Month: August 2024

Associated Press Aug 4, 2024, 05:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — Leta Lindley won the U.S. Senior Women’s Open on Sunday at Fox Chapel after finishing second the previous two years, closing with a tournament-record 7-under 64 for a two-stroke victory. Lindley, 52, birdied five of the first eight holes and added two
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Associated Press Aug 4, 2024, 05:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MINNEAPOLIS — The woeful Chicago White Sox lost their 20th consecutive game Sunday, the majors’ longest skid in 36 years and one short of the American League record, as Chris Flexen was chased early in a 13-7 defeat against the Minnesota Twins. Royce Lewis
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Aug 4, 2024, 04:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Arne Slot’s Liverpool beat Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United on Saturday. Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images New Liverpool manager Arne Slot said his side still have plenty of room for improvement despite wrapping up their preseason tour of the United States with a 3-0 win over
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Dan Hajducky, ESPNAug 4, 2024, 02:22 PM ET Close Hajducky is an associate editor for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. Open Extended Reactions SCP Auctions has brokered the sale of a shirt Rafael Nadal wore
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Field Level Media Aug 4, 2024, 03:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Houston Astros veteran right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. likely will miss the rest of the season while he recovers from injuries that forced him to shut down from throwing a month ago during his rehabilitation. Astros manager Joe Espada made the announcement Sunday. McCullers
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Associated Press Aug 4, 2024, 03:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Nathan Eovaldi‘s franchise record streak of innings without a walk has ended after the Texas Rangers right-hander walked Boston’s Masataka Yoshida with one out in the first inning. Eovaldi got ahead 0-2 before throwing four consecutive balls Sunday. Yoshida checked his
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Associated Press Aug 4, 2024, 02:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Emotional and unable to hold back tears, Carlos Alcaraz needed a moment to compose himself after losing to Novak Djokovic in the men’s tennis singles final at the Paris Olympics on Sunday. There would be no youngest-ever champion and no repeating Rafael
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Emily Kaplan, ESPNAug 4, 2024, 01:25 PM ET Close Emily Kaplan is ESPN’s national NHL reporter. Open Extended Reactions SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Rory McIlroy said the Ryder Cup is the best tournament in golf, but after a spectacular final day of the men’s Olympic tournament — in which many of the sport’s biggest names battled
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Associated Press Aug 4, 2024, 11:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Novak Djokovic won his first Olympic gold medal by beating Carlos Alcaraz 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) in an enthralling men’s tennis singles final Sunday, giving the 37-year-old from Serbia the last significant accomplishment missing from his glittering résumé. Djokovic’s impressive career already
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Associated Press Aug 4, 2024, 11:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Scottie Scheffler delivered the best performance of his greatest year by rallying from four shots behind on Sunday with a 9-under 62 to win the Olympic gold medal in men’s golf in a thriller at Le Golf National. Already a six-time
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Connor O’Halloran Aug 4, 2024, 11:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SEINE-SAINT-DENIS, France — After eight years of waiting, the Refugee Olympic Team will win its first medal at an Olympic Games this week. A portion of the team watched on and jumped with joy as boxer Cindy Winner Djankeu Ngamba fought in the women’s
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Dan Murphy Close Dan Murphy ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Pete Thamel Aug 4, 2024, 11:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions New Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore is one of seven members from the 2023 football program accused of violating NCAA rules
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Connor O’Halloran Aug 4, 2024, 06:23 AM ET SEINE-SAINT-DENIS, France — Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting has guaranteed herself a medal after securing victory over Bulgaria’s Svetlana Kamenova Staneva in the women’s 57kg quarterfinals on Sunday. Yu-ting has been the subject of an ongoing controversy in this year’s Olympic boxing event, after the International Boxing Federation
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Field Level Media Aug 4, 2024, 11:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Washington Commanders rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels will play in next Saturday’s preseason opener against the New York Jets, head coach Dan Quinn said Sunday. The Commanders used the second overall pick of the 2024 NFL draft on Daniels, the reigning Heisman Trophy winner.
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