THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Steve Stricker wanted to stay in bed Saturday morning and some of the players at the Insperity Invitational probably wish he did. Stricker took advantage of calm conditions with a 7-under 65 for a three-way share of the lead in his return to the PGA Tour Champions. Stricker, who lost 25
Month: April 2022
ASHBURN, Va. — Quarterback Sam Howell called the ending a dream come true. Others could call it an unexpected one. The Washington Commanders drafted Howell with the first pick of the fifth round Saturday, ending a slide for a player many projected as a second-round pick. “I had no expectations coming into the draft,” Howell
The Detroit Red Wings celebrated the return of Steve Yzerman three years ago, expecting one of their all-time greats to turn around the franchise as general manager. It hasn’t happened yet. Detroit was 32-40-10 and won 39% of its games, barely faring better than last year’s rate after bottoming out in Yzerman’s first season by
Golden State Warriors assistant Mike Brown, Brooklyn Nets consultant Steve Clifford and former Warriors coach Mark Jackson are among finalists for the Sacramento Kings‘ head-coaching job, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Saturday. All three have prior head-coaching experience. Sacramento is looking to end a 16-season playoff drought, the longest active streak in the NBA
DOVER, Del. — Chris Buescher was the surprise pole winner Saturday at Dover Motor Speedway, turning a lap of 160.149 mph to win his first career top spot. The RFK Racing driver will be joined on the front row by Denny Hamlin, who was ordered this week by NASCAR to begin sensitivity training after he
Frances Tiafoe reached the final of the Estoril Open with a 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 victory over Sebastian Korda on Saturday. Tiafoe struggled against his fellow American in the opening set, despite some quality play at the net. In the second he again found it difficult to carve any sort of advantage, until the lights
Defensive end Ochaun Mathis, an All-Big 12 performer at TCU, is transferring to Nebraska for the 2022 season. Mathis picked Nebraska over Texas during an announcement Saturday on Twitter Live. He earned second-team All-Big 12 honors last season for the Horned Frogs, recording four sacks and seven tackles for loss, to go with three pass
DOVER, Del. — Josh Berry led a dominant outing for JR Motorsports and won his first NASCAR Xfinity Series race of the season Saturday at Dover Motor Speedway. Berry had tears in his eyes and hoisted his daughter in the air after he took the checkered flag in the No. 8 Chevrolet for his third
The Detroit Red Wings will not renew the contract of Jeff Blashill, who just completed his seventh season as head coach. Detroit finished with a 32-40-10 record (.451 points percentage) and were 26 points out of a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, missing the playoffs for the sixth straight season. The team also announced
Gloucestershire 443 for 2 (Dent 207*, Harris 124, Hammond 75*) trail Surrey 603 (Smith 234*, Clark 137, Pope 84, Curran 64) by 160 runs Rediscovering his best form when it was most needed, Chris Dent scored a superb double-hundred and batted all day to frustrate First Division leaders Surrey and usher Gloucestershire towards safety on
Nottinghamshire 266 (Hameed 53, Duckett 50, Broad 45*) and 233 for 5 (Duckett 78, Clarke 61*) beat Worcestershire 159 (Paterson 8-52) and 339 (Barnard 163*, Cox 55, Fletcher 4-65, Broad 4-72) by five wickets Normal service has been resumed as Nottinghamshire, beaten in their first home match of the season by Glamorgan, made it six
England secured a fourth Six Nations Grand Slam in six years as they beat France 24-12 in Bayonne on Saturday. The victory makes it four consecutive Six Nations titles for the Red Roses, who have demonstrated their dominance by only conceding four tries in this year’s competition. France gave England their toughest test so far
Kent 291 (Bell-Drummond 109, Cox 68, Robinson 58, Rauf 5-65) and 118 for 2 (Compton 67*, Leaning 31*) trail Yorkshire 571 (Brook 194, Malan 152, Bess 98) by 162 runs Harry Brook fell narrowly short of a maiden career double-century before lunch on day three as Yorkshire edged towards victory in their LV= Insurance County
Derbyshire 368 (Guest 109, Madsen 70, Masood 60) and 170 for 2 (Madsen 58*, Masood 42, Guest 40*) lead Glamorgan 387 (Labuschagne 130, Lloyd 84, Lakmal 5-82) by 151 runs Derbyshire’s Shan Masood fell agonisingly short of a world record on the third day of the LV=Insurance County Championship match against Glamorgan at Derby. The
DOVER, Del. — Denny Hamlin said someone sent him a crass anti-Asian meme that poked fun at Kyle Larson‘s driving and out it went without a care — from his mobile phone to Twitter. “I thought it was hilarious,” Hamlin said. “Also, it’s insensitive. I understand.” He didn’t laugh long. NASCAR and scores of fans
Lancashire 240 (Bailey 59, Salt 55, Barker 5-67) and 9 for 0 need 342 runs to beat Hampshire 246 (Gubbins 101*, Fuller 55, Hasan 5-45) and 344 (Gubbins 130, Brown 72, Anderson 3-36) Nick Gubbins scored twin centuries in an LV= Insurance County Championship match for the first time in his career as Hampshire set
Durham 223 (Trevaskis 88) and 169 for 0 (Dickson 110*, Lees 50*) trail Sussex 538 (Pujara 202, Rizwan 79, Alsop 66, Haines 54, Clark 50, Trevaskis 5-128) lead ) by 146 runs An unbroken opening stand of 169 between Alex Lees and Sean Dickson gave Durham an excellent chance of saving their LV= Insurance County
MUNICH — Danish teenager Holger Rune will play Botic van de Zandschulp in the final of the BMW Open after they came through the semifinals on Saturday. Rune defeated home favorite Oscar Otte 6-4 6-4 in both players’ first ATP Tour semifinal. Van de Zandschulp rallied to defeat Miomir Kecmanovic 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Rune,
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