Cubs place closer Morrow on DL
The Chicago Cubs placed closer Brandon Morrow on the 10-day disabled list prior to Thursday’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Titans to speak with DT Casey about anthem protest plans
One day after Jurrell Casey voiced he would continue to protest against social injustices during the national anthem before games, the Tennessee Titans said they plan to sit down with their star defensive tackle.
League and union ‘working on a resolution’ to anthem issue
The NFL and the union representing its players are working on a resolution to the league’s national anthem policy, the two sides said in a joint statement on Thursday.
Golf: Lincicome flops in her PGA Tour debut with opening 78
Brittany Lincicome’s chances of becoming the second woman to make the cut in a men’s event looked slim on Thursday after she carded a six-over-par 78 in the opening round of the PGA Tour’s Barbasol Championship in Kentucky.
Golf: Shot of the day is scant consolation after Garcia’s 75
Sergio Garcia all but shot himself out of the title equation with a 75 at the British Open on Thursday but there was some consolation for the 2017 U.S. Masters champion as he conjured one of the strokes of the day.
Cycling: Former champion Nibali out of Tour after crash
Former champion Vincenzo Nibali has pulled out of the Tour de France with a fractured vertebra suffered in a crash near the end of the 12th stage on Thursday.
Tiger Woods the main attraction as he rolls back the years
For a few hours at a sun-drenched Carnoustie on Thursday it felt like 2000 all over again, or 2005 or 2006 as Tiger Woods rolled back the years and captivated a heaving British Open gallery.
Golf: Kisner (66) claims Open Championship lead
American Kevin Kisner took advantage of unusually gentle weather conditions and a hot putter to grab the early lead at the 2018 Open Championship with a 66 at Carnoustie Golf Links in Angus, Scotland.
Golf: Kisner first round leader in benign Open conditions
Kevin Kisner put a mediocre links record aside and surged to the first-round lead with a five-under-par 66 at the British Open at a fiery fast and baked-out Carnoustie on Thursday.
Lincicome flops in PGA Tour start
Brittany Lincicome, the first woman to compete in a PGA Tour event in a decade, found it hard going on Thursday as she slumped to a six-over 78 in the opening round of the Barbasol Championship.
