Month: June 2021

8:43 PM ET Associated Press CROMWELL, Conn. — Harris English birdied the eighth hole of sudden death to win the Travelers Championship on Sunday, beating Kramer Hickok after both birdied the final hole of regulation to force the playoff. It matched the second-longest sudden-death playoff in PGA Tour history. English shot a 5-under 65 to
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6:50 PM ET Associated Press LONG POND, Pa. — Kyle Busch came through in the clutch. Even when he raced without one. Busch busted Hendrick Motorsports’ winning streak and denied the organization a shot at NASCAR history when he raced to his second victory of the season Sunday at Pocono Raceway. He needs to give
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6:30 PM ET It’s been a tumultuous June for pitchers across baseball, and none of them has operated under a brighter spotlight than New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole. On Sunday, it took one pitch for the spotlight on Cole to brighten a little more. That pitch was a 96 mph four-seam fastball with a
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6:44 PM ET Associated Press AKRON, Ohio — Steve Stricker won the Bridgestone Seniors Players Championship on Sunday at difficult Firestone for his second victory of the year and third major title. Eight strokes ahead in the third round and four in front entering the final round, Stricker closed with an even-par 70 for a
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4:21 PM ET Simon Cambers Britain’s Johanna Konta was withdrawn from Wimbledon on Sunday after she was deemed to be a close contact of a team member who tested positive for COVID-19. Konta, the world No 31, a Wimbledon semifinalist in 2017 and Britain’s highest-ranked woman, was removed from the draw and replaced by China’s
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1:27 PM BST South Africa cancelled a Sunday training session after three unnamed Springbok players tested positive for COVID-19 on the eve on the British & Irish Lions’ departure to the country for a three-test series next month. The players had been put into isolation and a decision on further team activities would be taken
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2:32 PM ET Associated Press LONG POND, Pa. — Jeff Gordon retired in 2015 and had the conversation with Rick Hendrick that the Hall of Fame driver could pursue other ventures — broadcasting, business, travel — but one day would get the call to come home. Years later, Gordon is set to head from the
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3:08 PM ET Associated Press LONG POND, Pa. — Austin Cindric won his fourth Xfinity Series race of the season, holding off a hard-charging Ty Gibbs on a Sunday full of big hits at Pocono Raceway. Cindric, the reigning champion in NASCAR’s second-tier series, won the season opener at Daytona and added victories at Phoenix
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1:56 PM ET Associated Press MUNICH — Viktor Hovland held off a final-round charge from Martin Kaymer to become the first Norwegian winner of a European Tour event at the BMW International Open on Sunday. Hovland (70) finished on 19 under to beat Kaymer by two shots after the German shot 8-under 64 in the
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Gendarmerie du finistere Police say they are trying to trace a spectator in connection with a multi-rider pile-up during the first stage of the Tour de France on Saturday. The female spectator was spotted leaning into the path of the speeding peloton, holding a sign, in the Finistère region of Brittany. German rider Tony Martin
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10:44 AM ET Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin said he “was not aware” of any allegations regarding Chicago Blackhawks video coach Brad Aldrich in 2010 when he worked in the front office. Bergevin, whose Montreal team is preparing to play in the Stanley Cup Final, began his management career in Chicago from 2008 to
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