Month: March 2022

2:36 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — In Gee Chun shot a 6-under 66 Saturday to lead a trio of South Korean golfers at the top of the leaderboard after three rounds of the LPGA Tour’s HSBC Women’s World Championship. Chun had a 54-hole total of 12-under 204 on the Sentosa Golf Club’s Tanjong course.
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Russian driver Nikita Mazepin has been sacked by the Haas team as a result of his country’s invasion of Ukraine. The US-based outfit have also terminated the contract of their title sponsor, the Russian chemicals company Uralkali. Uralkali is part-owned by Mazepin’s billionaire father Dmitry, a close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin, through his
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6:36 AM ET Associated Press LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland — Roger Federer said Saturday that any tournament comeback from his knee surgery last year will not be until at least the late summer. The 40-year-old tennis great gave an update on his lengthy rehabilitation to Swiss broadcaster SRF when he attended a women’s World Cup ski race
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1:56 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Jose Ramirez’s quest to regain his 140-pound titles began successfully Friday night with a unanimous-decision victory over Jose Pedraza on ESPN+. All three judges scored the fight 116-112 for Ramirez, who was fighting in his hometown, Fresno, California, for the first time in three years. The matchup was Ramirez’s first
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Report A minute’s silence was observed before play in memory of Shane Warne and victims of the terror attacks in Peshawar Pakistan 302 for 1 (Imam 154*, Azhar 95*, Lyon 1-106) vs Pakistan Azhar Ali closed in on his 19th Test century at lunch as a stubborn Pakistan continued to build an imposing first-innings total
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1:11 AM ET Jamal CollierESPN CHICAGO — Fans at United Center may have reveled in Bulls forward Derrick Jones Jr.’s flagrant foul on Milwaukee Bucks guard Grayson Allen on Friday night, but Jones insisted afterward that the foul was not intentional and denied being a dirty player. Jones was given a flagrant foul 1 in
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8:43 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Officials from the Major League Baseball Players Association are preparing a written response to MLB’s last offer on a new collective bargaining agreement that preceded the league canceling the first week of
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6:04 PM ET Bryson DeChambeau is in line to return to the PGA Tour next week. Phil Mickelson is not. DeChambeau, who hasn’t played since missing the cut at the Farmers Insurance Open in late January, is in the field for next week’s Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Mickelson, who
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7:47 PM ET Kiley McDaniel Close ESPN MLB Insider ESPN MLB Insider Kiley McDaniel covers MLB prospects, the MLB Draft and more, including trades and free agency. Has worked for four MLB teams. Jeff Passan Close ESPN ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Fallout
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7:58 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As it turns out, the San Francisco 49ers will have some movement involving a key role on their staff and the NFL broadcast booth after all. Two days after general manager John Lynch acknowledged that he declined a lucrative opportunity to return to broadcasting, the Niners are hiring
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7:02 PM ET Hockey legend Jaromir Jagr announced that his team Kladno will move its final Czech Extraliga regular-season home game to the larger O2 Arena in Prague, with ticket proceeds benefitting Ukrainian families who are currently seeking asylum in the Czech Republic after Russia’s invasion. The Knights of Kladno were scheduled to host HC
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