Month: October 2022

4:51 AM ET The Los Angeles Rams plan to resubmit a rule change to the NFL’s competition committee that would make all personal fouls reviewable, including roughing the passer, sources told ESPN. The roughing the passer rule has come under intense scrutiny after two controversial plays in Week 5 drew unnecessary roughness penalties — one
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4:50 AM ET After a tumultuous week for the NFL and its officials, the league emailed an officiating video to all coaches and general managers, as it does on a weekly basis. But this time, one head coach was frustrated enough to reply all. Tennessee Titans coach Mike Vrabel emailed back the NFL’s officiating department,
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12:43 AM ET Former heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder marked his much-anticipated return to the boxing ring with a thunderous knockout punch that stopped Robert Helenius in the opening round of their bout at Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on Saturday night. A punch like that one declared Wilder’s intentions to
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1:25 AM ET Mike Coppinger Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate Devin Haney showed once again this weekend why he deserves pound-for-pound consideration, while Deontay Wilder’s right hand was back in action, finishing Robert Helenius in Round
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2:05 AM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Jake Cronenworth hit a tiebreaking, two-run single with two outs in the seventh inning and the San Diego Padres rallied past the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 Saturday night to advance to the NL Championship Series for the first time since 1998. The Padres stunned the 111-win Dodgers
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1:22 AM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek of Poland rallied to beat fourth-seeded Jessica Pegula 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday to reach the San Diego Open final. In the other semifinal, qualifier Donna Vekic of Croatia and unseeded American Danielle Collins were tied 2-2 in the third set when the match
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1:29 AM ET TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — After DJ Uiagalelei scored four touchdowns in a 34-28 win over Florida State on Saturday night, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney took up for his quarterback once again, decrying the critics who predicted Uiagalelei would lose his starting job this season. After a disappointing 2021 season and a slow start
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1:08 AM ET CLEVELAND — The New York Yankees did exactly what you think about when you think about the New York Yankees. They went deep, thrice, and they still lost because the blooping and looping attack of the Cleveland Guardians just won’t stop. The Yankees bashed three homers, including a 449-foot shot by slumping
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12:00 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United‘s Mason Greenwood has been charged with attempted rape, police confirmed on Saturday. Greenwood, 21, has also been charged with controlling and coercive behaviour and assault. He is due to appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates Court on Monday. Janet Potter, the deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for CPS North
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11:20 PM ET New Orleans Saints wide receiver Chris Olave is not expected to play Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals because of concussion symptoms, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Olave, who is listed as questionable, got hurt after appearing to be briefly knocked unconscious when his head was slammed into the turf during a
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10:47 PM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Alexa Grasso showed Saturday she has fully settled in as a flyweight, winning her fourth fight in a row since bulking up from strawweight two years ago. Her conquest in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas came by unanimous decision against a fellow top-10 contender in
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10:00 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — The first year of the Sonny Dykes era at TCU is off to a hot start, with Saturday’s 43-40 double-overtime win over No. 8 Oklahoma State marking the first time in school history that the Horned Frogs have beaten three consecutive ranked opponents. After previously beating then-No. 18
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10:41 PM ET ESPN News Services SEATTLE — Jeremy Peña homered in the 18th inning, and the Houston Astros beat the Seattle Mariners 1-0 on Saturday to advance to the American League Championship Series for the sixth straight year. Peña, who had been 0-for-7 in the game, drove a slider from Penn Murfee deep to
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