Month: January 2022

8:37 PM ET DALLAS — Mavericks power forward/center Kristaps Porzingis exited Sunday’s game against the Indiana Pacers in the second quarter due to soreness in his surgically repaired right knee. The 7-foot-3 Porzingis underwent surgery during the 2020 offseason to address a lateral meniscus injury in that knee, which caused him to sit the final
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7:49 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — Forbidden Kingdom beat a trio of runners trained by Bob Baffert to win the $200,000 San Vicente Stakes by 2 1/4 lengths on Saturday at Santa Anita. Baffert’s trio of Pinehurst, McLaren Vale and 4-5 favorite Doppelganger finished second, third and fourth in the race that the
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5:34 PM ET Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. — Even as the exams change, Lydia Ko continues to provide the proper answers needed to stay in front at the Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio. Ko opened with a 63 when conditions were prime for scoring. When temperatures dipped into the 40s on Saturday and the
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3:26 PM ET A manager’s explanations for a striker who doesn’t score are well known by now. “His link-up play is excellent.” “He’s doing the dirty work.” “He’s getting in good positions. If he wasn’t doing that, then I’d be worried.” – ESPN+ viewers’ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, FA Cup, more– Stream ESPN FC Daily
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Jan 29, 2022 A man has been found guilty of stalking US Open tennis champion Emma Raducanu, British media reported on Saturday. Bromley Magistrates’ Court convicted Amrit Magar, 35, on Friday after he was captured several times on door camera footage at the 19-year-old player’s house in south London, where she lives with her parents.
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Jan 29, 2022 Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis entered on a wild card and were dubbed the Special Ks on their wild ride to the men’s doubles title at the Australian Open. With a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Matt Ebden and Max Purcell on Saturday, the longtime friends became the
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12:22 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has made a change to its cartoon mascot Herbie Husker to eliminate confusion about the meaning of a hand gesture he makes that some people connect with white supremacy. In the original depiction of the mascot, which debuted in the early 1970s, Herbie’s
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10:52 AM ET South Africa’s Justin Harding retained a two-shot lead going into the final round of the Dubai Desert Classic after a 1-under-par 71 on Saturday kept him ahead of four-time major winner Rory McIlroy. The 35-year-old Harding hit a bogey on the eighth hole but recovered with two birdies on the 12th and
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Ravi Kumar clean bowled Mahfijul Islam in the U-19 World Cup quarter-final on Saturday.© Instagram Ravi Kumar gave India a dream start in their U-19 World Cup Super League quarter-final match against Bangladesh in Osbourn, Antigua on Sunday as he picked three early wickets. Ravi dismissed Mahfijul Islam, Iftakher Hossain and Prantik Nabil to hand
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5:13 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Ashleigh Barty ended a 44-year drought Saturday by becoming the first Australian to win an Australian Open singles title since 1978. The world No. 1 and crowd favourite capped off a dominant fortnight at Melbourne Park, overcoming American 27th seed Danielle Collins 6-3, 7-6(2) on Rod Laver Arena, to
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