Month: August 2021

7:04 AM ET Bobby Bowden, the longtime Florida State football coach who ranks second all time in Division I wins, has died, the school announced Sunday morning. He was 91. Bowden was diagnosed with a terminal medical condition in July. He did not disclose what the condition was at the time, although his son Terry
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2:49 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The 17-year gold-medal drought for USA Boxing’s men continues after a pair of losses Sunday morning at the Tokyo Olympics. First, it was Keyshawn Davis who settled for silver after dropping a split decision to Andy Cruz of Cuba in the lightweight gold-medal match. Then, with one last chance to
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12:49 AM ET HOUSTON — Ciryl Gane is a living, breathing representation of the evolution of mixed martial arts. He’s a poised, smooth and tactical heavyweight who moves like a man two to three weight classes below him. He was born in France, a place that just legalized the sport of MMA last year. Gane
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1:23 AM ET Ciryl Gane put on a dominant, smothering performance at UFC 265, ultimately scoring a TKO victory over Derrick Lewis to secure the UFC interim heavyweight championship. A lot of people were paying attention to the fight, including reigning UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou, and long-time light heavyweight champion (and current heavyweight) Jon
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11:09 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — After three months of build-up, New York Jets rookie Zach Wilson made his debut Saturday night at MetLife Stadium. It was a dud. In the annual Green & White practice before a crowd of nearly 20,000, Wilson, the No. 2 overall draft pick, threw two interceptions and led
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9:33 PM ET Associated Press TRUCKEE, Calif. — Adam Schenk birdied the par-4 18th in smoky conditions from wildfires Saturday for an 11-point round and four-point lead in the Barracuda Championship, the only PGA Tour event that uses the modified Stableford scoring system. Players receive eight points for an albatross, five for eagle, two for
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9:23 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — It would be an understatement to say Trea Turner has had one of the more stressful two-week stretches of his major league career. The All-Star shortstop tested positive for COVID-19 on July 28. Two days later, he was traded from the Washington Nationals to the Los Angeles
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7:35 PM ET Associated Press WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Ty Gibbs passed road race ace AJ Allmendinger after a restart with four laps to go and won the Xfinity race at Watkins Glen International on Saturday. It was the third win in 10 Xfinity races this season for the 18-year-old grandson of team owner Joe
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9:12 PM ET OXNARD, Calif. — Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy said quarterback Dak Prescott has done some “light throwing” for the first time since leaving practice July 28 with a latissimus strain in his right shoulder. McCarthy followed up with a reference to “light objects,” which could mean it was not a regulation football,
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7:50 PM ET PITTSBURGH — More than two weeks into the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ training camp, star outside linebacker T.J. Watt hasn’t taken part in a single team period. Coach Mike Tomlin has been vague when asked about Watt’s absence in those drills, saying Saturday that Watt has been “working hard with our trainers.” Steelers defensive
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7:16 PM BST Veteran Morne Steyn kicked over a last-gasp penalty to hand South Africa a narrow 19-16 victory over British & Irish Lions in the third and final test on Saturday to seal a 2-1 series victory. The 37-year-old reprised his heroics from 12 years ago when he did the same for the Springboks
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