Month: June 2022

7:39 PM ET THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — The Los Angeles Rams signed wide receiver Cooper Kupp to a three-year, $80 million contract extension, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday. The contract includes $75 million guaranteed and is worth $110 million over the five years of the deal, sources said. It’s the highest amount of
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5:57 PM ET Associated Press BROOKLINE, Mass. — Paul Casey has withdrawn from the U.S. Open, the third straight major he has missed this year because of a back injury. Casey last competed at the WGC-Match Play in March, playing two holes of his opening match when he conceded because of back spasms. He didn’t
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5:43 PM ET Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A South African boxer who became disoriented during a fight and walked away from his opponent toward an empty corner of the ring while throwing punches has died of a brain injury. Boxing South Africa said Wednesday that lightweight Simiso Buthelezi died on Tuesday night
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4:48 PM ET Associated Press Lisa Lazarus walked around the backstretch at Belmont Park nine days before the final leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, selling as much as observing. The CEO of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority talked with trainers, riders and other horsemen about the sport’s federally mandated new governing body that
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5:48 PM ET Associated Press Top-seeded Dan Evans maintained his bid for a second title at the Nottingham Open by reaching the quarterfinals of the grass-court event with a 7-5, 6-0 win against Thomas Fabbiano of Italy on Wednesday. Evans, the British No. 2 and the 2019 champion, will next play Switzerland’s Marc-Andrea Huesler, who
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3:15 PM ET U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu is hopeful she will be fit to play at Wimbledon after being forced to withdraw from next week’s WTA 250 event in Birmingham due to a side strain. A “freak injury” forced Raducanu, 19, to retire from her opening match at the Nottingham Open on Tuesday but
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1:05 PM ET World No. 10 Matteo Berrettini made his return to the court with a 6-2 4-6 6-3 victory over Radu Albot in Stuttgart on Wednesday, nearly three months after suffering a hand injury. The Italian, who won the ATP 250 grasscourt event in 2019, underwent surgery in March and skipped the French Open
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12:11 PM ET Edmonton Oilers star forward Leon Draisaitl played most of the NHL postseason with a high ankle sprain, according to general manager Ken Holland. Draisaitl had declined to officially confirm the news himself before Holland finally did during his end-of-season media availability on Wednesday. Holland said Draisaitl was injured in a collision with
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9:55 AM ET Bryson DeChambeau, the 2020 U.S. Open Champion, is joining the LIV Golf Invitational Series, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Patrick Reed, the 2018 Masters champion, is also joining the LIV series, according to multiple reports. DeChambeau and Reed are expected to compete in LIV Golf’s first United States-based event, scheduled
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