Month: August 2024

Associated Press Aug 25, 2024, 12:21 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTERREY, Mexico — Sixth-seeded Linda Noskova won the Monterrey Open on Saturday night for her first WTA Tour title, beating Lulu Sun 7-6 (6), 6-4 at Sonoma Club. Noskova avenged a straight-sets loss to Sun last week in the first round of the Cincinnati
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Associated Press Aug 24, 2024, 11:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MINNEAPOLIS — St. Louis Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras is headed to the injured list for the second time this season after he broke a finger when he was hit by a pitch in Saturday’s 6-0 loss to the Minnesota Twins. Contreras was leading off
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ESPN News Services Aug 24, 2024, 10:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani threw off a mound Saturday for the first time since having elbow surgery last year that has kept the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar from pitching this season. Ohtani has been rehabbing his pitching arm while making history with
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Associated Press Aug 24, 2024, 10:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Los Angeles Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh lauded quarterback Justin Herbert and other players who were stuck in an elevator for two hours at the team hotel in Dallas on Friday night. Harbaugh said Herbert was among “11 or 12 of our
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Pete Thamel, ESPNAug 24, 2024, 09:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DUBLIN — For a school that churns out astronauts and engineers with numbing efficiency, spontaneous moments of joy are easily traced to meticulous preparation. And that’s why the bruising hugs, violent fist pumps and relentless excitement that Georgia Tech unleashed on Aviva Stadium after
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Associated Press Aug 24, 2024, 06:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Fierceness held off Thorpedo Anna’s late charge to win the $1.25 million Travers Stakes on Saturday, denying the filly’s attempt to become the first female winner of the Grade 1 race in over a century at Saratoga. Ridden by John
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Associated Press Aug 24, 2024, 08:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Hunter Stratton was carted off in the fourth inning of Saturday night’s game against Cincinnati with a left leg injury suffered while trying to chase down the ball behind home plate. Stratton was pitching to Tyler Stephenson with two
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Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterAug 24, 2024, 08:11 PM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World. Open Extended Reactions Jonah Williams, the top outside linebacker in the 2025 class, committed to Texas on
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Associated Press Aug 24, 2024, 07:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic gets why some tennis players question whether there’s a double-standard in the sport after Jannik Sinner was not suspended despite twice testing positive for steroids, and said Saturday he agrees that there is “a lack of consistency.” Sinner tested
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Associated Press Aug 24, 2024, 07:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — Keegan Bradley finished with an 8-foot birdie putt, his eighth birdie of a round that only gave him a 2-under 70 on Saturday on a day where Castle Pines took more than it gave and created plenty of possibilities in
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Associated Press Aug 24, 2024, 06:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Three-time Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen will drive full time in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2025 for Trackhouse Racing. Team owner Justin Marks made the announcement Saturday at Daytona International Speedway with van Gisbergen by his side. The 35-year-old
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Associated Press Aug 24, 2024, 06:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — Barry Bonds was touched in a way he didn’t expect when the Pittsburgh Pirates called to let him know he was being inducted into the club’s Hall of Fame. So when the moment arrived on Saturday, Bonds leaned into it. He donned
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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterAug 24, 2024, 06:49 PM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions DETROIT — Coach Mike Tomlin needed to see just five snaps from Russell Wilson and the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ first team offense in the preseason
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Associated Press Aug 24, 2024, 06:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — A 25-year-old man has been arrested for stealing a ceremonial sword and bullhorn from Coach Rick Pitino’s office at St. John’s University, New York City police said Saturday. Emanuel Yakubov was arrested Friday, one day after police released surveillance footage showing
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ESPN News Services Aug 24, 2024, 05:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Bowden Francis struck out a career-high 12 in a dominant performance for the Toronto Blue Jays, carrying a no-hitter into the ninth inning of a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday. Francis (7-3) walked three and hit a
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