Month: August 2021

8:15 AM ET Tom VanHaaren Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Tom Luginbill Close ESPN Analyst Senior National Recruiting Analyst for ESPN.com Coached in four professional football leagues Graduated from Eastern Kentucky and Marshall Every college football season, a new batch of true freshmen burst through
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Mark Boucher has been accused of singing racist songs during his playing days.© Twitter Current South Africa coach Mark Boucher has apologised for singing offensive songs and using nicknames for coloured teammates during his playing days. As per a report in ESPNcricinfo, Boucher has submitted a 14-page long affidavit to Cricket South Africa’s Social Justice
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5:43 PM ET ESPN News Services BALTIMORE — The surging Atlanta Braves handed the Baltimore Orioles their 18th straight loss on Sunday, the longest skid in the major leagues since the Kansas City Royals dropped 19 straight in 2005. The 3-1 defeat was one of the more competitive games the O’s have played during the
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7:11 AM ET Captain Catriona Matthew selected a trio of Solheim Cup rookies for Team Europe’s title defence as the biennial tournament kicks off next week at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. Europe take on favourites United States with newcomers Nanna Madsen of Denmark, who finished fifth on Sunday at the women’s British Open,
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6:44 AM ET Nice vs. Marseille was abandoned after fans clashed with players. Photo by VALERY HACHE/AFP via Getty Images Nice and Marseille have been summoned to a disciplinary hearing on Wednesday after their Ligue 1 match on Sunday had to be abandoned due to crowd trouble, the French professional league (LFP) said. The match at
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Fawad Alam‘s fifth Test century and Shaheen Shah Afridi’s new ball potency pushed Pakistan into the ascendancy on a truncated third day of the rain-affected second Test against the West Indies at Sabina Park on Sunday. Fawad’s unbeaten 124 lifted the tourists to 302 for nine declared in their first innings before Shaheen removed both
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10:22 PM ET San Francisco 49ers rookie quarterback Trey Lance‘s second preseason game went a lot like his first one … in reverse. Lance got off to a quick start in last week’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs, hitting an 80-yard touchdown pass to receiver Trent Sherfield on his second pass attempt before completing
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7:01 PM ET Associated Press BROOKLYN, Mich. — Ryan Blaney took the lead from William Byron on a late restart and bobbed and weaved his way across the final seven laps to win at Michigan International Speedway. Blaney edged Byron by 0.077 seconds — the closest finish on the two-mile track since electronic scoring began.
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8:09 PM ET Associated Press SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — Rod Pampling won the Boeing Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions victory when Jim Furyk and Woody Austin failed to get up-and-down for birdie from greenside bunkers on the par-5 18th. Pampling, playing five groups ahead of Furyk and Austin at Snoqualmie Ridge, shot
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6:17 PM ET Associated Press HENDERSON, Ky. — Fire destroyed a barn at Ellis Park race track in Kentucky early Sunday, with officials saying the horses inside were rescued. Sunday’s racing program was canceled after the fire in the receiving barn, where horses are supervised and examined before running in a race. The barn can
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2:30 PM ET Oklahoma received a commitment from Brandon Inniss on Sunday, as the ESPN Junior 300 wide receiver chose the Sooners over Alabama, Florida, Miami and Ohio State. Inniss, a 6-foot-0, 190-pound prospect from American Heritage High School in Plantation, Florida, is the No. 18-ranked recruit overall and No. 3 wide receiver in the
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