Month: October 2022

5:11 PM ET CLEVELAND — Cleveland‘s baseball franchise is back in the division series for the first time since 2018 after its two-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays in one of the American League wild-card affairs. The Guardians ended a marathon Game 2 with a walk-off solo home run by Oscar Gonzalez in the
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4:59 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Pro Bowl left tackle Duane Brown will make his New York Jets debut Sunday after being activated from injured reserve Saturday — a potential boost to their injury-ravaged offensive line. Brown, 37, is expected to start against the Miami Dolphins, becoming the third different player in as many
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3:57 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — NASCAR champion Kyle Larson has emerged as a candidate for an Indianapolis 500 ride and said Saturday he has permission from Hendrick Motorsports to run the iconic race if a deal can be completed. Larson told The Associated Press he has spoken to both team owner Rick
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1:17 PM ET Darryl Sutter has signed a multiyear extension to remain head coach of the Calgary Flames, the team announced Saturday. Sutter won his first career Jack Adams Award last year in his 20th season as a coach. In his second stint as coach of the Flames, Sutter led the team to a Pacific
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4:02 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — Joey Logano won the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race on The Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway with a lap of 103.424 mph, earning the top starting spot for the third time this season. William Byron, who earned 25 points back from an appeals committee this
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4:04 PM ET Mississippi State quarterback Will Rogers broke the SEC’s career completions record in a 40-17 win over Arkansas on Saturday. A junior from Brandon, Mississippi, Rogers took only 28 games to eclipse Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray’s previous record high of 921. Murray set the mark over the course of 52 games. Rogers completed
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4:00 PM ET Associated Press OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek became the first WTA Tour player since 2017 to achieve 60 wins in a calendar year when she reached yet another final on Saturday in the Czech Republic. It wasn’t easy at the Agel Open. Swiatek was second best to Ekaterina Alexandrova
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3:42 PM ET Associated Press Jon Rahm took a one-shot lead of the Spanish Open after carding a thrilling 6-under 65 in the third round on Saturday. No. 6-ranked Rahm, who entered the round two shots back, hit six birdies on an error-free day at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid. 1 Related Rahm won
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Italy’s Filippo Ganna has smashed cycling’s hour world record – registering 56.792km in 60 minutes on a track in Switzerland. He beat the previous UCI mark, 55.548km, set by his Ineos Grenadiers team-mate Dan Bigham in August, by a margin of 1.244km. Ganna, 26, rode a specially designed 3D-printed Pinarello bike at the Tissot Velodrome
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12:00 PM ET Adam Brown Chelsea enjoyed their third straight victory in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon as they defeated Wolves 3-0 at Stamford Bridge. 2 Related A controlled first half saw only half-chances created while Wolves could only threaten from range, but it was the home side who edged themselves into the lead
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2:05 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Justin Verlander will start Game 1 of the American League Division Series for the Astros on Tuesday. It was a forgone conclusion the AL Cy Young Award front-runner will start that game, and manager Dusty Baker made it official Saturday. The worked out at Minute Maid Park as
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2:09 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans announced Saturday that they are placing rookie wide receiver Treylon Burks on injured reserve. Burks was unable to practice all week after leaving Sunday’s game against
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2:19 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green publicly apologized Saturday and announced he will step away from the team for a few days after an altercation between him and teammate Jordan Poole. “No. 1, I was wrong for my actions,” Green said. He added that he has apologized
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Oct 8, 2022 Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — NASCAR says it had a productive test of its new car and promised drivers that solutions to some of their safety concerns should be implemented by next season. NASCAR’s top leadership held a 75-minute meeting ahead of Saturday’s practice at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It said it expects
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12:31 PM ET Associated Press ASTANA, Kazakhstan — Novak Djokovic survived a second-set tiebreaker in the Astana Open semifinals and shortly after his opponent Daniil Medvedev retired with a leg injury on Saturday. Djokovic advanced at 4-6, 7-6 (6). He will play third-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas in Sunday’s final. “I really hope that his injury is
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1:52 PM ET The UFC has added a key welterweight matchup between Geoff Neal and Shavkat Rakhmonov to an event on Jan. 14, sources told ESPN on Saturday. Contracts have not been signed but both welterweights have agreed to the three-round contest, sources told ESPN. The UFC Fight Night event is expected to take place
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