Month: May 2022

1:23 PM ET ESPN News Services MADRID — Simona Halep continued to impress at the Madrid Open by overpowering American teenager Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-4 to make the quarterfinals on Monday. A two-time Madrid Open champion, Halep upset No. 2-ranked Paula Badosa in the second round. The 21st-ranked Halep converted three of her five break
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12:49 PM ET Nebraska football coach Scott Frost received a one-year show-cause order and a five-day suspension to be served during the “championship segment” of the 2022 season as part of penalties for violating NCAA rules regarding countable coaches. The NCAA’s committee on infractions released its findings after Nebraska agreed to the Level II violations
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11:55 AM ET METAIRIE, La. — Tyrann Mathieu is coming home. A source confirmed to ESPN that the New Orleans Saints have agreed to a contract with the All-Pro safety, who grew up in New Orleans and starred at LSU. Details of the agreement were not immediately available. Mathieu, who turns 30 on May 13,
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2:00 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN BOSTON — Celtics coach Ime Udoka said he expects Marcus Smart to be listed as questionable for Tuesday’s Game 2 against the Milwaukee Bucks. Smart, the 2021-22 NBA Defensive Player of the Year, was dealing with a right quad contusion and then took two shots to the quad on back-to-back
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1:47 PM ET Greg Norman’s new golf league was prepared to launch the same week in February that Phil Mickelson‘s controversial comments about the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia were published, which caused many committed players to back out. At the time, Norman told ESPN on Monday, at least 30% of the top 50 players
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1:36 PM ET ESPN News Services Jannik Sinner saved three match points in beating Tommy Paul 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-3. The American squandered two match points on serve at 5-3 in the second set, and another while trying to break at 6-5. “It was a very difficult situation,” Sinner said after the three-hour match
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10:33 AM ET Andy Murray has said he is “not supportive” of Wimbledon’s decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players from this year’s Championships but added that there is “no right answer.” The All England Club (AELTC) announced last month that stars such as Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev and Aryna Sabalenka will not be able
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