12:47 PM ET Matthew Fitzpatrick finished with four straight birdies to take a 1-shot lead after the opening round of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic on Thursday. The Englishman recovered from a bogey on the sixth hole to post 7-under-par 65, his best opening round score since the 2015 British Masters, where he won the
12:32 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina running back Ty’Son Williams is leaving the Gamecocks. Williams, a redshirt junior from Sumter, tweeted his thanks to South Carolina coaches and teammates, adding that he is “reopening my recruitment in order to find the best fit” for a final season. Last One, Best One
12:00 PM GMT James Harrington With close to 200 names to pick from, settling on 15 of the best players across multiple positions for your ESPN Fantasy Rugby team can be quite the task. Luckily, we’re here to help. Here are at least three star players from each position that may help you claim bragging
6:52 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The state of the 2018-19 free-agent market can be summed up in one comma-filled sentence: The Washington Nationals spent more on one player this winter than the Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati
10:45 AM ET Liam Brickhill South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has said his team has forgiven Sarfraz Ahmed for his racially charged on-field taunt during the second ODI in Durban on Tuesday. “We forgive him because he said sorry,” du Plessis said after South Africa’s training session on Thursday. “He has apologised and taken
4:16 PM ET Steve KimESPN As Jaime Munguia makes the third defense of his WBO junior middleweight title against Takeshi Inoue (13-0-1, 7 KOs) Saturday night at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, a familiar face will be leading him into battle. Robert Alcazar, for years the lead trainer of Hall of Famer Oscar De
11:15 AM GMT England International Maro Itoje has signed a contract extension with Saracens that will see him remain at the Premiership club until 2022. The 24-year-old lock played his 100th game for the club in October, and said he was pleased to sign on for another three-and-a-half years. “I’ve been at the club for
2:49 PM ET During this year’s All-Star break, we’re going to mix things up a bit. Sure, we could praise a bunch of fantasy All-Stars who have wowed us to date, but that won’t help our fantasy teams going forward. Instead, we’re going to highlight one player from each NHL team — some high-profile, but
Jan 24, 2019 Wales full-back Leigh Halfpenny is out of his nation’s Six Nations opener against France in Paris on Feb. 1 due to his ongoing recovery from concussion. Wales coach Warren Gatland admitted that Halfpenny is also a doubt for the team’s second match in the competition, against Italy in Rome, on Feb. 9.
10:45 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball has proposed going back to a 15-day disabled list and increasing the time optioned players usually must spend in the minor leagues, a source told The Associated Press on Thursday. The moves are aimed at reducing the use of relief pitchers and reviving offense.