“Rory McIlroy PGA Tour,” which has been rebranded after EA dropped Tiger Woods, the 15-year face of the PGA Tour franchise, will feature only 12 licensed golfers. Woods is not one of them. MORE: Must-see U.S. Open photos | Spieth turns major attention to St. Andrews Spieth, the reigning Masters and U.S. Open champion, is on the roster, which will give EA Sports something to promote in the run-up to the game’s release on July 14....
Aldo, who was promised a 145-pound title fight with McGregor after beating Frankie Edgar in UFC 200, said Tuesday he wants out of his UFC contract with McGregor instead fighting Eddie Alvarez in November’s UFC 205 at 155 pounds. MORE: Ronda Rousey wants to fight Cyborg “I think Dana and the new owners have to understand that there’s a completely unsatisfied employee who doesn’t want to continue,” Aldo’s coach and manager Andre Pederneiras told Combate TV in Brazil (via MMAFighting....
Fernandez risked so much to escape his native Cuba. His first two tries failed and landed him not only back in Cuba, but in prison. Still, he persisted. Not for a long-held dream to play in the major leagues. As a teen in Cuba, Fernandez knew little about baseball in the U.S. He and his mother kept trying to reach the States for something far more important than baseball: freedom....
He told a press conference that being a manager was much more difficult than being a journalist, and that’s why “we earn a lot more than you”. Rather than answer for his squad’s performance, he delivered a brief monologue and exited the press conference. MORE: Mourinho back to moaning about refs, transfers, depth “Your job is a lot easier than ours which is why we earn a lot more than you," the Roma manager told the first reporter who attempted to ask a question....
The trial will take place in Hawaii. The date coincides with the Rockies’ season opener at Arizona, although a plea agreement is possible. MORE: Worst crimes connected to athletes | Manfred needs to send message Reyes, 32, was arrested in October and pleaded not guilty. Police said an argument involving Reyes and his wife Katherine Ramirez turned physical and she required treatment at an area hospital.
What inspired you to create a character like Josh Corman? I’m very lucky to have experienced a certain amount of success in the eyes of the world, or in the eyes of the industry, but the tricky thing about any measurement of success is, it’s subjective. There’s always a way you can look at it where you see yourself as a fckup and there’s always a way you can look at it where you can see yourself as a success, and what I have found is that thinking of it in terms of being a fckup or being a success is actually useless....
Allen will be back in California on Thursday for the 2022 NFL season opener facing the defending Super Bowl champion Rams. He and the Bills will kick off what they hope will be a Super Bowl campaign of their own. Allen, listed by Caesars Sportsbook as the favorite for league MVP at +700, is coming off an AFC divisional round loss to the Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes. He seemingly came from out of nowhere after playing at Firebaugh High and Reedley College, a junior college....
Griffin and Gordon connected on passes of 43 and 44 yards Friday night, the former for a touchdown, in Cleveland’s 30-13 loss at Tampa Bay. MORE: 32 fantasy sleepers for the 2016 season Both of Gordon’s receptions victimized Buccaneers cornerback Brent Grimes, who simply couldn’t cover the 6-3 receiver. Gordon toasted Grimes early for the 44-yard gain up the sideline. He later out-muscled Grimes in the end zone to haul in the 43-yard touchdown....
Gordon (quadriceps injury), 25, returned to practice about a week ago, so his playing with the starters so soon is an encouraging sign. Despite questions about Gordon’s future with the Browns upon his reinstatement, Hue Jackson said the receiver is “one of our better players,” and the coach wants to see the wideout in action. MORE: How Cleveland became NFL’s scariest QB graveyard “What’s important is that I don’t really know him yet as a football player,” Jackson said Sunday....
Gordon’s 10-game suspension ended this week, and he will make his season debut Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons. Game time is 1 p.m. ET at the Georgia Dome. The Browns are 6-4 and begin a six-week push for a postseason berth that is both unlikely and unexpected. Why? Gordon’s ban for violating the league’s substance abuse policy should have prevented them from being this good. Quarterback Brian Hoyer should have struggled instead of proving worthy of his starting assignment and better than rookie Johnny Manziel....
