12:56 PM ET TULSA, Okla. — While a handful of golf’s biggest stars have expressed their disappointment that reigning champion Phil Mickelson isn’t defending his PGA Championship victory this week, one former champion is glad Mickelson isn’t playing at Southern Hills Country Club. Dave Stockton, who won the PGA Championship in 1970 and 1976, said
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12:25 PM ET Jimbo Fisher delivered a fiery rebuttal to Alabama coach Nick Saban’s comments from Wednesday night that Texas A&M “bought every player” in its vaunted 2022 recruiting class, calling Saban’s comments “despicable” numerous times in a quickly assembled 9½-minute news conference. Fisher, who was visibly angry, said there was no truth to Saban’s
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1:01 PM ET Associated Press SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University and JMA Wireless on Thursday announced a 10-year partnership for naming rights of the university’s iconic indoor stadium. The agreement means the name Carrier will be replaced for the first time since the venue opened in 1980. It will be called the JMA Wireless Dome.
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11:27 AM ET New York Rangers coach Gerard Gallant, Florida Panthers interim coach Andrew Brunette and Calgary Flames coach Darryl Sutter are the finalists for the NHL’s Jack Adams Award, given to the head coach who has “contributed the most to his team’s success.” The award is voted on by members of the NHL Broadcasters’
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8:00 AM ET Mark Fainaru-Wada Close ESPN Staff Writer Investigative reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit since 2007 Co-author of New York Times best-selling books “League of Denial” and “Game of Shadows” Co-winner, 2004 George Polk Award Steve Fainaru Close ESPN Senior Writer Winner, 2008 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting Four-time first-place winner in
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8:38 AM ET Clay Collard will try to continue his march toward a PFL title on June 17, when he takes on Alexander Martinez in Atlanta. PFL officials announced the lightweight matchup Wednesday. The event, which takes place at OTE Arena, marks the second round of regular-season action. Collard (21-9) is on a mission in
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9:33 AM ET The UFC has announced it will stage its first event in France on Sept. 3 at the Accor Arena in Paris after a decade-long battle with French authorities. President Dana White said on Tuesday: “I’m so excited to hold our first event in Paris this September. It will be an unbelievable night
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4:26 AM ET An Amnesty International report said that there had been human rights abuses in Qatar. Getty Images Amnesty International and other rights groups have called on FIFA to set aside $440 million (£356m) to compensate migrant workers in Qatar for “human rights abuses” during preparations for the 2022 World Cup. In a letter to
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