10:00 PM ET Columbus Blue Jackets rookie Elvis Merzlikins will make his return in goal Sunday night against the Canucks in Vancouver, British Columbia, coach John Tortorella announced. Merzlikins, a surprise standout this season for the Blue Jackets who has the most shutouts among rookie goalies, has been out since Feb. 24 with a concussion.
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8:24 PM ET Associated Press NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Ernie Els won the Hoag Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions title, birdieing the par-5 15th and 18th holes for a two-stroke victory at Newport Beach Country Club. Making his third senior start, the 50-year-old Hall of Famer from South Africa closed with
7:50 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — Five Sundays from now, the struggles at Bay Hill will be but a faded memory, a result that will have no impact either way on whether Rory McIlroy wakes up on Easter morning with a green jacket in his sights. Sure, it stings to let an opportunity get away
7:40 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — Joey Logano raced to his second NASCAR Cup Series win in three weeks, holding off Kevin Harvick over the final two laps after an overtime restart Sunday at Phoenix Raceway. Also the winner two weeks ago in Las Vegas for Team Penske, Logano has 25 career Cup
6:29 PM ET MAN, I TOLD my brother, you really stepped in it this time. Dan shot me a sideways look as we headed for the 17th hole at Augusta National on Sunday, April 14, 2019. “You’ve never been to a major golf championship before,” I said. “And here you are witnessing the greatest Masters
12:38 PM ET A red card for a moment of recklessness ended France’s hopes of a Six Nations Grand Slam on Sunday, as they lost 28-17 to a clinical Scotland in a meltdown with echoes of their ill-disciplined exit from the World Cup last October. 2 Related Scotland’s win, secured with a brace of tries
2:44 PM BST Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones called on World Rugby, the sport’s governing body, to review an incident during his side’s 33-30 Six Nations defeat to England on Saturday when opposition prop Joe Marler appeared to grab him around the groin area. After just 10 minutes of the Twickenham game a melee broke
2:34 PM ET Spaniard Jorge Campillo showcased a putting masterclass to beat Scotland’s David Drysdale in a two-way playoff on the fifth extra hole to win the Qatar Masters on Sunday. Campillo looked on course for a two-stroke victory on the final day of the tournament but a wayward tee shot on the par-4 17th
9:02 AM ET It’s hard to believe it has nearly been 365 days since Tiger Woods stunned the golf world by winning his fifth green jacket at the Masters. The 84th edition of the Masters, the first major championship of the PGA Tour season, is only one month away. There’s much uncertainty, starting with the
7:46 AM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Before and after each of his rounds at his most recent tournament in Mexico, Jordan Spieth could be seen on the driving range trying to find what ails him. The pursuit of that magic remains one of the game’s most mystifying endeavors. A three-time major champion with
8:50 AM ET Full disclosure: I didn’t really want to do this column. It didn’t feel right. Normal doesn’t feel right. But my editors encouraged me, saying perhaps people might want some normal. We’ll see. I swapped out a “dislike” about the Nets because no one needs negativity right now. In the end, I didn’t
2:50 PM GMT Lahore Qalandars captain Sohail Akhtar won the toss and chose to field against Karachi Kings in Lahore in the second half of Sunday’s PSL double-header. Lahore are seeking to build on a resounding eight-wicket win over Quetta Gladiators in an effort to dig themselves out of the cellar on the PSL points
The Bahrain Grand Prix, due to take place from 20-22 March, will be a “participants-only event” because of the coronavirus outbreak. Organisers said allowing spectators at the event “would not be the right thing to do”. Last month, the Chinese Grand Prix, scheduled for 19 April, was postponed because of virus fears. “Balancing the welfare
German Max Schachmann won the first stage of Paris-Nice in a four-man sprint finish in Plaisir. The Bora-Hansgrohe rider, 26, finished the 154km stage in three hours 32 minutes nine seconds, two seconds ahead of Team Sunweb’s Tiesj Benoot. Seven teams, including Team Ineos, withdrew before the race started because of the coronavirus outbreak. The
2:03 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff England 316 and 39 for 1 (Crawley 27*, Anjula 1-14) lead Sri Lanka Cricket XI 245 (Priyanjan 77, Parkinson 4-68) by 110 runs Matt Parkinson did his best to make a statement to England selectors ahead of the first Test in Sri Lanka by claiming four wickets as the visitors
4:20 AM ET On a night when the UFC announced a fight was being inducted into the Hall of Fame Class of 2020, fans at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas were treated to an epic bout that probably will have its own HOF induction announcement some day. Zhang Weili defended her strawweight crown with
9:17 AM ET The Nashville Predators‘ midseason coaching change from Peter Laviolette to John Hynes didn’t cause the kind of immediate impact that some had hoped, but the team has lingered in the playoff mix through much of the second half. With Saturday’s 1-0 win over the Dallas Stars, they jumped back into the second
4:31 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Israel Adesanya is still the UFC middleweight champion, escaping a bizarre battle with Yoel Romero by unanimous decision in the main event of UFC 248 on Saturday night. Zhang Weili, meanwhile, held on to her strawweight title in an instant classic against Joanna Jedrzejczyk in the co-main event. The