Month: July 2022

12:58 AM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Grant Enfinger grabbed the lead with four fresh tires after a wild overtime restart and pulled away to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series playoff opener Friday night at Indianapolis Raceway Park. Restarting second on the inside row, Enfinger squeezed the No. 23 GMS Racing Chevrolet past
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9:37 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Blue Jays right-hander Alek Manoah left Friday’s 4-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers in the sixth inning after he was hit on the right elbow by Jonathan Schoop‘s comebacker. A first-time All-Star, Manoah entered 11-4 with a 2.24 ERA in 19 starts. Schoop’s one-hopper deflected off Manoah to
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11:33 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — All-Star right-hander Joe Musgrove and his hometown San Diego Padres are nearing agreement on a $100 million, five-year contract that would start next year, according to two people with knowledge of the deal. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Friday night because
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10:27 PM ET The Seattle Mariners are finalizing a deal for star pitcher Luis Castillo of the Cincinnati Reds, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Friday night. It wasn’t immediately known the full extent of the trade package. The Mariners, led by star rookie Julio Rodriguez, entered Friday’s action 54-46, 11 games behind the first-place
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7:55 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Taylor Pendrith grew up getting breaks from golf, putting the clubs away each winter in Canada. That may have helped him when he had to miss nearly four months of competition due to a painful injury earlier this year. Pendrith shot a 7-under 65 on Friday to take
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8:11 PM ET Associated Press BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Henrik Stenson had a happy return to golf after being removed as European Ryder Cup captain, making eight birdies in his LIV Golf Invitational debut at Bedminster for a 7-under 64 to share the 18-hole lead with Patrick Reed. Phil Mickelson‘s return to the area wasn’t entirely
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5:47 PM ET Pete Thamel Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University LOS ANGELES — Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff is so bullish on College Football Playoff expansion that he told ESPN on Friday he potentially sees the format changing before the current contracts ends following
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7:38 PM ET ESPN staff With 2022 NFL training camps getting ready to hit high gear, young starting quarterbacks around the league are getting valuable reps. At the New England Patriots‘ camp on Friday, onlookers anticipated that quarterback Mac Jones would raise his level of performance after the offense was almost shut out completely, scoring
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8:11 PM ET The NBA has opened an investigation into the Philadelphia 76ers for possible tampering and early contact centered on the franchise’s summer free agency class of James Harden, P.J. Tucker and Danuel House, sources told ESPN on Friday. One of the central elements of the league’s probe includes questions on Harden’s decision to
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6:53 PM ET Associated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan — Domenico Vicini reached another Davis Cup milestone Friday by becoming the first player in tournament history to play 100 matches. It came two days after the 50-year-old became the oldest player to win a Davis Cup match. The San Marino player, who turns 51 in September, played
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7:07 PM ET Texas A&M wide receiver Ainias Smith will no longer face DWI and weapons charges stemming from a July arrest after the Brazos County attorney refused to prosecute them. Smith’s suspension has been lifted, and he has resumed team activities, the Aggies said. Smith, 21, was booked on July 20 in the Brazos
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7:08 PM ET Richard Young, the top-ranked running back in the country, committed to Alabama on Friday. Young (Lehigh Senior High School, Lehigh Acres, Florida) is ranked No. 14 overall in the 2023 ESPN 300. “To be the best, you gotta practice and compete against the best,” he told ESPN. 2 Related The 5-foot-11, 195-pound
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6:00 PM BST England’s Rugby Football Union (RFU) and Rugby Football League (RFL) will restrict transgender participation in the domestic game, with the governing bodies recommending that only players recorded as female at birth be allowed to play in the women’s category. The RFU said last week that it had begun a review of its
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