Month: September 2021

11:17 PM ET Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. — Denny Hamlin held off Kyle Larson after their cars hit nose to tail racing to the finish line Sunday night in the Southern 500 to open the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. Hamlin won for the first time this season after entering the week seeded seventh in the
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9:01 PM ET ATLANTA — Joaquin Niemann had nowhere to be on Sunday, but he decided to play the final round of the Tour Championship as if he were in a hurry. A big hurry. Niemann, playing first and alone because Brooks Koepka withdrew on Saturday with a wrist injury, raced around East Lake Golf
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9:45 PM ET CHICAGO — A go-ahead, seventh-inning grand slam by red-hot Cubs first baseman Frank Schwindel topped off a wild Sunday afternoon at Wrigley Field, leading to an 11-8 Chicago victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates and a four-game sweep. Schwindel’s blast was the third go-ahead slam of the game, including two from Cubs hitters.
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7:04 PM ET Associated Press CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said starting wideout E.J. Williams sustained a thumb injury in the loss to Georgia and will miss four or five weeks. Williams will need surgery, Swinney said Sunday. A 6-foot-3, 197-pound receiver from Phenix City, Alabama, Williams had one catch in the 10-3
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4:59 PM ET Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. — Sheldon Creed led the final 80 laps to take his second straight NASCAR Truck Series win in the playoffs and second in a row at Darlington Raceway on Sunday. Creed, the defending series champ, opened the 10-driver playoffs with a victory outside of St. Louis on Aug.
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4:19 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Continuing their reshuffling at cornerback, the Seattle Seahawks are expected to sign former New York Jets starter Bless Austin, a source confirmed to ESPN on Sunday. The Jets waived the 25-year-old Austin on Wednesday, a surprise move given that he was projected to remain one of their
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1:14 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Twins manager Rocco Baldelli plans to leave the team Sunday to return home to Minnesota for the birth of his child. Baldelli said he would be in the dugout for the start of Sunday’s game at Tampa Bay but could depart before it ends. The schedule
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