The Ravens extended the 33-year-old quarterback an offer this week after his workout for the team, according to NFL Network. Johnson “didn’t feel it was the right fit,” considering he likely would be third or fourth on the depth chart once Robert Griffin III recovers from a broken thumb he suffered over the weekend, Ian Rapoport reported. Griffin is expected to miss anywhere from four to eight weeks and will be competing to back up second-year signal-caller Lamar Jackson, who made his way into a starting role as a rookie in 2018-19....
Johnny Manziel couldn’t beat out Brian Hoyer as a rookie last year, and it sounds like he will have a much harder time starting over Josh McCown to start this season. MORE: Johnny Manziel retires “money sign” gesture | Classic photos of Johnny Manziel In addressing Cleveland reporters at Thursday’s last day of mandatory minicamp, Browns offfensive coordinator John DeFilippo confirmed that if the Week 1 game at the Jets was played tomorrow, McCown would get the nod....
Should the outspoken Washington Redskins cornerback make a big play Sunday against the Detroit Lions, he’s got something special planned to celebrate. “Since they sell beer on TV while kids are watching it, I’m thinking I might open a keg on the field, and I’m going to drink it on the field,” Norman told reporters Thursday at his locker. “And I don’t see that being on the rule book.”...
Norman, who left the Panthers as a free agent in the offseason to sign with the Redskins, told Scott Fowler of the Charlotte Observer that Beckham’s famous one-handed TD catch in 2014 against the Cowboys “went to his big old head.” Norman’s comments appear in Fowler’s new book, “Panthers Rising,” detailing the team’s rise from also-rans to Super Bowl runnersup. MORE: NFL’s 10 greatest rivalries ever “I don’t care for the guy at all....
And, befitting a D.C.-area athlete, he vowed to make the ballot box part of his response going forward. “I promise you the next time there is voting or anything about it, we will be the first in line for whatever comes up or however the case may come, because this right here is not acceptable,” Norman told reporters after the Redskins’ win Sunday night over the Raiders. REPONSES TO TRUMP: NFL players | Teams, owners...
Neither of the two southpaws had suffered a defeat heading into Saturday’s bout in London and their meeting lived up to the hype, with Taylor earning the victory to improve to 16-0. One judge had it at 114-114 but two awarded the fight in favor of Taylor, one at 115-113 and the other, somewhat perplexingly, at 117-112. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year That margin seemed particularly harsh on Prograis, who left Taylor with a closed-over, swollen right eye but was also bloodied and battered himself....
The bout has drawn comparisons with Warrington’s two showdowns with another dangerous Mexican, when he lost to and drew against Mauricio Lara in successive scraps before knocking out Spaniard Kiko Martinez in March. “We know he’s got power and knows how to beat people,” said Warrington of Lopez. “He believes he’s going to do what his Mexican friend did and come over here and blast me out.” Here’s what you need to know about the fight, including timings, ticket details and the rivals’ records....
Across the Atlantic, that title belongs to unified heavyweight titleholder Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs), who puts his IBF, WBA and WBO titles on the line Saturday against former heavyweight champ Alexander Povetkin at Wembley Stadium. The biggest criticism of Joshua has been all of his fights have taken place in his native England without him ever making the trek over to the U.S. to fight. Does he really need to do that, though?...
Making Google pay for content they display in searches, which they have blatantly used to their own advantage without paying a cent for years, means diversity in media. It means regional news that speaks to local audiences; it means truth instead of fake news; it means jobs, it fuels democracy and it ensures that power is held to account by the public. Google, currently worth $1 trillion, would rather issue empty threats and hold onto its billions in ad revenue than pay for content, enabling the essential role of journalism and journalists....
On Saturday’s edition of her eponymous show ‘Justice with Judge Jeanine’, Pirro slammed Moab officers over their August 12 handling of a traffic stop where both Laundrie, 23, and Petito, 22, were questioned after he was allegedly seen slapping his fiance. Petito’s body was later found in Grand Teton National Park, in Wyoming, a little over a month after the encounter was recorded by police. Her death was later ruled a homicide....
