Month: July 2023

Associated Press Jul 15, 2023, 06:24 PM ET LOUDON. N.H. — John Hunter Nemechek survived a wreck-marred NASCAR race Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and won for the fourth time this season in the Xfinity Series. The 26-year-old Nemechek followed last week’s win at Atlanta with another dominant performance for Joe Gibbs Racing. Nemechek
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Associated Press Jul 15, 2023, 05:46 PM ET ATLANTA — Braves left-hander A.J. Minter was placed on the 15-day injured list because of left shoulder inflammation on Saturday, another blow to Atlanta’s bullpen. Minter has pitched in a team-leading 44 games and is second on the Braves with 10 saves. The decision was made after
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Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterJul 15, 2023, 05:44 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Tennessee’s football program must vacate all 11 wins from the 2019 and 2020 seasons under former coach Jeremy Pruitt as part of the penalties handed down by the NCAA stemming from
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Associated Press Jul 15, 2023, 02:39 PM ET LOUDON, N.H. — Joe Gibbs Racing driver Christopher Bell turned the fastest qualifying lap of 124.781 mph at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and will lead the field to green for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race. JGR swept the front row in Saturday’s qualifying session with Bell joined by
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Associated Press Jul 15, 2023, 03:33 PM ET NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — PGA Tour rookie Trevor Cone shot a 9-under 63 on Saturday at rainy Keene Trace to take the third-round lead in the Barbasol Championship. Cone had a 17-under 199 total for a 1-stroke advantage over Lucas Glover and Vincent Norrman in the event co-sanctioned
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Jul 15, 2023, 03:05 PM ET Colorado Rockies right-hander Antonio Senzatela will have season-ending Tommy John surgery on his right elbow, manager Bud Black said. Senzatela, 28, was placed on the 15-day injured list May 13 and transferred to the 60-day IL on June 11. This is the second straight year he has suffered a
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ESPN News Services Jul 15, 2023, 03:36 PM ET NBA superstar Stephen Curry continues to show that just about any shot from long distance is makeable — no matter the sport. Curry, who has made more than his share of highlight-reel shots during his NBA career with the Golden State Warriors, added to his legacy
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Jul 15, 2023, 03:01 PM ET Pittsburgh Pirates pitching prospect Quinn Priester will be called up to make his major league debut Monday against the Cleveland Guardians, according to multiple reports. Priester, 22, was picked 18th overall in the 2019 draft and had been Pittsburgh’s top pitching prospect until LSU right-hander Paul Skenes was drafted
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Jul 15, 2023, 02:07 PM ET The Cleveland Guardians placed right-hander Shane Bieber on the 15-day injured list Saturday because of elbow inflammation in his pitching arm. The news comes one day after Bieber had an MRI exam. “For about the last month, [his] forearm has been kind of irritable, but we felt like he
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Associated Press Jul 15, 2023, 10:37 AM ET LONDON — Marketa Vondrousova became the lowest-ranked woman to win Wimbledon, defeating 2022 runner-up Ons Jabeur 6-4, 6-4 in the final Saturday. Vondrousova is a 24-year-old left-hander from the Czech Republic who is ranked 42nd and was the first unseeded woman to play for the title at
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Associated Press Jul 15, 2023, 10:23 AM ET TORONTO — Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman was scratched from Saturday’s scheduled start against the Arizona Diamondbacks because of discomfort in his left side. The Blue Jays said an MRI revealed no damage and that Gausman is day-to-day. Right-hander Chris Bassitt is starting in Gausman’s place. Gausman
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Jul 15, 2023, 09:52 AM ET Rory McIlroy shot a 3-under 67 to maintain a 1-stroke lead after the third round at the Scottish Open on Saturday in North Berwick, Scotland. McIlroy, who sits at 13-under 197 for the tournament, recorded five birdies against two bogeys at The Renaissance Club to stay 1 stroke ahead
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