7:12 PM ET Annika Sorenstam has entered this year’s U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles in North Carolina. The USGA said Thursday that Sorenstam filed her entry to compete in the June event, which will mark her first time playing in the Open since 2008. The 51-year-old Sorenstam ended a 13-year retirement last year when
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3:51 PM ET Caitlin Murray The SheBelieves Cup, hosted by U.S. Soccer every spring, may not be a World Cup or an Olympics, but it has still become one of the most important events on the calendar for the U.S. women’s national team. That’s because the tournament has served as a valuable testing ground for
3:04 PM ET Associated Press BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A devastating fire Thursday swept through the iconic clubhouse at Oakland Hills Country Club, the suburban Detroit golf course that is one of Michigan’s most exclusive clubs and the site of many professional tournaments. Flames ripped through the roof at the sprawling, multistory clubhouse in Bloomfield
4:39 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Tom Clements, one of the coaches Aaron Rodgers has long credited for his development during his early days in the NFL, is coming out of retirement to return to the Packers as quarterbacks coach. Clements verbally accepted the job on Thursday, a source told ESPN. The contract still
5:17 PM ET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — Second-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway pulled out of the Rio Open clay-court tournament on Thursday with an abdominal injury. Ruud told a news conference that he was still feeling the effects of an injury he picked up during Sunday’s final of the Argentina Open, which he
5:19 PM ET Associated Press CLEMSON, S.C. — Injured Clemson starting offensive lineman Hunter Rayburn is moving to the Tigers coaching staff. Rayburn will become a student coach on Dabo Swinney’s staff this upcming season because of neck problems, school spokesman Ross Taylor said Thursday. Rayburn is a 6-foot-4, 320-pound junior from Pensacola, Florida. He
2:23 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Even though the Saudi Arabian government has been accused of myriad human rights violations by watch groups around the world, Phil Mickelson says he is willing to get involved with a Saudi-financed breakaway golf league to have leverage with the PGA Tour. “They’re scary motherf—ers to get involved with,”
4:21 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Greg Biffle smiled, exhaled and summed up his return to Daytona International Speedway in four words: “It’s been a while.” Nearly six years, to be more precise. The former NASCAR Cup Series regular is trying to make the Daytona 500 for the first time since 2016.
3:19 PM ET Ohio State kept one of the top in-state football prospects home on Thursday when ESPN Junior 300 offensive lineman Luke Montgomery committed to the Buckeyes. Montgomery had a top list that included Ohio State, Michigan, Clemson, Oklahoma and Notre Dame. He’s the No. 69 prospect overall and a 6-foot-5, 260-pound lineman from
1:58 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NHL has fined Nashville Predators coach John Hynes $25,000 for inappropriate conduct at the end of a 4-1 loss to Washington. The league announced the fine Thursday. Hynes was assessed a game misconduct at the end of Tuesday night’s loss in Nashville. It was the Predators’
New Zealand will look to tighten their grip over South Africa in the 1st Test on Friday.© AFP New Zealand vs South Africa, 1st Test, Day 2, live cricket score and updates:New Zealand will look to tighten their grip over South Africa in the opening Test when they resume batting on the second day of play in
12:53 AM ET NEW YORK — As Tom Thibodeau watched his beleaguered Knicks blow a 28-point lead to the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night, even he couldn’t quite believe what he was seeing. The veteran coach flailed his arms and shook in apparent disbelief as he watched his team get outhustled down the stretch in
12:45 PM GMT A consortium of investors including a South African World Cup-winning captain, Francois Pienaar, has completed a £32 million ($43.47m) takeover of Saracens, the English Premiership club announced. Saracens, five-time Premiership champions, were relegated at the end of the 2019-20 season as punishment for multiple salary cap breaches. But they won promotion back
Otmar Szafnauer has joined Alpine as team principal as part of a wider management restructure of the Renault-owned F1 team. The ex-Aston Martin team boss will bring “technical knowledge and leadership to build the team across multiple areas,” chief executive officer Laurent Rossi says. It sees Alpine return to a traditional organisation after an unusual
India and West Indies will face off in the 2nd T20I in Kolkata on Friday.© BCCI Clinical in most aspects of the game so far, India will now hope that star batter Virat Kohli also regains his form when they take on a struggling West Indies in the potentially series-deciding second T20 International in Kolkata on
10:33 AM ET DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — As Daytona Speedweeks (OK, it’s actually Speedweek now) have reached full speed leading into Thursday night’s dual 150-mile qualifying races, everyone in the Cup Series garage seems to agree that NASCAR’s newly christened rides, the so-called Next Gen machines, were needed. OK, they agree for the most part.
11:12 AM ET Associated Press MEXICO, Maine — A Maine woman recognized by the New England Patriots as their oldest fan has died. She was 106. Myrtle Milledge, of the town of Mexico, was well into her 40s when the Patriots became a franchise in the old American Football League in 1960. The Patriots honored
10:50 AM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Novak Djokovic on Thursday received a warm welcome in Dubai, where he visited the world’s fair following the global discussion around his decision to remain unvaccinated. After being twice detained and deported from Australia ahead of the year’s first Grand Slam Tournament last month, Djokovic