Month: April 2022

7:28 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — Noah Gragson held off Jeffrey Earnhardt in triple overtime to win the Xfinity Series race at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday for his second victory of the season. Gragson restarted fourth on the outside of the second row but inherited the lead when JR Motorsports teammate Justin Allgaier
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7:12 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN The Lincoln Riley era at USC began with a record. Saturday’s spring game saw 33,427 fans assembled at the Los Angeles Coliseum to watch Riley and Co. reinject the program with some much-needed energy. It’s the biggest crowd for a Trojans spring game since the 1990s, when the school started
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1:45 PM ET Toronto Raptors forward Scottie Barnes has been named the 2021-2022 NBA Rookie of the Year, the league announced Saturday. Barnes received 378 points (48 first-place votes). Cleveland Cavaliers center Evan Mobley finished in second place with 363 points (43 first-place votes). The 15-point difference between the first- and second-place finishers is the
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6:54 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, La. — Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele played the back nine in 8-under 28 and shot a 12-under 60 in best-ball play Saturday to shatter the Zurich Classic three-round record at 29 under and stretch their lead to 5 strokes. Cantlay and Schauffele broke the 54-hole mark of 23
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4:41 PM ET Heavyweights Joe Joyce and Joseph Parker are set to face each other in July, according to promoter Frank Warren. Warren announced that negotiations were in the final stages for a fight this summer. The promoter revealed the plans during an interview with BT Sport in the buildup to Tyson Fury’s bout with
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1:25 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. With a single against the Colorado Rockies on Saturday, Miguel Cabrera became the 33rd member of the 3,000-hit club and only the seventh player in major league history to achieve the milestone and hit 500 home runs. He got
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2:24 PM ET Bayern Munich won the championship by beating rivals Borussia Dortmund. Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images Bayern Munich won a historic 10th Bundesliga title in succession as they strolled to a 3-1 win against Borussia Dortmund at the Allianz Arena on Saturday. Serge Gnabry put Bayern ahead after 15 minutes with a volley from
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3:59 PM ET Associated Press STUTTGART, Germany — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek will play Aryna Sabalenka in the final of the Stuttgart Open after both came through their respective semifinals Saturday. Swiatek stretched her winning run to 22 matches as she overcame Liudmila Samsonova 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-5 to move into her fourth final of the
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2:03 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — Christopher Bell won the pole at Talladega Superspeedway by turning the fastest lap as the final driver to qualify Saturday. Bell bumped his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr. from the top spot with a lap at 180.928 mph in his Toyota. Truex qualified second at
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12:16 PM ET Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia — Novak Djokovic booked a place in the Serbia Open final after overcoming another slow start and Karen Khachanov 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 on Saturday. The top-ranked Serb came back from a set down for the third consecutive match after hard-fought wins over Miomir Kecmanovic and Laslo Djere to
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Virat Kohli is doing “everything that is under his control” but there comes a phase in a player’s life when even the first edge is being taken by fielders, RCB head coach Sanjay Bangar said in former India captain’s defence after his second golden-ball duck. On Saturday, Sunrisers Hyderabad beat RCB by nine wickets after
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11:54 AM ET Gabriel Jesus put on a stunning performance with four goals and an assist as Manchester City secured a comfortable 5-1 win over Watford in the Premier League on Saturday. The Brazil international scored two goals either side of Rodri‘s stunning strike at the Etihad Stadium as Pep Guardiola’s side extended their lead
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