Month: October 2022

7:16 PM ET ESPN News Services LAS VEGAS — Team Penske has a shot at two major championships this year — Joey Logano became the first driver to qualify for NASCAR’s title-deciding finale with a win Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. “We’re racing for a championship! Let’s go!” Logano screamed to the crowd. “All
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6:00 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Bubba Wallace tried to fight reigning NASCAR champion Kyle Larson after a crash Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway that also collected title contender Christopher Bell. Wallace had led 29 laps and clearly had a fast car in the opening race of the third round of the
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7:23 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers thinks there’s a way to fix the Green Bay Packers‘ offense. “Simplify some things,” Rodgers said. At this point, Rodgers said the Packers need to try something. And it’s not just because of Sunday’s 27-10 loss to the New York Jets during which they were repeatedly
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6:33 PM ET Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke has agreed to a four-year, $52 million contract extension, his agents, Mark Bartelstein and Andy Shiffman of Priority Sports, told ESPN on Sunday. Clarke landed on a deal ahead of Monday’s 6 p.m. ET deadline for rookie scale deals for members of the 2019 draft class and
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7:08 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — For the past two years, the Golden State Warriors have been vocal about their desire to bridge their current success with future success. And over the weekend, they put that into action, signing Jordan Poole and Andrew Wiggins to contract extensions. The Warriors signed Poole to a
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5:19 PM ET Liverpool have condemned “vile chants relating to football stadium tragedies” during Sunday’s 1-0 Anfield win against Manchester City, issuing a statement that says the chants came from the section housing the away team’s supporters. Chants of “murderers” and “always the victims, it’s never your fault,” were heard being sung during the first
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6:48 PM ET INGLEWOOD, Calif. — With his offense struggling on the field, Carolina Panthers interim coach Steve Wilks threw Robbie Anderson out of the game on Sunday after the wide receiver was in a heated argument with position coach Joe Dailey. Anderson got into a shouting match with Dailey late in the first half
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5:43 PM ET Associated Press CARY, N.C. — Fred Couples broke his age by three shots with the lowest round of his PGA Tour Champions career, a 12-under 60 that sent him to a six-shot victory Sunday in the SAS Championship for his first title in more than five years. Couples was two shots behind
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4:56 PM ET Tennessee beat Alabama on Saturday night, with fans storming off the field and carrying away both goalposts before dumping them in the Tennessee River. Now the bill is due. Tennessee football tweeted Sunday that it’s raising money it says will go toward the purchase of new goalposts. There’s an option for a
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4:57 PM ET Associated Press FLORENCE, Italy — Top-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime won the Firenze Open with his 11th ace of the day, beating American J.J. Wolf 6-4, 6-4. Auger-Aliassime lost his first service game on Sunday but broke his opponent’s serve either side of that and did not face another break point in the final.
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4:30 PM ET The New York Yankees are shaking up their starting lineup as they face elimination Sunday night against the Cleveland Guardians. Rookie Oswaldo Cabrera is replacing Isiah Kiner-Falefa at shortstop, while Aaron Hicks will take over for Cabrera in left field. The moves come after defensive miscues from Kiner-Falefa cost the Yankees in
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4:53 PM ET ESPN 60 guard John Mobley announced his commitment to Ohio State on Sunday, becoming the Buckeyes’ first pledge in the 2024 class. Mobley chose Ohio State over a final six that also included Arizona State, Creighton, LSU, USC and Xavier. “I have ties to the area,” said Mobley, who attends Bishop Gorman
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1:35 PM ET Associated Press KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, Saudi Arabia — Brooks Koepka holed his birdie putt on the third playoff hole to win the LIV Golf Invitational-Jeddah on Sunday and claim his first victory on the breakaway tour. Little could separate Koepka from close friend and American compatriot Peter Uihlein all weekend, and
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3:10 PM ET Associated Press Adrian Otaegui cruised in the final round to win the Andalucia Masters by six shots for his first home victory on Sunday. The Spaniard had four birdies and only one bogey in a 3-under 68 that left him at 19 under after four rounds, seven shots better than the previous
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12:36 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Devin Haney picked up in the rematch where he had left off, with another unanimous-decision victory over George Kambosos to retain the undisputed lightweight championship Sunday afternoon at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. Haney, who also routed Kambosos in June in Australia, won via scores of 118-110, 119-109 and
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3:42 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett‘s first start at Acrisure Stadium ended early Sunday afternoon when he took a hard hit from Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Devin White midway through the third quarter and suffered a concussion. Pickett was hit as he threw, and his head appeared to hit the turf after
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