Month: February 2023

6:32 PM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama men’s basketball coach Nate Oats called freshman forward Brandon Miller‘s pregame introduction routine of being patted down by a walk-on before heading to midcourt “not appropriate” after his team beat Arkansas 86-83 on Saturday. “I don’t watch our introductions, I’m not involved with them, I’m drawing up plays
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6:01 PM ET Associated Press Cal Conley of the Atlanta Braves thought he had just won the game with a two-out, bases-loaded walk-off walk on Saturday. He took a few steps toward first base, bat still in hand, when umpire John Libka jumped out from behind the plate and indicated strike three. Game over. Conley
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Feb 21, 2023 Tries by Anthony Watson, Kyle Sinckler and Ollie Lawrence propelled England to a nervy 20-10 victory over Wales in a scruffy Six Nations encounter on Saturday that showed how much both teams have to do to become competitive in the championship. England started strongly with an Owen Farrell penalty and a well-crafted
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5:06 PM ET Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. — Desmond Cambridge Jr. hit a 60-foot shot at the buzzer and Arizona State rallied from a 10-point deficit to beat No. 7 Arizona 89-88 on Saturday. The Wildcats (24-5, 13-5 Pac-12) built a 10-point lead midway through the second half before going more than six minutes without
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4:41 PM ET Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Panthalassa led all the way to win the $20 million Saudi Cup by three-quarters of a length on Saturday night, relegating trainer Bob Baffert’s horse, Country Grammer, to second place for the second straight year. Japan nearly swept the first four places until Country Grammer rallied
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3:48 PM ET ESPN News Services Iowa used a remarkable late effort from behind the 3-point line to overcome a double-digit deficit in the final minute of regulation and defeat Michigan State 112-106 in overtime Saturday. The Hawkeyes trailed 91-78 with 1:34 remaining and 95-84 with a minute left as they caught fire from 3-point
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Feb 25, 2023 Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek was upset by Barbora Krejcikova 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the Dubai Championships on Saturday. Krejcikova closed the tournament by beating the top three players in the WTA rankings: No. 3 Jessica Pegula in the quarterfinals, No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka in
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12:48 PM ET Associated Press FONTANA, Calif. — NASCAR has canceled practice and qualifying sessions for the weekend races at Fontana because of ongoing heavy rains. Both the Cup Series and Xfinity Series drivers will race without practice on the track east of Los Angeles, with the starting orders determined by the metric used to
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1:28 PM ET Associated Press DOHA, Qatar — Daniil Medvedev won the Qatar Open on debut when he defeated Andy Murray 6-4, 6-4 in a final matchup of former No. 1s on Saturday. Medvedev converted fast starts in each set. He reached 4-1 in the first and 3-1 in the second. Murray fought but was
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