Month: October 2021

11:12 PM ET ESPN News Services PITTSBURGH — In his season debut, Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was called on a crucial third-period penalty in a tie contest that led to the game-winning goal in a 4-2 decision for the New Jersey Devils on Saturday night. Crosby pulled down New Jersey winger Jesper Bratt in
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10:58 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Rolando Romero is on the verge of being pulled from his Dec. 5 fight with Gervonta Davis, multiple sources told ESPN on Saturday. On Thursday, a woman posted on Twitter accusing Romero, 26, of sexual assault. She did not say when the alleged incident occurred, but tweeted Friday that she
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7:29 PM ET ESPN staff The most influential game of the day came in East Lansing where much more than the Paul Bunyan Trophy was on the line between Michigan and Michigan State. How will Saturday’s top games affect the College Football Playoff chase? What are the current odds for the top four? The Allstate
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9:45 PM ET Associated Press MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Noah Gragson said he’d win at Martinsville Speedway to earn a spot in the Xfinity Series championship and did just that Saturday night in NASCAR’s most compelling title race. Gragson, the confident 23-year-old from Las Vegas, had to win at Martinsville to make the winner-take-all Xfinity finale
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9:05 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN USC star wide receiver Drake London suffered an apparent right leg injury in the second quarter of Saturday’s game against Arizona at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. London caught a pass from quarterback Jaxson Dart near the end zone and was hit by Arizona cornerback Christian Roland-Wallace as he crossed
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8:10 PM ET Ole Miss quarterback Matt Corral, a potential NFL first-round pick and Heisman Trophy contender, had to be helped off the field during the first half of Saturday night’s game against Auburn. Corral appeared to suffer an ankle injury and was later taken to the locker room. ESPN’s Molly McGrath reported Corral’s status
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6:02 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — Taylor Pendrith‘s big game is working just fine on the PGA Tour’s shortest course, giving the Canadian a three-shot lead going into the final round of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. Pendrith ran off four straight birdies around the turn at Port Royal, and then picked up two
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7:40 PM ET The Carolina Panthers had no further interest in trading for Deshaun Watson due to lack of clarity with his legal situation and Watson’s plans with his no-trade clause, sources told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Watson is facing 22 lawsuits alleging sexual assault and inappropriate behavior and has not played a down for the
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7:03 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore was the only one who got flagged for the scuffles between him and Seattle Seahawks receiver DK Metcalf on Monday night. But after reviewing the tape, the NFL admonished both Pro Bowlers with fines. Lattimore was fined $10,815 and Metcalf $6,949, according to
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6:52 PM ET Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant was fined $25,000 by the NBA for “forcefully throwing the game ball into the spectator stands” during the third quarter of Friday’s Nets win over the Indiana Pacers. After play was stopped with a foul while Durant was driving, he fired the basketball into the stands with
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7:31 PM BST Beauden Barrett marked his 100th test with two intercepted tries to lead New Zealand to a convincing 54-16 win over Wales in Cardiff on Saturday. The All Blacks outscored their hosts by seven tries to one at a capacity Principality Stadium in another ominous reminder of their power as they went back
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1:48 PM ET ABU DHABI — In a rare move, UFC removed a referee from its UFC 267 event Saturday, immediately following his performance in a preliminary welterweight bout. The promotion pulled referee Vyacheslav Kiselev from the event after he declined to stop the welterweight bout between Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos and Benoit Saint-Denis. Zaleski
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5:17 PM ET ABU DHABI — Petr Yan might not be the official champion of the UFC’s bantamweight division — but it sure feels like the weight class belongs to him. Yan (16-2) claimed the interim bantamweight title at UFC 267 on Saturday by defeating Cory Sandhagen (14-4) via unanimous decision. The 135-pound title fight
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