Month: August 2024

Trigger warning for suicide. Details in this story may be unsuitable for some. Graham Thorpe died after taking his own life following a battle with depression and anxiety, his family has revealed in a newspaper interview. The ECB announced last week that Thorpe, widely considered to be among England’s greatest batters, had died at the
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Associated Press Aug 11, 2024, 08:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL — Fifth-seeded Andrey Rublev beat Matteo Arnaldi 6-4, 6-2 on Sunday in the National Bank Open semifinals after waiting out a rain delay early in the second set. Rublev has victories this year in Madrid and Hong Kong. The 26-year-old Russian beat top-seeded
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Associated Press Aug 11, 2024, 09:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GREENSBORO, N.C. — Aaron Rai took advantage of Max Greyserman‘s late meltdown to win the Wyndham Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title. Rai closed with a 6-under 64, with the 29-year-old Englishman making a 6½-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th
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Aug 11, 2024, 10:19 PM ET Boston Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran said he “fell far short” after directing an anti-gay slur toward a fan during Sunday’s home game against the Houston Astros. In the bottom of the sixth inning, in between pitches with the count 1-2 and Houston up 10-0, Duran looked at a
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Associated Press Aug 11, 2024, 08:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — Stephen Ames successfully defended his Boeing Classic title Sunday, birdieing the par-5 18th for a 5-under 67 and one-stroke victory over Ernie Els, Steven Alker and Robert Karlsson The 60-year-old Ames, a naturalized Canadian from Trinidad and Tobago, won has third
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Todd Archer, ESPN Staff WriterAug 11, 2024, 09:52 PM ET Close Todd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010. You can follow him on Twitter at @toddarcher. Open Extended Reactions INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Nearly
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Associated Press Aug 11, 2024, 06:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TULSA, Okla. — Rianne Malixi beat Asterisk Talley 3 and 2 to win the U.S. Women’s Amateur on Sunday at Southern Hills, three weeks after routing Talley in the U.S. Girls’ Junior final. Last month in the U.S. Girls’ Junior, the 17-year-old Malixi —
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Field Level Media Aug 11, 2024, 07:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Philadelphia Phillies claimed right-handed pitcher Kyle Tyler off waivers from their National League East rivals, the Miami Marlins, on Sunday. Philadelphia assigned Tyler to Triple-A Lehigh Valley and designated right-hander Nick Nelson for assignment to make room for Tyler on the 40-man
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Associated Press Aug 11, 2024, 08:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — Merrill Kelly pitched five solid innings in his return from a shoulder injury, Jake McCarthy had three hits and four RBIs, and the Arizona Diamondbacks stayed hot with a 12-5 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday. The Diamondbacks won their eighth
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Associated Press Aug 11, 2024, 05:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Amanda Anisimova beat eighth-seeded Emma Navarro 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 on Sunday in an all-American semifinal in the windy National Bank Open. Third-seeded defending champion Jessica Pegula, also of the United States, faced No. 14 Diana Shnaider of Russia in the second semifinal
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterAug 11, 2024, 05:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Atlanta Falcons placed rookie outside linebacker Bralen Trice on the reserve/injured list Sunday because of a knee injury, making him the team’s second key player lost to a likely season-ending injury in the span of three days. Trice, Atlanta’s third-round draft
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Nick Wagoner, ESPN Staff WriterAug 11, 2024, 07:38 PM ET Close Nick Wagoner is an NFL reporter at ESPN. Nick has covered the San Francisco 49ers and the NFL at ESPN since 2016, having previously covered the St. Louis Rams for 12 years, including three years (2013 to 2015) at ESPN. In his 10 years
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Aug 11, 2024, 06:36 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Chelsea have completed the signing of Pedro Neto from Wolverhampton Wanderers, the west London club announced Sunday. The Portugal winger signed a seven-year contract with his new club and was introduced to the fans at Stamford Bridge during halftime of Chelsea’s friendly against Inter Milan. “I
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