ramanathan gave them a 2-0 lead in the World Group I Play-off tie on Friday. World No 170 Ramkumar cruised to a 6-3, 6-2 win over Christian Siggsgaard, ranked at 824,
4:12 AM ET South Koreans Amy Yang and Ko Jin-young were tied for the lead at the halfway stage of the HSBC Women’s World Championship on Friday after carding five-under 67s in the second round, while overnight leader Patty Tavatanakit endured a difficult day. Yang, who was tied for fifth place after the opening day
4:14 AM ET Aston Martin will have to put a “performing structure” in place to convince four-time Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel to stay on beyond the end of the season, the squad’s new team principal Mike Krack said. Vettel, a 53-time race winner who joined the team from Ferrari in 2021, is out
6:01 PM ET Boston Celtics wing Jaylen Brown, Indiana Pacers guard Malcolm Brogdon and Phoenix Suns center Bismack Biyombo were all reelected as vice presidents on the NBA Players Association’s Executive Committee, the union announced on Thursday. The three players were initially elected in 2019 and will now serve new three-year terms. Members of the
10:42 PM ET After scoring 100 points combined in back-to-back G League games, guard Nik Stauskas has agreed to a two-year contract with the Boston Celtics, his agents Mark Bartelstein and Andy Shiffman told ESPN on Thursday night. Stauskas, who had 57 and 43 points in consecutive games for the Grand Rapids Gold, joins the
7:37 PM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets guard Joe Harris will have season-ending surgery on his left ankle, the team announced prior to Thursday’s game against the Miami Heat. Harris had an initial surgery on his ankle on Nov. 29 and was expected to be out only between four and eight weeks, but his
12:09 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — When Celtics guard Marcus Smart sees Jayson Tatum get going the way the All-Star forward did in the fourth quarter Thursday night against the Memphis Grizzlies, he said his approach becomes a simple one. “Make sure I’m staying out of his f—ing way,” Smart said. “Let him do
Report Australia have named just the one specialist spinner in their XI, Nathan Lyon, while Pakistan have more options Toss Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat against Australia Josh Hazlewood has replaced Scott Boland as Australia resisted the temptation of fielding a second specialist spinner for the historic Test series opener against Pakistan,
11:46 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — In a stadium that celebrates speed with Indy cars in the concourse, the wide receivers at the NFL’s scouting combine carved out a little history Thursday, the first night of on-field workouts. Baylor’s Tyquan Thornton led the way as nine wide receivers officially clocked sub-4.4-second times in the 40-yard dash