Month: July 2022

6:24 PM ET LONDON — The UFC has hit a bad streak of luck as of late, with a second consecutive main event ruined on Saturday by freak injury. A highly anticipated heavyweight matchup between Curtis Blaydes and Tom Aspinall ended just 15 seconds into the first round, when Aspinall suffered a right knee injury.
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6:44 PM ET Associated Press OCEANPORT, N.J. — Arkansas Derby winner Cyberknife made a bold move along the rail to pass previously unbeaten Jack Christopher, then held off Bob Baffert’s Taiba to win the $1 million Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park on Saturday. Ridden by Florent Geroux, the Brad Cox-trained colt ran 1 1/8 miles
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5:08 PM ET Associated Press Jordin Tootoo is the third member of Canada’s 2003 men’s world junior hockey team to deny any involvement in an alleged group sexual assault. Tootoo, who was a member of the silver-medal-winning team and played in the NHL for several seasons with Nashville, Detroit, New Jersey and Chicago, issued a
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5:18 PM ET Associated Press LONG POND, Pa. — Denny Hamlin turned the fastest lap at Pocono Raceway and will lead the NASCAR Cup Series field to green Sunday at Pocono Raceway. Hamlin is joined on the front row by Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch. Hamlin went 169.991 mph on the 2½-mile tri-oval track
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5:47 PM ET Defender Eve Perisset scored a penalty in extra time to earn France a 1-0 win over holders the Netherlands and a place in the semifinals of the Women’s European Championship for the first time on Saturday. France, whose last three appearances at the Euros ended in the quarterfinals, desperately searched for an
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5:41 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers All Pro left tackle David Bakhtiari‘s return from the torn ACL in his left knee has hit another snag. More than a year and a half removed from his injury, he’s still not in the clear. Bakhtiari was placed on the physically unable to perform
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Jul 23, 2022 Associated Press GLENEAGLES, Scotland — Darren Clarke‘s bid for a first senior major title wobbled as he lost his overnight two-shot lead at the Senior Open and Paul Broadhurst pulled level at 9 under overall after the third round on Saturday. Clarke needed a birdie on the last hole to catch Broadhurst,
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3:38 PM ET The Boston Red Sox placed All-Star third baseman Rafael Devers on the 10-day injured list Saturday with right hamstring inflammation. Speaking before Boston took on the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park, Red Sox manager Alex Cora said Devers felt right hamstring tightness in his last at-bat Friday night, and wasn’t running
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3:46 PM ET COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — The love affair that ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian has enjoyed for decades with the sport of baseball — and everyone associated with it — reached its pinnacle on Saturday when he was honored as this year’s recipient of the BBWAA Career Excellence Award. “This is the greatest honor of my
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3:31 PM ET ESPN News Services Elite rising senior G.G. Jackson announced his commitment to South Carolina on Saturday, less than two weeks after he decommitted from North Carolina. Jackson announced on Twitter that he will reclassify to the 2022 class and join first-year head coach Lamont Paris’ Gamecocks program for the upcoming season. A
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Jul 23, 2022 Associated Press LONG POND, Pa. — Zane Smith clinched the regular-season NASCAR Truck Series championship and Chandler Smith took the checkered flag Saturday at Pocono Raceway. Chandler Smith won his second race of the season driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports and is one of only two drivers in the playoff field with
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2:26 PM ET Associated Press Casper Ruud remains on course to successfully defend his Swiss Open title after a dominant display saw off Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain in the semifinals in Gstaad on Saturday. The Norwegian top seed — who didn’t face a break point in the match — needed just 62 minutes to complete
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2:15 PM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Chicago Bears guard Dakota Dozier recently underwent surgery to repair a torn ACL, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Saturday. Dozier was carted off the field during the Bears’ first day of mandatory minicamp last month after injuring his left leg during practice. The Bears later placed
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1:47 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The New York Mets acquired catcher Michael Perez from the Pittsburgh Pirates for cash on Saturday, the second day in a row the National League East leaders made a trade with the Pirates. The 29-year-old Perez was designated for assignment on Friday. A lefty hitter, he batted
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12:44 PM ET Joenel Aguero‘s commitment to Georgia on Saturday boiled down to one simple reason. “They’ve been trying to get me for a while,” Aguero told ESPN. “I know they’re going to develop me the best, so I know what they’re saying is true.” Aguero, a 6-foot, 195-pound safety from Danvers, Massachusetts, who is
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