5:25 PM ET Boston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving will be honored by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in a ceremony on Thursday in North Dakota, the tribe said in a news release. The celebration will include a naming ceremony, performances, and community feed at the Prairie Knights Pavilion, a casino in Fort Yates, North Dakota.
6:01 PM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Sussex, who claimed a quarter-final place with three wins in less than a week, have been rewarded with a 500-mile round trip to Chester-le-Street where they will meet the North Group’s surprise packets, Durham. Quarter-final ties: Kent Spitfires v Lancashire Lightning – Thursday 23 August (7pm) Durham Jets v Sussex
4:59 PM BST DURBAN, South Africa — It was clear for everybody to see that Siya Kolisi wasn’t quite 100 percent fit in the June series win over England. He was unable to finish any of the three Tests he played, and he definitely wasn’t as effective in his role of fetcher. That was because
4:25 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports BRISTOL, Tenn. – Defending NASCAR Cup Series champion Martin Truex Jr. wouldn’t rule out moving to a new team for 2019 as Furniture Row Racing continues to look for sponsorship. The first night
3:21 PM ET ESPN staff Scott Jamieson and Paul Waring share the halfway lead at the Nordea Masters on 11-under-par at the completion of the second round. Heading to the final hole of the day, Jamieson and Waring were also tied with Thomas Aiken. However, whilst Jamieson and Waring birdied the 18th, Aiken could only
2:38 PM ET Associated Press MASON, Ohio — Top-ranked Simona Halep won the first of two scheduled matches Friday at the Western & Southern Open, edging 16th-seeded Ashleigh Barty 7-5, 6-4. Halep will face unseeded Lesia Tsurenko in a quarterfinal match after rain delayed matches on Thursday. Barty, who lost to Halep in last week’s
8:34 PM ET Associated Press MASON, Ohio — Novak Djokovic destroyed a racket to get on track and took another step toward the title that has eluded him. Enraged by his poor play in the opening set, Djokovic slammed his racket on the court and rallied for a 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 victory over Milos Raonic
5:21 PM BST Gloucester are ‘surprised and disappointed’ at the RFU’s decision to charge Danny Cipriani with conduct prejudicial to the interests of the game. Cipriani was fined £2,000 on Thursday after pleading guilty following an incident outside a nightclub in Jersey, where the England international was with Gloucester teammates during their preseason tour. The
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11:34 AM BST Tom Stapylton-Smith There is no doubt the Currie Cup has been the foundation for plenty of the legends of South African rugby. However, in recent years, one of the world’s oldest domestic rugby competitions has struggled to maintain relevance in South Africa’s rugby landscape – with the focus on Super Rugby and