Month: September 2022

10:03 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Elise Mertens won the first three games before Typhoon Nanmadol forced the match to be halted, and then won the next three when they resumed in a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Qiang Wang on Monday at the Pan Pacific Open. Wang was serving when the rain started, forcing
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10:50 PM ET MLS said it will investigate the alleged use of a racial slur in Sunday’s match between Inter Miami and D.C. United, in which it is alleged that DCU forward Taxi Fountas directed the N-word at Inter Miami defender Damian Lowe. “MLS has zero tolerance for abusive and offensive language and we take
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6:21 AM ET Tim McManus Kevin Seifert Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN.com national NFL writer ESPN.com NFC North reporter, 2008-2013 Covered Vikings for Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1999-2008 Scattered in their homes during the virtual 2020 NFL draft, Minnesota Vikings officials were in agreement. They loved LSU receiver Justin Jefferson. Their scouting department thought his skills
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6:57 AM BST The Wallabies say they have taken onboard the lessons of Thursday night’s dramatic Bledisloe Cup loss to the All Blacks, insisting they will be better prepared for similar situations should they arise in the future. As the fallout from French referee Mathieu Raynal’s controversial time-wasting call continues, Australia have done their best
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3:51 AM ET Roger Federer is set to make a last-minute decision on his participation in the Laver Cup, his physical trainer has said. Last week 20-time Grand Slam champion Federer announced he would be retiring from professional tennis after a series of knee operations and said the Laver Cup would be his last official
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4:57 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN BALTIMORE — Miami Dolphins players didn’t need any further proof of Tua Tagovailoa‘s competence. So even after a performance that only one other player had recorded in franchise history, there was no message sent to the locker room; the quarterback’s teammates hadn’t seen anything they didn’t think he was capable
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10:56 PM ET Amid Colorado‘s disastrous three-game start to the season, athletic director Rick George released a statement acknowledging the fan base’s discontent with the state of the program. “Like all of you, I have been disappointed to watch our football team struggle this fall, most recently yesterday at Minnesota,” the statement said. “I know
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11:36 PM ET South Carolina coach Shane Beamer apologized Sunday for shouting at a group of female athletes to leave the field during a Title IX recognition in Saturday’s game against No. 1 Georgia. After the first quarter, South Carolina invited all 275 of its female athletes to one of the end zones at Williams
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9:46 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN DETROIT — Aidan Hutchinson unleashed his patented Michael Jackson leg kick after recording his second sack of the first half against Washington on Sunday as “Billie Jean” blasted throughout Ford Field. The No. 2 overall pick was playing inspired football, ending the game having collected a Lions single-game rookie record
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10:02 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Cooper Rush isn’t one to show his emotions much publicly, and he wasn’t about to break character after Sunday’s 20-17 win against the Cincinnati Bengals in which the Dallas Cowboys quarterback led a final-minute drive that ended in a game-winning 50-yard field goal. “Winning an NFL game is a
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9:51 PM ET Odds-defying comebacks by the Arizona Cardinals, Miami Dolphins and New York Jets highlighted a wild NFL Sunday, including at sportsbooks around the nation. At Caesars Sportsbook, the Cardinals and Dolphins were each as long as 25-1 in the fourth quarters of their games. Arizona fell behind 20-0 to the Las Vegas Raiders
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7:36 PM ET CLEVELAND — The New York Jets pulled off one of the most improbable wins in recent NFL history, capitalizing on a series of Cleveland Browns blunders in the final two minutes Sunday at First Energy Stadium — none bigger than Nick Chubb‘s touchdown that shouldn’t have been. The Jets scored two touchdowns
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