Month: October 2021

9:59 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant’s widow Vanessa Bryant said she pleaded with the Los Angeles County sheriff to make sure no one took photographs from the site of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed the basketball star and their daughter Gianna and that the sheriff reassured her that the area
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9:17 PM ET After yet another woeful offensive performance in which starting quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei was benched and Clemson fell 27-17 to Pitt on Saturday, Tigers coach Dabo Swinney said every job on the unit would be up for grabs in practice this week. “Everything’s under evaluation at this point,” Swinney said, adding that he
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8:12 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — After a brief return to the NFL this season with the New Orleans Saints, receiver Chris Hogan decided to retire. The 10-year veteran, who won two Super Bowls with the New England Patriots earlier in his career, was officially placed on the reserve/retired list Saturday. Hogan had already flirted
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6:13 PM ET Johnny Russell scored in the 79th minute to lift Sporting Kansas City to a 2-1 victory over the Seattle Sounders in a chippy Western Conference match in Seattle. There were a total of eight yellow cards shown. Russell has scored a goal in seven straight matches. Sporting (16-7-7, 55 points) drew within
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7:23 PM ET LAS VEGAS — It was a weird week, to say the least, but Saturday’s five-round main event between Marvin Vettori and Paulo Costa delivered as expected. Vettori (18-4-1) handed Costa (13-2) his second consecutive defeat, scoring a unanimous decision victory in a light heavyweight matchup at UFC Fight Night inside the Apex.
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6:30 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Ty Gibbs upset the field again, racing to his fourth Xfinity Series victory of the season Saturday and stopping title contenders AJ Allmendinger and Austin Cindric from advancing to the championship round. Gibbs, 19, passed reigning champion Cindric with 10 laps remaining at Kansas Speedway and
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6:09 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Steve Flesch birdied the par-4 18th hole for a 5-under 67 and a two-stroke lead over Bernhard Langer and Steven Alker on Saturday in the Dominion Energy Charity Classic, the first of three PGA Tour Champions playoff events. Flesch reached 13-under 131 with his second straight bogey-free
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen snatched pole position from title rival Lewis Hamilton with his final lap in qualifying at the US Grand Prix. Hamilton had eclipsed Verstappen’s earlier pace-setting time with the world champion’s own final lap but the Dutchman leapfrogged back in front. Verstappen beat Hamilton by 0.209 seconds after a gripping session. Red
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5:43 PM ET Ole Miss retired former quarterback Eli Manning’s No. 10 jersey number at halftime of its game against LSU on Saturday. The program planned several activities to honor Manning, who set or tied 47 school records during his time at Ole Miss and was later selected No. 1 by the then-San Diego Chargers
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5:16 PM ET Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Casey Washington caught a 2-point conversion pass from Brandon Peters to end the first nine-overtime game in NCAA history and lift Illinois over No. 7 Penn State 20-18 Saturday. The teams were tied at 10 after regulation, exchanged field goals in the first two overtimes, then
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5:23 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — With seven linebackers on injured reserve as well as two more linebackers who might be limited in practice next week, the Denver Broncos acquired Stephen Weatherly from the Minnesota Vikings on Saturday. The Broncos sent a seventh-round pick in the 2022 NFL draft to acquire Weatherly and a seventh-round
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