10:45 AM ET PARAMUS, N.J. — After years of avoiding social media, Phil Mickelson has joined Twitter — with plans to add Facebook and Instagram accounts as well. The Hall of Fame golfer, who has 43 PGA Tour titles and five major championships, came around to the idea recently. On Wednesday, his first day on
11:14 AM ET Nearly two months after declining meetings with other teams and staying with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Paul George said the Los Angeles Lakers were “pissed” they didn’t have the opportunity to make a pitch to him. “L.A. was pissed at me,” he said on the Short Story Long podcast. “I didn’t give
5:56 AM BST A skirmish over player etiquette has broken out between the Wallabies and All Blacks, adding spice to the second Bledisloe Cup Test. New Zealand coach Steve Hansen was miffed most of the Wallabies players walked from the field soon after last weekend’s Test in Sydney. A handful of Australia’s players remained to
3:28 AM BST All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has made it clear Kalyn Ponga’s admiration for the rugby union world champions is reciprocated. Emerging as the brightest new face of the NRL, Ponga rang alarm bells in rugby league this week when he discussed the possibility of trying to play for the All Blacks in
8:01 AM BST The blowtorch has been turned on Australia’s front-rowers after Michael Cheika made multiple changes to match the All Blacks muscle and square the Bledisloe Cup series. Shunted unceremoniously during the 38-13 loss in Sydney, Cheika had to revamp his scrum for Saturday’s rematch at Eden Park. He’s made three personnel changes, one
3:46 AM ET Peter Della PennaCricket Close Peter Della Penna is an American cricket journalist who also writes for ESPNcricinfo.com and DreamCricket.com. Since 2010, he has penned the USA entry in the Cricket Round the World section of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDellaPenna West Indies are planning to host India in Florida next July,
3:19 AM ET Associated Press Chandler Stephenson was in mid-celebration on the ice after winning the Stanley Cup when someone yelled his name. Stephenson looked up into the stands and saw Brayden Camrud, a friend from back home who played for the Humboldt Broncos junior team. Camrud and Kaleb Dahlgren, another friend of Stephenson’s, survived
3:05 AM ET Some sweeps feel much more euphoric or much more soul-crushing than others. The St. Louis Cardinals‘ sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium fits into this category. It was the Cardinals’ first sweep in Los Angeles in 12 years, so that’s impressive enough, but it’s how they did it that
1:05 AM ET Ohio State coach Urban Meyer is now 0-2 in news conferences, and that might be the only record that counts. The first time, at Big Ten media days, he lied. The second time? Meyer stood in front of a room full of reporters and television cameras Wednesday night, taking center stage in
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