Month: October 2021

7:50 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Steven Alker shot a 9-under 63 on Friday to take the first-round lead in the Dominion Energy Charity Classic, the first of three PGA Tour Champions playoff events. Alker had a bogey-free round on The Country Club of Virginia’s James River Course, making nine birdies in a
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1:16 PM ET Oklahoma State and Mike Gundy have agreed to a new deal that will restore the football coach to a “perpetual five-year contract” with the Cowboys after the rollover had been decreased to four years in 2020, the university announced Friday. Last year, Gundy voluntarily took a $1 million pay cut and amended
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3:40 PM ET The Carolina Hurricanes trolled the Montreal Canadiens with a satirical website after defeating them on Thursday night, only to have that site hacked and turned into an anti-Carolina web page by Friday morning. After the Hurricanes beat the Canadiens in Montreal, the team sent out a website link to its 506,000 followers
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11:07 AM ET Philadelphia 76ers All-Star guard Ben Simmons plans to meet with medical professionals for an evaluation after telling the team Friday that he wasn’t mentally ready to play to his expectations and needed time to step away, sources told ESPN. Simmons met separately with coach Doc Rivers, medical staff and teammates Friday morning
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7:12 PM ET Ash Barty won’t defend her season-ending crown after formally ending her stellar 2021 season on Saturday. Australia’s world No.1 hasn’t played since the US Open in September and says her full focus now is on preparing for the Australian summer and another tilt at her home grand slam in Melbourne. The 25-year-old
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6:21 PM ET Associated Press Bryce Easton was leading the Mallorca Open on Friday when the second round was suspended because of darkness on the Mediterranean island. Easton had a four-shot lead when play was stopped with the South African still to finish the 18th hole. Easton was 4-under on the windy day at the
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4:44 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — One of the House Democrats who sent a letter to the NFL seeking more information about its investigation into the Washington Football Team‘s workplace culture says he fears Jon Gruden’s emails are the “tip of the iceberg.” Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., told ESPN that the representatives wanted to get
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2:58 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Dillian Whyte, ESPN’s No. 6 heavyweight, has withdrawn from an Oct. 30 fight with Otto Wallin in London after suffering a shoulder injury, multiple sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Whyte, the WBC’s interim champion and longtime No. 1 contender, is expected to push for an immediate title shot against Tyson
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3:49 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The star-studded lightweight division hasn’t delivered the marquee fights just yet, but the weight class is heating up. Devin Haney and Joseph Diaz Jr. have agreed to terms for a WBC lightweight title fight on Dec. 3 or Dec. 4 in Las Vegas on DAZN, multiple sources told ESPN on
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2:10 PM ET Associated Press CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby still isn’t sure when he will be cleared to return after he had left wrist surgery last month. Crosby skated with his teammates for more than an hour Friday in the latest step in his recovery from surgery in early September.
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Great Britain’s Katie Archibald is closing in on the gold medal in the women’s omnium at the Track Cycling World Championships after narrowly avoiding being taken out by a “nasty looking crash” in the elimination race. Archibald has won the first three events in the omnium heading into the fourth and final event, the points
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12:57 PM ET LAS VEGAS — A three-day saga surrounding Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event between Paulo Costa and Marvin Vettori is finally over, as both fighters made weight for a five-round light heavyweight matchup. This fight was originally scheduled to take place at middleweight, the division in which Costa and Vettori are both
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3:46 PM ET ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia coach Kirby Smart said Thursday that quarterback JT Daniels was as healthy as he’s been since the fourth game of the season, but that doesn’t mean Smart is necessarily going to make a quarterback change. Senior Stetson Bennett has started the past three games and four of the
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