Month: March 2021

3:59 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – No. 1-ranked Dustin Johnson said Saturday that he will not participate in the men’s Olympic golf tournament in Tokyo this summer. Citing the hectic schedule that surrounds this year’s Summer Games, postponed from 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, Johnson — the reigning FedEx Cup champion —
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4:25 PM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Garbine Muguruza ended her almost two-year wait for a title with a 7-6 (6), 6-3 win against Barbora Krejcikova in the final of the Dubai Championships on Saturday. “It means a lot,” the ninth-seeded Muguruza said, “it’s never easy to win.” In her third
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3:48 PM ET Kentucky Wildcats freshman Cam’Ron Fletcher has entered the basketball transfer portal, the school announced Saturday. Fletcher, a former ESPN 100 prospect from St. Louis, played just nine games for the Wildcats this season and was asked to step away from the team for a week back in December. “Although this season did
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2:57 PM ET Associated Press Top-seeded Daniil Medvedev will bid for his 10th career title when he meets unseeded Pierre-Hugues Herbert in an unusual-looking Open 13 final. Sunday’s decider pits two-time Grand Slam runner-up Medvedev against a player who owns all four majors in doubles but has never won a singles title, and is ranked
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2:56 PM ET Running back Emmanuel Henderson announced his commitment to Alabama on Saturday, choosing the Crimson Tide over offers from some of the biggest programs in the country, including Auburn, Georgia, Clemson and others. Henderson, a 6-foot-1, 185-pound back out of Geneva County High School in Hartford, Alabama, is the No. 12-ranked recruit overall
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Legend is a word bandied around all too easily, but it is a completely appropriate description of Murray Walker. The Formula 1 broadcasting great, who died on Saturday at the age of 97, was loved by millions across the world for his high-energy motorsport commentary style, peppered with amusing mistakes and malapropisms. The errors are
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12:25 PM ET ESPN News Services BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres will be without captain Jack Eichel for what coach Ralph Krueger called “the foreseeable future” in delivering yet another blow to a team in the midst of a nine-game skid. The injury is not considered season-ending, though Krueger on Saturday was unable to
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1:27 PM ET Duke could play in the NCAA tournament if selected as an at-large team or a COVID-replacement team, a source told ESPN’s Rece Davis. The Blue Devils withdrew from the ACC tournament Thursday after a positive COVID-19 test within the program. At the time, athletic director Kevin White said in a statement that
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Preview West Indies have dominated them in the ODI series, but the final match offers a chance to redeem pride Big picture Sri Lanka’s tours over the past two months have a sense of haunting familiarity to them. Key players are absent due to various unfortunate reasons (on this tour, Lahiru Kumara couldn’t make it
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11:19 AM ET Tennessee forward John Fulkerson is out for the rest of the SEC tournament because of facial injuries suffered in Friday’s win over Florida, the school announced. Fulkerson left Friday’s game after receiving two elbows to the head from Florida’s Omar Payne, who was ejected. “That was a dirty play,” Tennessee forward Yves
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11:05 AM ET Michigan senior Isaiah Livers is out indefinitely with a stress injury to his right foot, the school announced Saturday morning. Livers underwent an MRI following Michigan’s 79-66 win over Maryland in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals on Friday. Livers will wear a protective boot while he begins rehabbing. Livers, a 6-foot-7 wing,
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