5:43 PM ET Nathan Eovaldi struck out three in a scoreless inning of relief in his first rehab appearance for Triple-A Pawtucket on Thursday and is poised to join the Boston Red Sox bullpen this weekend. The hard-throwing right-hander has been on the injured list since late April because of a sore elbow. Eovaldi threw
5:50 PM ET ESPN News Services PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — The Open returned to Royal Portrush after a 68-year absence and made up for lost time with an unusual amount of theater on Thursday. When more than 15 hours of golf before a robust, sellout crowd finally ended, J.B. Holmes was atop the leaderboard at
5:02 PM ET UFC veteran Myles Jury is off to Bellator. Jury has signed a multifight deal with the promotion, sources told ESPN. The 30-year-old Jury (17-4) is expected to debut for Bellator later this year, sources say. Jury will enter the promotion on a two-fight losing streak. He most recently dropped a unanimous decision
4:04 PM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Nobody had to say it for him. Tiger Woods said it himself. His game was not ready for The Open. “It’s not quite as sharp as I’d like to have it right now,” he admitted earlier in the week. That much was clear in Thursday’s first round. He
9:42 PM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Tiger Woods all but told us this would happen. Just the other day, he said that the Masters had taken a ton out of him, that his game was not particularly sharp, and that he needed to shape his golf ball more convincingly than he had been. Oh,
3:00 AM ET Worcestershire 161 for 6 (Barnard 42*) Nottinghamshire 133 for 9 (Hales 52, Moeen 4-18) Ed Barnard wasted no time in pronouncing himself a Twenty20 cricketer of England potential with vital interventions with bat, ball and in the field as Worcestershire began their defence of their Vitality Blast crown with an emphatic 28-run
5:38 PM ET Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh took a dig Thursday at former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer, who retired last season in the wake of a scandal involving domestic violence allegations against a former assistant. “Urban Meyer’s had a winning record. Really phenomenal record everywhere he’s been,” Harbaugh said on The Athletic’s “The TK
4:50 PM ET Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, talking Thursday about the Ohio State coach he could not beat, took a dig at Urban Meyer, who retired last season in the wake of a scandal involving domestic violence allegations against a former assistant. “Urban Meyer’s had a winning record. Really phenomenal record everywhere he’s been,” Harbaugh
4:17 PM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Tiger Woods did not try to mask the physical issues that plagued him during the first round of The Open at Royal Portrush on Thursday, giving a grim assessment of a situation that is appearing to be more the norm these days than at any time since he
4:18 PM ET Associated Press SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The New York Racing Association has canceled Saturday’s card of racing at Saratoga Race Course due to excessive heat forecast for eastern New York. The National Weather Service is predicting a heat index as high as 110 degrees. Training will be permitted Saturday on both the