Month: September 2024

Getty Images Emma Smith BBC Sport journalist in Clichy-sous-Bois, Paris 4 September 2024, 07:36 BST Updated 3 hours ago Britain’s Sarah Storey described the Paris Paralympics cycling time trial course as “appalling” after winning her 18th Games gold medal. Storey won the women’s road event for a fifth successive Paralympics on a C5 event course
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ESPN News Services Sep 4, 2024, 02:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ANAHEIM, Calif. — Los Angeles Angels rookie reliever Ben Joyce threw a 105.5 mph fastball Tuesday night that was the fastest pitch in the majors this season and the fastest strikeout pitch in the pitch-tracking era, which started in 2008. Joyce’s blazing fastball
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Associated Press Sep 4, 2024, 02:47 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Clay Holmes lost the feel for his sinker, his control and perhaps his job as the New York Yankees closer. The two-time All-Star gave up a single and two walks before Texas rookie Wyatt Langford hit a game-ending grand slam in
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ESPN News Services Sep 4, 2024, 12:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz set up an all-American semifinal at the US Open with victories Tuesday, guaranteeing the United States a man in the title match at the country’s Grand Slam tournament for the first time in 18 years.
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Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterSep 4, 2024, 02:14 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions ANAHEIM, Calif. — When he prepared for his first at-bat in Tuesday’s top of the first, fans saluted
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Field Level Media Sep 4, 2024, 01:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LIV Golf, the circuit bankrolled by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, will kick off its 2025 season by playing in the country’s capital city, Riyadh, for the first time. The tournament, scheduled for Feb. 6-8, will be held at Riyadh Golf
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ESPN News Services Sep 4, 2024, 01:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Wyatt Langford hit a game-ending grand slam off All-Star closer Clay Holmes to give the Texas Rangers a 7-4 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night, dropping them out of the American League East lead. Langford hit the
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Associated Press Sep 3, 2024, 10:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Taylor Townsend and Donald Young advanced to the US Open mixed doubles final Tuesday, keeping alive Townsend’s chance to win two doubles titles at the tournament. Townsend and Young, who is retiring after the tournament, beat the No. 8-seeded team of
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Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterSep 3, 2024, 07:53 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Open Extended Reactions NEW
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Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterSep 3, 2024, 11:41 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions A federal judge approved Diamond Sports Group’s deals with the NBA and NHL on Tuesday, another step forward
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Michael DiRocco, ESPN Staff WriterSep 3, 2024, 06:20 PM ET Close Michael DiRocco is an NFL reporter at ESPN. DiRocco covers the Jacksonville Jaguars. He previously covered the University of Florida for over a decade for ESPN.com and Florida Times-Union. DiRocco graduated from Jacksonville University and is a multiple APSE award winner. You can follow
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Sep 3, 2024, 09:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tim Tszyu will get the chance to emulate his legendary father as a multiple world champion when he takes on undefeated Russian Bakhram Murtazaliev for the IBF super-welterweight belt in Florida next month. After weeks of negotiations, Team Tszyu have agreed on Australia’s son of a
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Field Level Media Sep 3, 2024, 09:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Arizona Diamondbacks activated slugger Christian Walker from the 10-day injured list but also will be without outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. due to a calf injury when they face the host San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night. Gurriel was placed on the injured
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Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterSep 3, 2024, 07:53 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Open Extended Reactions NEW
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Associated Press Sep 3, 2024, 08:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CAMDEN, N.J. — Seeking to lure the Philadelphia 76ers across the river, New Jersey is offering up to $400 million in tax credits and outlining plans for a sprawling mixed-use waterfront development. In a letter dated Monday, Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration said it
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