Month: August 2021

2:55 AM BST The back half of the Rugby Championship will either be played in Queensland or be rerouted to the United Kingdom and Europe as SANZAAR scrambles to finalise the draw for a tournament that has proved problematic all year. The All Blacks and Wallabies are due to face each other in Perth on
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11:58 PM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Kayla Harrison made it look easy once again on Thursday night, moving one final step away from her second straight $1 million championship in the PFL playoffs. The two-time Olympic gold medalist judoka remained undefeated in MMA with a first-round TKO of Genah Fabian in the women’s lightweight semifinal in
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6:45 PM ET JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Adam Scott tried to take the positives out of a strong week that surprisingly saw him with a chance to win on Sunday at the Wyndham Championship. And yet, missing a 4-foot putt on the first sudden-death playoff hole that would have won the tournament still stings, a
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7:51 PM ET Associated Press MASON, Ohio — No Novak, no Roger, no Rafa doesn’t mean winning his second Western & Southern Open championship will be no problem for top-seeded Daniil Medvedev. He’s just making it look that way. Medvedev, the 2019 champion and last year’s runner-up to Novak Djokovic, advanced to the quarterfinals of
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8:03 PM ET Associated Press JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Jon Rahm returned from a month off and played like he was never gone. Justin Thomas took the advice of a 15-year-old and had his lowest score of the year. Both opened with an 8-under 63 on Thursday at The Northern Trust as the PGA Tour’s
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10:54 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Jaime Munguia and Gabe Rosado have been on a collision course for a fall fight, but plans could change after a move from the WBC. The Mexico City-based organization ordered a middleweight title eliminator between Munguia and Sergiy Derevyanchenko, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman told ESPN on Thursday. If no deal
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Test skipper Tim Paine Friday backed embattled Australian coach Justin Langer after “robust discussions” among senior players amid dressing-room leaks and reports of discontent over his management style. Langer has come under a barrage of scrutiny in the wake of consecutive white-ball series losses to the West Indies and Bangladesh, with friction over his intense
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2:36 PM ET A woman has been denied a permanent restraining order against Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer after she accused him of domestic violence and sexual assault. A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ruled against the 27-year-old woman’s request Thursday, and the temporary restraining order against Bauer has been dissolved. The woman
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2:47 PM ET This story is developing. Police arrested a former Miami football player Thursday in the November 2006 shooting death of teammate Bryan Pata, nearly 15 years after the crime and nine months after an ESPN investigation pointed out missteps in the long-stalled police inquiry. Miami-Dade Police said U.S. marshals arrested Rashaun Jones, 35,
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5:45 PM ET Glendale is terminating its lease with the Arizona Coyotes for Gila River Arena after the 2021-22 season, the city announced in a statement on Thursday. The Coyotes have played at the city-owned Gila River Arena for the past 18 seasons. However the sides have been operating on year-by-year agreements since 2016, unable
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5:07 PM ET ESPN News Services Michigan defenseman Owen Power has elected to return to school for his sophomore season rather than make the jump to the NHL after being selected with the No. 1 pick by the Buffalo Sabres in last month’s draft, according to multiple reports. In doing so, Power will become the
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4:05 PM ET Corey LaJoie will miss Sunday’s race at Michigan because of NASCAR’s COVID-19 protocols. LaJoie posted “Protocols” on Twitter in what appeared to be clarification that he has not tested positive for COVID-19 and was missing the race because of NASCAR’s pandemic rules. Spire Motorsports said Thursday that Josh Berry will replace LaJoie
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4:20 PM ET ESPN News Services The Dallas Mavericks are hiring two-time WNBA champion Kristi Toliver as an assistant coach, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Toliver has previous NBA coaching experience. She spent parts of two seasons as an assistant on the Washington Wizards’ staff. Toliver is currently playing for the Los Angeles Sparks where
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