Month: August 2023

ESPN News Services Aug 12, 2023, 12:37 AM ET HOUSTON — Houston‘s Jon Singleton joined his family, including 6-year-old daughter Maisyn, for a postgame fireworks display Friday night after hitting his first home runs in the majors since 2015. His little girl was happy for his big game, but to her, watching fireworks with daddy
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Rob Demovsky, ESPN Staff WriterAug 12, 2023, 12:22 AM ET Close Rob Demovsky is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Green Bay Packers. He has covered the Packers since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2013. Demovsky is a two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the NSSA. You can follow him
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Associated Press Aug 11, 2023, 07:33 PM ET MONTREAL — Jessica Pegula beat doubles partner Coco Gauff 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 in an all-American match Friday to advance to the National Bank Open semifinals for the third straight year. Tied 5-5 in the third set, the sixth-seeded Gauff double-faulted for a ninth time while defending a
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Associated Press Aug 11, 2023, 09:25 PM ET HOUSTON — Mike Trout hit off a pitching machine Friday for the first time since fracturing his left hamate bone and manager Phil Nevin said the Angels‘ star outfielder is moving closer to a return. Trout has been out since July 3 and Nevin said before the
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Associated Press Aug 11, 2023, 09:34 PM ET LOS ANGELES — “Fernandomania” has broken out again at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers were set to retire Fernando Valenzuela’s No. 34 jersey on Friday night before hosting the Colorado Rockies. “It’s very emotional,” Valenzuela, 62, told a crowded room of English and Spanish-language media hours before the
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Associated Press Aug 11, 2023, 08:06 PM ET BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Cameron Smith bounced back from his worst finish of the year with a 5-under 66 on Friday, giving him a one-shot lead over Charles Howell III at LIV Golf-Bedminster. Smith finished 35th last week at The Greenbrier. He had never been to the Trump
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Aug 11, 2023, 08:37 PM ET The Vancouver Canucks signed center Pius Suter on Friday to a two-year contract with an average annual value of $1.6 million. Suter, 27, had played the previous two seasons for the Detroit Red Wings, where his contract had a $3.25 million annual cap hit. The Switzerland native made his
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Rob Dawson, CorrespondentAug 11, 2023, 06:29 PM ET Pep Guardiola is expecting Kevin De Bruyne to be out for “weeks” after the Manchester City midfielder suffered a recurrence of the injury which cut short his Champions League final. De Bruyne was forced off with a hamstring problem in the first half of the victory over
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Connor O’Halloran Aug 11, 2023, 07:02 PM ET BURNLEY, England — New Burnley minority owner J.J. Watt has welcomed Tom Brady’s investment in English football, saying the two NFL legends will push each other to lift their clubs to new heights. Brady became the latest American athlete to invest in English football, taking a stake
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Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 11, 2023, 08:08 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Four ACC schools are opposed to adding Cal and Stanford, a source confirmed to ESPN, but expansion discussions are not completely over as of Friday evening. Though there is no call currently
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Associated Press Aug 11, 2023, 06:23 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Four-time race winner William Byron will be forced to start from the back of the field in Sunday’s Brickyard 200 after failing pre-race inspection three times on Friday. NASCAR officials barred the No. 24 Chevrolet from Saturday’s qualifying session. Byron’s car chief also was ejected
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Associated Press Aug 11, 2023, 06:26 PM ET SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners placed shortstop J.P. Crawford on the 7-day concussion injured list Friday, a blow for the playoff-contending club as it opens a weekend series against AL-best Baltimore. Crawford collided with third baseman Eugenio Suárez as both went for a ground ball in the
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Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 11, 2023, 06:08 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Florida coach Billy Napier announced Friday that Wisconsin transfer Graham Mertz has won the starting quarterback job. Mertz was competing with Jack Miller throughout the spring and early part of preseason camp,
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