7:40 PM ET Associated Press LA QUINTA, Calif. — Phil Mickelson birdied four of his last five holes Friday in the Desert Classic to take a two-stroke lead into the weekend in his first event of the year. A day after matching his career-low score with 12-under 60 at La Quinta Country Club, Mickelson had
7:01 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN There is optimism that former All-Star guard Isaiah Thomas will make his debut with the Denver Nuggets prior to the mid-February All-Star Break, league sources told ESPN on Friday. Thomas has been gathering momentum in his rehabilitation process from hip surgery in March, and there’s hope among Thomas and the
7:03 PM ET Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Former Georgia Bulldogs defensive back Deangelo Gibbs is transferring to Tennessee Volunteers. Gibbs tweeted Friday that “I am 100% committed to giving everything I have to the #VolNation.” The Tennessee football program’s official Twitter account sent out a tweet with Gibbs in a Tennessee uniform along with
6:43 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Golden State Warriors center DeMarcus Cousins, who has not played in almost a year as he recovered from a torn left Achilles tendon, will not have a minutes restriction during his season debut Friday night against the LA Clippers. But to remain on the floor, Cousins will have to
5:35 PM ET Bernard Tomic‘s father says he will begin legal action against Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt over an incident he alleges happened nine years ago. The news follows the bitter war of words between Hewitt and Tomic that has raged all week at the Australian Open in Melbourne. John Tomic told the Sydney
5:47 PM ET Malika AndrewsESPN CHICAGO — Chicago-based hand specialists have recommended Bulls rookie Wendell Carter undergo surgery to repair a left thumb injury. If Carter opts to have the surgery, the recovery time is 8-12 weeks. Carter sprained his thumb during a Jan. 15 game against the LA Clippers. Carter played the entire game
5:11 PM ET Associated Press LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic — Juan Cayro Delgado shot a 4-under 68 on Friday to give the Dominican Republic gallery something to cheer as he took a one-shot lead going into the weekend at the Latin American Amateur Championship. Delgado is making his Latin American Amateur debut, though he has
3:00 AM ET England XI 379 (Bairstow 98, Burns 68) v WI President’s XI 233 for 11 (Ambris 94, Woakes 3-31)Scorecard By the time, seven balls into the morning, the President’s XI second wicket fell, it was hard not to fear for the final day of England’s warm-up period in Barbados. For it would be
4:52 PM ET Associated Press LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Brooke Henderson of Canada kept out of trouble and kept bogeys off her card Friday on her way to a 4-under 67 and a two-shot lead in the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions, the winners-only start to the LPGA Tour season. Henderson had the only
3:40 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Tennessee Titans fielded the NFL’s seventh-most prolific running game last season with Matt LaFleur as the playcaller. A year before, the Jacksonville Jaguars led the NFL in rushing yards per game with Nathaniel Hackett as the playcaller. Those two coaches are now in charge of the Green