9:09 AM ET Italy’s Francesco Laporta carded a superb bogey-free 9-under 63 to leap into a one-shot solo lead after 36 holes at the Abu Dhabi Championship, while stars America’s Bryson DeChambeau, Ireland’s Shane Lowry and England’s Danny Willett missed the cut. Laporta, 29, was at 4-under for the day before putting together a blistering
8:50 AM ET How about a fresh serving of 10 NBA things: 1. The tricks of Ja Morant Morant’s athleticism and fearlessness strike you first. He is so fast. He wants to dunk on everyone — to humiliate victims, the bigger the better. All that is cool. But what is most impressive about Morant —
8:39 AM ET Charles Leclerc’s younger brother Arthur has joined Ferrari’s Driver Academy, the Italian Formula One team’s junior programme, the team announced on Friday. The 19-year-old Monegasque becomes part of a group of promising youngsters that includes Mick Schumacher, son of Ferrari great and seven-time Formula One world champion Michael. 2 Related Leclerc won
9:02 AM ET Expectations are high for Tiger Woods. When are they not? After a successful 2019 — he won the Masters, tied Sam Snead on the all-time wins list with a late-season victory at the Zozo Championship and then closed out the calendar year with a 3-0 record as a playing captain for a
8:39 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — As wildfires continue to burn, the Australian Open explained its recently developed air quality policy, saying it was based on a scientific analysis of something called “fine particulate matter rating” — but also giving the tournament referee the right to start or stop matches “at his or
6:00 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs were left exhausted physically after an afternoon of trying to tackle Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry when the teams met in Week 10 in Nashville. The way they’re talking this week, they’re drained emotionally at the mere prospect of having to try it
7:00 AM ET Courtney Cronin Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered the 49ers, Raiders and Warriors for the San Jose Mercury News. She joined ESPN in 2017. Jake Trotter Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Washington & Lee University Kevin Stefanski got the call from Cleveland Browns owners
7:40 AM ET ESPN.com staff More than 100 underclassmen already have declared for the 2020 NFL draft, and there are a few more expected to announced their intentions before the deadline, which will be announced by the NFL on Monday, Jan. 20. Some played in their bowl games; others opted not to. What promises to
8:06 AM ET Associated Press DALLAS — Defenseman Stephen Johns appears on track to return to the Dallas Stars‘ lineup for the first time in 22 months on Saturday. Johns, who returned from a conditioning assignment with Texas of the AHL, was not active for Thursday’s game but will travel with the Stars for their
7:28 AM ET Formula One world champions Mercedes have scheduled a Valentine’s Day debut for the car Lewis Hamilton would love to take him to a seventh title this season. The team said in a statement on Friday that an initial shakedown run will take place in private at Silverstone circuit on Feb. 14. 2