Month: April 2023

11:57 PM BST Australia’s rugby sevens men have fought back from a deflating quarter-final exit at the Singapore world series event to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for the Olympics. Nick Malouf’s team were hammered in the last-eight on Sunday by Argentina, who ran in five tries against them in a 29-12 trouncing. But
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7:29 PM ET ESPN News Services AUGUSTA, Ga. — Jon Rahm turned the longest day into his sweetest victory, starting Sunday with a 4-shot deficit in the morning chill and finishing in fading sunlight as the fourth Spaniard to become a Masters champion. Rahm closed with a 3-under 69 to pull away from mistake-prone Brooks
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8:13 PM ET The LA Clippers needed everything they had to beat the Phoenix Suns to secure the fifth seed in the Western Conference playoffs, including overcoming a brief heated disagreement on the bench between Mason Plumlee and Bones Hyland in between the third and fourth quarters. At the end of the third quarter of
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8:38 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Back in training camp, the Lakers made it known their mission was to get back to the playoffs after last season’s disappointment. Sunday’s regular-season finale, a 128-117 win over the Utah Jazz, didn’t guarantee L.A. a first-round berth, but it will be playing beyond game No. 82. The Lakers
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8:58 PM ET The Boston Bruins have set a new NHL single-season record with 63 wins, defeating the Flyers 5-3 on Sunday at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center. Bruins forward David Pastrnak tallied a hat trick to give him 60 goals on the season, second only to Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid (64). The Bruins entered
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4:29 PM ET DALLAS — San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich’s pregame media availability on Sunday opened with the NBA’s all-time wins leader declining to discuss whether he would consider retirement this offseason and ended with an unprompted, passionate speech lobbying for gun control legislation in America and criticizing “cowardly legislators who are selfish.” Popovich,
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7:47 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — On the day Seve Ballesteros would have celebrated his 66th birthday — and in the week of the 40th anniversary of his second Masters victory — a fourth Spanish champion was crowned at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday. Jon Rahm, who started the day 4 strokes behind Brooks
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7:56 PM ET DALLAS — All-Star guard Luka Doncic attempted to ease concerns about his long-term commitment to the franchise after the Dallas Mavericks‘ disappointing season ended Sunday. “I’m happy here, so there’s nothing to worry [about],” Doncic said after sitting out the Mavericks’ 138-117 loss to the San Antonio Spurs. The Mavs finished 38-44
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5:23 PM ET Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. — Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur won the championship rematch with Belinda Bencic at the Charleston Open on Sunday 7-6 (6), 6-4 for her third career WTA title. Jabeur, seeded second in the season’s first clay-court event, defeated the fourth-seeded Bencic of Switzerland, who had won the event title a
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6:43 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens made their boldest move of the offseason — and delivered perhaps their strongest message to disgruntled quarterback Lamar Jackson — by reaching a one-year agreement with three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. on Sunday. The deal is worth up to $18 million and
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5:28 PM ET Associated Press MARRAKECH, Morocco — Roberto Carballes Baena rallied to win the Grand Prix Hassan II on Sunday, beating Alexandre Muller 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2 in a three-hour final. “I am so tired, but I am very, very happy,” the Spaniard said. “It was a very, very tough match.” Neither player was
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1:08 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers acquired left-handed pitcher Bennett Sousa from the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday and sent him to the Triple-A affiliate in Nashville, Tennessee. Cincinnati received cash and international bonus money in exchange for Sousa. The Reds had designated him for assignment last week. Sousa, 28, went 3-0
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3:53 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Mets right fielder Starling Marte left Sunday’s game after the first inning with a strained neck sustained while stealing third base against the Miami Marlins. Marte doubled with one out in the first and stole his fourth base of the season by sliding around the tag of
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5:02 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Timberwolves lost two starters before locking up the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference on Sunday with Rudy Gobert being sent home for swinging at teammate Kyle Anderson and Jaden McDaniels fracturing his right hand, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Gobert was escorted to the
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5:02 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert swung at teammate Kyle Anderson during a second-quarter timeout and was escorted to the locker room during Sunday afternoon’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans. Just after halftime, the Timberwolves announced Gobert was out for the remainder of the game. Video of the
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