Month: August 2022

9:59 PM ET ESPN News Services PHOENIX — St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols hit two more home runs Saturday night, boosting his total to 692 and moving him past Stan Musial into second place on the career list for total bases. The 42-year-old Pujols connected for solo homers in the second and fourth innings
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5:30 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Yankees ace Gerrit Cole twice banged on the dugout roof, shouting in frustration and getting booed as scuffling New York lost for the 15th time in 19 games, beaten by the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 on Saturday. The AL East-leading Yankees fell to 9-20 since entering
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6:15 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers rookie quarterback Matt Corral likely will miss the 2022-23 season with what coach Matt Rhule called a “significant” Lisfranc ligament tear. “I would assume it would be a while; I would assume it would be a significant amount of time,” Rhule said Saturday. “I’m pretty sure it
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1:18 AM ET SEATTLE — A historic day at the CrawsOver Pro-Am featuring more NBA talent than has been on a court in Seattle since the league’s last preseason visit ended early due to court conditions, but not before what organizer Jamal Crawford called an “unbelievable, one of one” experience. Although several of the league’s
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1:03 AM ET SALT LAKE CITY — Leon Edwards shocked the MMA world. With a head kick in the final round of a fight he was handily losing, Edwards knocked out Kamaru Usman to win the UFC welterweight title in the main event of UFC 278 on Saturday night at Vivint Arena. The finish came
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Aug 20, 2022 Mike CoppingerESPN Oleksandr Usyk retained his three heavyweight titles with a split-decision victory over Anthony Joshua in a rematch on Saturday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. One judge scored the bout for Joshua, 115-113, but was overruled by tallies of 115-113 and 116-112 in favor of Usyk, who defeated Joshua for a second
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11:40 PM ET ESPN News Services EDMONTON, Alberta — Columbus Blue Jackets center Kent Johnson scored at 3:20 of three-on-three overtime to give Canada a 3-2 victory over Finland on Saturday night for its record-extending 19th world junior hockey title. Johnson, the No. 5 overall pick in the 2021 NHL draft, tucked home his own
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9:22 PM ET ESPN News Services MASON, Ohio — Petra Kvitova outlasted Madison Keys 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday to reach the Western & Southern Open final. The 32-year-old Kvitova had never advanced to the semifinals in 10 prior appearances in the Cincinnati tournament. It is the Czech’s 40th career final, and she’ll face
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8:38 PM ET Associated Press ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Mike Weir shot a 7-under 65 on Saturday to take a 1-stroke lead over fellow major champion Padraig Harrington into the final round of the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open. Weir had eight birdies and a bogey at En-Joie Golf Club in the round delayed by rain for
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8:10 PM ET Texas Tech surprised Patrick Mahomes on Saturday with an announcement that the Red Raiders would be inducting him into the school’s Ring of Honor this season. After the Kansas City Chiefs‘ preseason game against the Washington Commanders, Mahomes was asked to return to the field at Arrowhead Stadium. He was greeted by
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8:44 PM ET Associated Press PARAMUS, N.J. — Texas A&M senior Sam Bennett won his third straight match against a player from the top 10 in the amateur world ranking, this one Saturday getting him into the U.S. Amateur championship match with a 1-up victory over Dylan Menante. All five of Bennett’s matches at Ridgewood
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