Month: September 2022

10:15 AM ET Associated Press BERLIN — Ukraine’s run at EuroBasket is over. A.J. Slaughter scored 24 points, Mateusz Ponitka added 22 and Poland ousted Ukraine from the European championships with a 94-86 victory on Sunday. Aleksander Balcerowski scored 14 and Michal Sokolowski had 13 for Poland, which finished the game on a 20-10 run
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7:50 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Former President George W. Bush took part in a first ball ceremony in Texas, Aaron Judge put on special cleats at Yankee Stadium, and the New York Mets wore first responder caps as Major League Baseball paused Sunday to remember the Sept. 11 attacks. There were moments
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7:47 PM ET Associated Press RECIFE, Brazil — USA Basketball didn’t head home from AmeriCup empty-handed. Gary Clark scored 18 points, and the U.S. rallied in the final minutes to top Canada 84-80 in the bronze-medal game on Sunday. The Americans went on a 26-10 run over a 7-minute stretch of the final quarter, turning
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4:10 PM ET Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa says he is recovering well from having a pacemaker inserted for his heart and is uncertain when he’ll return to run the club. La Russa was back with the White Sox in Oakland on Sunday to celebrate Dave Stewart having
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4:33 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Baker Mayfield didn’t get his revenge against the Cleveland Browns thanks in part to what Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey referred to as “horrid” roughing the passer penalty on defensive end Brian Burns, but he came close. After looking dreadful for almost three quarters, Mayfield led the Panthers
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4:56 PM ET Associated Press Anthony Varvaro, a former Major League Baseball pitcher who retired in 2016 to become a police officer in the New York City area, was killed in a car crash Sunday morning on his way to work at the Sept. 11 memorial ceremony in Manhattan, according to police officials and his
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4:31 PM ET The Pittsburgh Steelers believe star pass-rusher and reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year T.J. Watt suffered a torn pectoral during Sunday’s 23-20 overtime win against the Bengals in Cincinnati, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Watt is scheduled to undergo scans Monday to confirm diagnosis, the source said. 1 Related Both
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6:02 PM ET ESPN News Services Giannis Antetokounmpo had 27 points and 10 rebounds to lead Greece moved into a quarterfinal matchup with host Germany. Antetokounmpo’s 3-pointer with 31 seconds left sealed matters for Greece, who beat the Czech Republic 94-88. Greece got 14 points from Nick Calathes, 13 from Ioannis Papapetrou and 10 from
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4:49 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols hit his 697th home run and moved past Alex Rodriguez for fourth place on the career list, connecting Sunday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pujols hit his 18th home run of the season, a two-run drive in the ninth inning that put the
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12:14 PM ET Marshall football coach Charles Huff knew the team he took into Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday wouldn’t be overwhelmed by the sights and sounds. Some of the players had been there before. Marshall added 24 transfers to its roster this offseason, including several from Power 5 programs. “We’ve got three guys from
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2:36 PM ET CINCINNATI — Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins was ruled out of Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers with a concussion. Higgins left the game in the second quarter after he was hit following a 9-yard completion. The collision with multiple Steelers jarred Higgins’ helmet loose and he was slow to get up
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2:17 PM ET Associated Press Georgia reclaimed the top spot in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, and Kentucky, Oklahoma State and Arkansas moved into the top 10 after an upset-filled weekend across the country. The defending national champion Bulldogs, who started the season at No. 3 in the AP Top 25, took two
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2:42 PM ET CHICAGO — For the second consecutive year, the San Francisco 49ers‘ starting running back departed the season opener with a knee injury. Niners starter Elijah Mitchell departed Sunday’s game against the Chicago Bears with a knee ailment just before halftime. It wasn’t immediately clear how Mitchell got hurt, though his last snap
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2:26 PM ET Ireland’s Shane Lowry produced a masterful third round to win the BMW PGA Championship on Sunday, his first title since winning the 2019 Open. Lowry found a birdie on the par-five 18th at Wentworth for a blemish-free 65 to reach 18-under for his three rounds, 1 stroke ahead of Spaniard Jon Rahm,
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