Month: August 2021

12:37 AM ET Raul Ruidiaz and Fredy Montero each scored twice, with Ruidiaz netting his Major League Soccer-leading 13th goal of the season, as the Seattle Sounders defeated the host Portland Timbers 6-2 Sunday night. Jimmy Medranda and Nicolas Benezet also scored, and goalkeeper Stefan Cleveland made seven saves for the Sounders (10-3-6, 36 points),
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6:34 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City are pushing ahead with their bid to sign Harry Kane despite continued denials from Tottenham that they are prepared to listen to offers for the striker, sources have told ESPN. City have just over two weeks to complete the deal before the transfer window shuts on Aug. 31
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6:17 AM ET The players were at an outdoor gathering. Photo by Devin Manky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Three Vancouver Whitecaps academy players were assaulted at an outdoor gathering, in what the Major League Soccer club believes was “a racially motivated attack.” One player was taken to hospital but their injuries are said to be “non-life
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5:59 AM BST Reuters with ESPN staff Rugby Australia will look into its “Giteau Law” criteria to expand its eligibility laws and broaden its pool of players for Wallabies selection, chief executive Andy Marinos has confirmed. The Giteau Law allows players not attached to Australian Super Rugby teams to be eligible for Wallabies selection if
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Mark Cavendish is the first rider to be confirmed for this year’s Tour of Britain. The Manx sprinter, 36, equalled Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 Tour de France stage wins last month. Cavendish will lead Belgian team Deceuninck-Quick-Step when the race begins in Cornwall on 5 September. “It’s always an honour to race on the
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7:08 PM ET Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops named Will Levis the team’s starting quarterback on Sunday. Levis transferred to Kentucky this offseason after playing three seasons at Penn State, where he played as both a quarterback and running back. In announcing the decision, Stoops praised Levis’ efficiency running the offense. “He won the job,”
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4:14 PM ET ESPN News Services BOSTON — Boston Red Sox right-hander Adam Ottavino left Sunday’s 6-2 victory against Baltimore in the seventh inning after getting hit by Jorge Mateo‘s hard liner on his left shoulder. Ottavino walked around the mound somewhat dazed and pointed to the front of his left shoulder while chatting with
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1:18 AM ET A T206 Honus Wagner baseball card sold for $6.606 million — which includes a 20% buyer’s premium — early Monday morning, shattering the record for highest-selling sports card of all time. The previous record belonged to a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card that sold for $5.2 million in January, a record later
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4:32 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Indians starter Triston McKenzie retired the first 23 Detroit batters in order before Harold Castro lined a single to right with two out in the eighth inning and Cleveland beat the Tigers 11-0 Sunday. “It was a pretty good fastball, but I didn’t get it past him,” McKenize
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2:22 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole has recovered from COVID-19 and will start Monday against the Los Angeles Angels. Cole is 10-6 with a 3.11 ERA in 21 starts. The four-time All-Star was placed on the COVID-19 injured list after testing positive on Aug. 3. Four days earlier,
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2:56 PM ET ESPN News Services PHOENIX — Fernando Tatis Jr. wasted no time making an impact for the San Diego Padres in his return from the injured list Sunday, slugging his 32nd and 33rd homers in an 8-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks while playing right field for the first time as a professional.
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