10:05 PM ET ESPN News Services PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan, who has a deep history in golf, experienced a first at San Francisco’s Harding Park golf course on Thursday. The Tour’s top executive was struck by an errant tee shot by Matthew Fitzpatrick. “One hop off the shoulder,” Monahan said. Monahan, who is serving
10:35 PM ET The question hung in the air all week: What would the 2020 PGA Championship, the first major in 13 months and first without fans, look and feel like? On Thursday, we got the answer. “It’s just different,” Tiger Woods said. “That’s probably the only way to say it.” Different, but still intriguing.
8:44 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Erik Jones won’t return to Joe Gibbs Racing next season, ending his time with one of NASCAR’s top teams after three Cup seasons but several years in Gibbs’ driver development program. “We appreciate all Erik has done for Joe Gibbs Racing over the past several years,” Joe
3:24 PM ET Miami Heat All-Star swingman Jimmy Butler will not play in Thursday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks because of a sore right foot. It is the second straight game Butler has missed. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said prior to Thursday’s game that Butler has had both an MRI and an X-ray on the
2:02 PM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James is out for Thursday’s game against the Houston Rockets because of his right groin, the team announced. James, 35, missed 27 games last season because of a groin injury suffered Christmas Day. This season, he sat out games in December and
6:01 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print The Utah Jazz will be without three starters when they take on the San Antonio Spurs on Friday, the first night of an important back-to-back for the team. Mike Conley (right knee soreness), Rudy Gobert (rest) and Donovan Mitchell (left peroneal strain) will all
1:21 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Philadelphia 76ers coach Brett Brown did his best to put on a brave face as he spoke to the media Thursday afternoon. But in the wake of learning that All-Star Ben Simmons would be out indefinitely with a subluxation of his left patella, Brown couldn’t
7:32 PM ET Tim Bontemps LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — After the Milwaukee Bucks came back from a 23-point deficit against the Miami Heat on Thursday to claim a 130-116 victory and clinch the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, Giannis Antetokounmpo was asked whether Miami was the biggest threat to stop the Bucks
8:33 PM ET As he has aged, Tiger Woods has built a bridge to the crowds he spent most of his prime ignoring. The galleries always loved him, and Woods decided in his latest act that he would finally love them back. He was never going to be Arnold Palmer, who made sure every fan
8:28 PM ET Associated Press ROCKVILLE, Md. — Top-seeded teenager Rachel Heck opened a big lead early and then had to hang on to beat Therese Warner in 18 holes to advance to the second round of the U.S. Women’s Amateur on Thursday. The Women’s Amateur has not been kind to the medalists, with four