Month: June 2021

11:04 PM ET Associated Press DALY CITY, Calif. — Irish rookie Leona Maguire shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday at Lake Merced to take the first-round lead in the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship, the tour’s second straight event on the San Francisco Peninsula. Lexi Thompson followed her Sunday back-nine meltdown in the U.S. Women’s Open at
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7:23 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim The main event will transform one of the most decorated champions in sports into a fresh-faced neophyte. Claressa Shields, the undefeated two-division boxing champion, will make her mixed martial arts debut in the PFL main event on Thursday in Atlantic City, New Jersey. But Shields’ lightweight bout against Brittney Elkin
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10:28 PM ET Jaime Munguia will have a new opponent in his main event on June 19 in El Paso, Texas, with Kamil Szeremeta stepping in on short-notice to take the bout, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Munguia (36-0, 29 KO), the former WBO light middleweight champion, has since moved up to middleweight.
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6:10 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton didn’t practice Thursday due to a right hand injury, and first-round draft pick Mac Jones mostly worked behind Jarrett Stidham and veteran Brian Hoyer as he prepares for a possible training-camp competition in late July. “I’m the rookie so I’m just learning from
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7:48 PM ET Associated Press RIDGELAND, S.C. — Dustin Johnson got off to a fast start Thursday at Congaree in his home-state Palmetto Championship, shooting a 6-under 65 that left him a shot behind leader Wes Roach. Johnson, the world’s top-ranked player and a South Carolina native, hadn’t played since missing the cut the last
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5:39 PM ET LAS VEGAS – WBC junior lightweight champion Oscar Valdez is set to return to the ring in September for a voluntary title defense against veteran Andrew Cancio in Arizona, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum told ESPN Thursday. Valdez (29-0, 23 KOs) is coming off a significant upset victory over Miguel Berchelt in
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3:44 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Make it five quarterbacks now on the Green Bay Packers‘ roster. Jake Dolegala signed with the team after his tryout during the three-day minicamp concluded Thursday. He did not get many reps during the 11-on-11 portions of the three practices, but he showed enough during drill work that
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7:14 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay has been rather chipper recently. On Thursday, McVay admitted that new quarterback Matthew Stafford has brought it out
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5:22 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Exasperated by a run of brutal baseball, the Arizona Diamondbacks shook up their coaching staff in an effort to stabilize their season. D-backs manager Torey Lovullo fired hitting coach Darnell Coles and assistant hitting coach Eric Hinske on Thursday with the team struggling to score runs and mired
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7:45 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — As frustrated as Russell Wilson was after last season, the Seattle Seahawks quarterback never wanted to play anywhere else. He made that point clear Thursday as he spoke with reporters for the first time since February, when his public criticisms of the organization led to speculation about
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6:14 PM ET Two former Michigan football players said Thursday they believe they could have been spared from sexual assaults if their coach, Bo Schembechler, had addressed complaints about former team doctor Robert Anderson made by Schembechler’s son, Matt. Both players said they also tried to warn Bo Schembechler about Anderson’s abusive treatment and were
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4:38 PM ET ASHBURN, Virginia. — Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera learned a lesson last summer, one he doesn’t want to repeat. That’s why he said there will be a quarterback competition, even if Ryan Fitzpatrick will enter training camp with a firm grip on the starting job. Ever since Washington signed Fitzpatrick in
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