Month: August 2021

8:14 PM ET Associated Press HARRISON, N.Y. — Kentucky junior Jensen Castle rallied to advance to the U.S. Women’s Amateur final Saturday, beating NCAA champion Rachel Heck of Stanford with a 15-foot birdie putt on the 19th hole. Castle, from West Columbia, South Carolina, will face Arizona junior Hou Yu-chiang of Taiwan in the 36-hole
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8:09 PM ET Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman was removed from Saturday night’s game against the Washington Nationals because of an upper respiratory infection, the team said. Freeman was removed as a precaution, according to the Braves. He flied out to center in the first inning but didn’t take the field in the top
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8:00 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Infielder Jonathan Schoop and the Detroit Tigers agreed Saturday to a $15 million, two-year contract covering 2022 and 2023. Schoop is hitting .289 and has a team-best 64 RBIs. His 18 homers are tied with Eric Haase for the club lead. Schoop gets $7.5 million annually under the
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6:43 PM ET CANTON, Ohio — After some waited decades to get the call from the Pro Football Hall of Fame, they waited an additional twelve months for the ceremony because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Class of 2020 and the Centennial class both got their moment Saturday night. Fifteen were elected to the Pro
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7:22 PM ET Associated Press EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Captain Corey took the lead early, held off one challenge and then drew off in the stretch to give trainer-driver Ake Svanstedt his second win in the $1 million Hambletonian on Saturday at the Meadowlands. Svanstedt didn’t need any help from the judges this time. He
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7:11 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Jannik Sinner arrived at the Citi Open on a four-match losing streak. Now the 19-year-old from Italy is one victory from becoming the tournament’s youngest champion since 2008. The fifth-seeded Sinner reached his fourth ATP final and stopped the run of 20-year-old Californian Jenson Brooksby by beating him
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6:57 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Audie Attar’s attempt to stop Manny Pacquiao from fighting Errol Spence Jr. has been denied. The official ruling was handed down Friday in Superior Court of California in Orange County, denying Paradigm Sports Management’s effort to obtain a preliminary injunction against Pacquiao that would have halted the Aug. 21 welterweight
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10:40 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Josh Taylor is coming home to defend his undisputed championship. Taylor and Jack Catterall have agreed to terms for a Dec. 18 fight at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, sources told ESPN, and all four 140-pound belts will be on the line. Exact TV plans haven’t been finalized, but
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6:06 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Phil Mickelson went to the driving range after his third round at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, searching for answers. If he doesn’t find them soon, Mickelson said he does not deserve a spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup team next month. A victory in May at the PGA
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6:24 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Kid Galahad picked apart James “Jazza” Dickens to force a stoppage at the end of 11 rounds and win the IBF world featherweight title
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6:20 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” An autistic man accused longtime major league player Omar Vizquel of sexual harassment while he was managing a Chicago White Sox minor league affiliate, alleging in a civil lawsuit filed this week
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6:04 PM ET Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum has been elected as the president of the National Basketball Players Association, succeeding two-term president Chris Paul, sources told ESPN. McCollum has been a vice president on the NBPA’s executive committee since 2018 and has been deeply involved in union decision-making and negotiations with the NBA.
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1:33 PM ET CINCINNATI — Physically, Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow says he feels fine. Getting there mentally, however, is going to take a little bit more time. On Saturday, Burrow analyzed his struggles through the early portion of training camp and outlined how to fix what’s ailing him. “It’s frustrating right now, more so just
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4:49 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray wasn’t the only one surprised Saturday morning by a birthday message from his teammate, fellow quarterback Colt McCoy. McCoy didn’t know he had given Murray a birthday gift, either. During their morning quarterbacks meeting, a video of McCoy wishing Murray a happy birthday was
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