5:29 PM ET American Tiffany Joh shot a 9-under-par 62 to take a four-shot lead after the first day at the Ladies Scottish Open. Joh, 31, carded nine birdies in a flawless opening round Thursday to set a women’s course record at Gullane. “I pretty much kept it in play and putted amazing,” Joh told
5:12 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Talladega Superspeedway will overhaul its garage area to turn it into a gathering zone for fans with views of the teams as they work on their cars. The track will put a 35,000-square-foot
3:45 PM BST Having gone from part-time nightclub bouncer to an All Blacks jersey in a few months, prop Karl Tu’inukuafe knows a good deal more about life outside rugby than the young talents who typically travel New Zealand’s elite pathways to the big-time. And that life experience was just one of qualities that proved
Carlos Tevez urges Lionel Messi to rest and think about his future with the Argentina national team because he’s one of the nation’s biggest idols. Inter Milan vice president Javier Zanetti has laughed off suggestions his club are preparing a bid for Lionel Messi in response to Juventus’ signing of Cristiano Ronaldo. Marco Tronchetti Provera,
9:34 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There are two big battles about to be waged for BK Racing. The first will be the sale of the race team. The next will be how the money is
12:57 PM ET BUDAPEST, Hungary — Lewis Hamilton says this year’s title fight has put him under more pressure to perform than ever before as he goes up against Sebastian Vettel in the drivers’ championship. The Mercedes driver leads the Ferrari driver by 17 points in the standings after winning at the German Grand Prix
12:29 PM ET BUDAPEST, Hungary — Fernando Alonso says McLaren now knows “exactly what to do” to turn its ailing performance around. After setting its sights on podiums and potential victories with a switch to Renault power over the winter, McLaren has underperformed in the opening eleven races of the year. The team, which has
Barcelona’s newest signing Malcom gives his first interview after sealing a €41 million move from Bordeaux. The FC crew answer your tweets on Barcelona’s motivation for signing Malcom and if Richarlison to Everton is the best piece of business this window. Roma president James Pallotta expressed anger at how Barcelona “unethically and immorally” signed Malcom
12:35 PM ET Six Florida Gators face potential university discipline for their alleged roles in a confrontation in late May that involved airsoft guns, a baseball bat, rocks, and a frying pan, according to a UF Police Department incident report. According to a UF Police, a resident of the Keys Residential Complex in Gainesville, Florida,
3:21 PM ET Associated Press PAU, France — Arnaud Demare was rewarded Thursday for hauling his muscular frame over the Alps and through the Pyrenees. Geraint Thomas, meanwhile, is preparing to cement his hold on the yellow jersey in Friday’s final mountain test of the Tour de France. After many of his competitors were unable