Month: August 2022

11:54 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN JOSE, Calif. — Four-time major champion Naomi Osaka won the first match she’s played since May, beating Zheng Qinwen 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 on Tuesday night at the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic. Osaka hit 11 aces and saved 7 of 8 break points in the hard-court tournament that serves
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11:24 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, whose dulcet tones provided the soundtrack of summer while entertaining and informing Dodgers fans in Brooklyn and Los Angeles for 67 years, died Tuesday night, the team said. He was 94. “We have lost an icon,” Dodgers president and CEO Stan
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10:15 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Nick Kyrgios beat American Marcos Giron at the Citi Open on Tuesday, the Australian’s first singles match since reaching the Wimbledon final. Less than a month since reaching his first Grand Slam final before losing to Novak Djokovic, Kyrgios defeated Giron 6-2, 6-3. It won’t help him get
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3:37 PM ET Minnesota Vikings tight end Irv Smith Jr. underwent thumb surgery Tuesday and will miss a portion of training camp, coach Kevin O’Connell told reporters. At this point, the Vikings hope that Smith will be ready in time for their Week 1 game against the Green Bay Packers. “We still feel very strongly
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10:23 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — Former NFL offensive lineman Chad Wheeler — who has been on house arrest as he awaits trial in his ongoing felony domestic violence case — recently violated a court order by removing his electronic home monitoring device, a spokesperson with the King County Prosecutor’s Office told ESPN on
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9:25 PM ET ST. LOUIS — In the end, Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer says he simply couldn’t find a match with another team for his All-Star catcher and left fielder. Willson Contreras and Ian Happ will remain Cubs for the time being, despite weeks of speculation they would be on the
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8:03 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — Arizona Cardinals Pro Bowl left tackle D.J. Humphries signed an extension Tuesday that will keep him under contract through the 2025 season, it was announced. Humphries was set to enter the final season of his current contract and was scheduled to earn $15 million this season. He has yet
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8:01 PM ET Gonzaga and Kentucky have agreed to a home-and-home men’s college basketball series beginning with the Wildcats traveling to Spokane in November. The games were announced in a conversation between coaches John Calipari and Mark Few during Kentucky’s open practice and telethon to raise money for flood victims in eastern Kentucky on Tuesday
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7:43 PM ET Top-25 senior Chris Johnson announced his commitment to Kansas on Tuesday night, days after taking an official visit to the Jayhawks’ campus. Johnson chose Bill Self’s program over a long list of offers, but the Jayhawks had prioritized him in July and were able to clinch his commitment on his late July
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6:20 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Looking to replicate the deals that helped carry them to a World Series title in 2021, the Atlanta Braves added another starting pitcher, bolstered their bullpen and bulked up the outfield ahead of the trade deadline Tuesday. After acquiring corner outfielder Robbie Grossman from the Detroit Tigers late
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6:21 PM ET OXNARD, Calif. — In the aftermath of losing James Washington to a fractured right foot, the Dallas Cowboys will not pursue any veteran wide receivers available in free agency, like Odell Beckham Jr. or Emmanuel Sanders, or look to add one through a potential trade. At least for the moment. “Let’s give
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6:46 PM ET ESPN News Services KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Royals sent utility man Whit Merrifield to the Blue Jays just minutes before Tuesday’s trade deadline, even though the two-time All-Star was unvaccinated against COVID-19 and had to miss Kansas City’s trip to Toronto last month. It’s unclear whether Merrifield, who has primarily played
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6:09 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. – After a week he called one the most stressful of his life that ended with a lucrative contract extension, San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel was finally free Tuesday to speak on the speculation that swirled around him during a turbulent offseason. Samuel, fresh off signing a
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