Month: August 2022

8:10 PM ET Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. — Adam Scott felt he was playing well enough that he should start seeing some better scores at some point. That moment appears to have arrived at just the right time. Scott put together another tidy round Friday except for one hole — a double bogey on the
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8:33 PM ET Padres left-hander Blake Snell was cleared to make his start in San Diego against the Washington Nationals on Friday, one night after his vehicle was struck by a suspected drunk driver during a traffic stop on Interstate 5. According to a California Highway Patrol spokesman, the incident occurred at about 11 p.m.
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6:48 PM ET Associated Press ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Darren Clarke, Jim Furyk and Vijay Singh shared the lead at 7-under 65 on Friday in the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open, with four more major champions right behind at En-Joie Golf Club. Padraig Harrington and Duffy Waldorf followed at 66, and Ernie Els, Mike Weir, Y.E. Yang
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6:46 PM ET Associated Press MASON, Ohio — Top-ranked Daniil Medvedev moved into the Western & Southern Open semifinals Friday as he prepares for his US Open title defense, beating 11th-seeded Taylor Fritz 7-6 (1), 6-3. Medvedev, the 26-year-old Russian banned from Wimbledon for his country’s invasion of Ukraine, won the 2019 Western & Southern
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5:43 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Urban Meyer is returning to Fox’s “Big Noon Saturday” college football pregame show after his NFL coaching career lasted less than one full season. Fox announced Friday that Meyer would rejoin the show he was part of in its first two seasons. After resigning as Ohio State’s
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4:45 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — Colorado Rockies right-hander Antonio Senzatela will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL in his left knee, manager Bud Black said Friday. Senzatela was hurt during his start Thursday at St. Louis. He and first baseman Elehuris Montero were both racing toward Brendan Donovan‘s second-inning
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5:18 PM ET NEW YORK — The Yankees are one step closer to getting one of their biggest sluggers back in the lineup. Giancarlo Stanton will work out before Friday night’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays, and if all goes well, the former MVP will go on a rehab assignment with the Double-A Somerset
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5:12 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Vanessa Bryant testified Friday that she was only beginning to grieve the loss of her husband, basketball star Kobe Bryant, and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna when she was faced with the fresh horror of learning that sheriff’s deputies and firefighters had shot and shared photos of their
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4:45 PM ET ESPN News Services The Colorado Rockies placed right-handed pitcher Antonio Senzatela on the 15-day IL with a torn left ACL, the team announced on Friday. Senzatela was injured during the second inning of Thursday’s 13-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals while attempting to cover first base on a grounder by St.
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10:11 AM ET ESPN Fantasy Our ESPN Fantasy staff got together for another mock draft, this time using a 12-team, half PPR format. This draft featured the following participants (in order of first-round selection): Matt Bowen, Liz Loza, Keith Lipscomb, Marcel Louis-Jacques, Tyler Fulghum, Eric Moody, Tristan H. Cockcroft, Joe Kaiser, Kyle Soppe, Mike Triplett,
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2:03 PM ET The Texas Longhorns have named Quinn Ewers, the heralded recruit who began his college career early at Ohio State to capitalize on name, image and likeness opportunities before transferring back to his home state, as their starting quarterback. Ewers, who is from Southlake, Texas, had been competing for the job with Hudson
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2:32 PM ET Associated Press Gavin Green hit a couple of eagles to break the course record with a 9-under 63 and take a three-shot lead after the second round of the Czech Masters on Friday. Green eagled the par-5 first and 10th holes and added five birdies in his flawless round for a 14-under
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7:15 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Casemiro wants to join Manchester United, Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed, saying the midfielder wants “a new challenge” away from the Bernabeu. ESPN reported on Thursday that the Brazil international midfielder — who has won five Champions Leagues and three LaLiga titles in nine years at
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12:46 PM ET ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Former Washington Commanders head athletic trainer Ryan Vermillion, who has been under investigation by the Drug Enforcement Agency for illegally distributing oxycodone to NFL players, agreed to deferred prosecution and the U.S. Attorney’s office statement of facts Friday morning. According to the government’s criminal information filing, Vermillion is accused
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1:18 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — After losing quarterback Deshaun Watson to an 11-game suspension, the Cleveland Browns continue to insist that they are “comfortable” and “confident” in Jacoby Brissett as their starter while Watson is out. Brissett responded that he’s “excited” to have the opportunity to start again. And one, he doesn’t “take lightly.”
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12:13 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Reigning world No. 1 and two-time major champion Iga Swiatek called the balls used at the US Open “horrible” during a news conference at the Western & Southern Open this week, and questioned why women and men use different balls at the tennis major. It is the only Grand Slam
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