Get used to the sight of NBA players taking a unified knee during the national anthem. If you don’t like it, this generation will move forward without you.
The Snooker World Championships and Saturday’s final day of the Goodwood racing festival will no longer welcome spectators due to a coronavirus upsurge in England, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Friday. Three hundred spectators were due to be allowed into the auditorium at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield — a decision which had not been greeted with universal joy by the players. Goodwood will still go ahead with the final day’s racing but like the rest of the meeting, it will now be behind closed doors.
Coaches from one team were next to their compatriots from the opposing side. The NBA had a strong, powerful re-opening night message. When it comes to demanding change, the league stands united – and on Thursday, the Utah Jazz and New Orleans Pelicans showed that by not standing.
Brooks Koepka matched his career best with an 8-under 62 to take the first-round lead at the FedEx St. Jude Invitational.
2020 World Golf Championships-FedEx St Jude Invitational, Round 1 Scoring Conditions: Overall: -0.29 strokes per round Top 10 win probabilities: Brooks Koepka (1, -8, 22.1%) Justin Thomas (T5, -4, 13.7%) Rickie Fowler (T2, -6, 9.6%) Brendon Todd (T2, -6, 5.4%) Bryson DeChambeau (T9, -3, 5.3%) Xander Schauffele (T15, -2, 3.6%) Matt Kuchar (T5, -4, 3.3%) Viktor Hovland (T9, -3, 3.1%) Hideki Matsuyama (T15, -2, 2.9%) Abraham Ancer (T9, -3, 2.7%) Top Strokes-Gained Performers from Round 1: Putting: Matthew Fitzpatrick +4.1 Around the Green: Robert Macintyre +2.1 Approach the Green: Brooks Koepka +3.3 Off-the-tee: Xander Schauffele +1.8 Total: Brooks Koepka +7.7 NOTE: These reports are based off the live predictive model run by @DataGolf. The model provides live “Make Cut”, “Top 20”, “Top 5”, and “Win” probabilities every 5 minutes from the opening tee shot to the final putt of every PGA TOUR event. Briefly, the model takes account of the current form of each golfer as well as the difficulty of their remaining holes, and probabilities are calculated from 20K simulations. To follow live finish probabilities throughout the remainder of the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational or to see how each golfer’s probabilities have evolved from the start of the event to the current time, click here for the model’s home page.
Veteran LeSean McCoy, who finished the 2019 season ranked third among active players with 11,071 career rushing yards, has reached agreement on a one-year deal with the Buccaneers, agent Drew Rosenhaus said.
Former Giants coach and Jaguars executive Tom Coughlin is recovering after breaking four ribs and slightly puncturing a lung in a bicycle accident last weekend that left him hospitalized for a night, he confirmed to ESPN.
Bills rookies were sent home from the facility to do work virtually on Thursday as a response to five positive coronavirus tests this week, the team told ESPN.
Jamal Adams said Thursday he was excited to be with the Seahawks and his plan is to one day retire with the team.
