Month: October 2021

11:14 PM ET The Golden State Warriors decided to poke a little fun at Klay Thompson in honor of him being left off the NBA’s 75th anniversary team. Before Saturday’s practice, some of Thompson’s teammates hung a No. 77 jersey in his locker. Warriors forward Draymond Green posted two short videos on his Instagram stories
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12:00 PM ET Seventy years after making his major league debut, Willie Mays is still one of the greatest baseball players of all time: the most spectacular combination of power, speed and defense the game has ever seen. And yet, when he graduated from Fairfield Industrial High School in Fairfield, Alabama, in 1950, it read
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5:23 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — With seven linebackers on injured reserve as well as two more linebackers who might be limited in practice next week, the Denver Broncos acquired Stephen Weatherly from the Minnesota Vikings on Saturday. The Broncos sent a seventh-round pick in the 2022 NFL draft to acquire Weatherly and a seventh-round
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6:13 PM ET Johnny Russell scored in the 79th minute to lift Sporting Kansas City to a 2-1 victory over the Seattle Sounders in a chippy Western Conference match in Seattle. There were a total of eight yellow cards shown. Russell has scored a goal in seven straight matches. Sporting (16-7-7, 55 points) drew within
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7:23 PM ET LAS VEGAS — It was a weird week, to say the least, but Saturday’s five-round main event between Marvin Vettori and Paulo Costa delivered as expected. Vettori (18-4-1) handed Costa (13-2) his second consecutive defeat, scoring a unanimous decision victory in a light heavyweight matchup at UFC Fight Night inside the Apex.
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6:30 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Ty Gibbs upset the field again, racing to his fourth Xfinity Series victory of the season Saturday and stopping title contenders AJ Allmendinger and Austin Cindric from advancing to the championship round. Gibbs, 19, passed reigning champion Cindric with 10 laps remaining at Kansas Speedway and
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6:09 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Steve Flesch birdied the par-4 18th hole for a 5-under 67 and a two-stroke lead over Bernhard Langer and Steven Alker on Saturday in the Dominion Energy Charity Classic, the first of three PGA Tour Champions playoff events. Flesch reached 13-under 131 with his second straight bogey-free
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen snatched pole position from title rival Lewis Hamilton with his final lap in qualifying at the US Grand Prix. Hamilton had eclipsed Verstappen’s earlier pace-setting time with the world champion’s own final lap but the Dutchman leapfrogged back in front. Verstappen beat Hamilton by 0.209 seconds after a gripping session. Red
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3:40 PM ET Associated Press Jeff Winther reclaimed the lead at the Mallorca Open with an 8-under 62 on Saturday. The Dane is two shots clear of Spain’s Jorge Campillo, who had a third-round 64. 1 Related Winther, seeking his first European Tour win, repeated the 62 from his first round after shooting 1-over par
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8:58 AM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Ekaterina Alexandrova advanced to the final of the Kremlin Cup after Maria Sakkari retired from her semifinal match on Saturday. Alexandrova, who had a 4-1 lead when Sakkari bowed out, will face Anett Kontaveit in Sunday’s final. Tournament organizers said Sakkari cited dizziness for the stoppage. She is
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