Month: August 2022

Ireland captain Andy Balbirnie© AFP Ireland took a 2-0 lead over Afghanistan in a best-of-five T20 series after George Dockrell‘s 25 not out saw the hosts home for a five-wicket win in Belfast on Thursday. Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi chose to bat first after winning the toss, but the tourists left themselves too much to
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1:34 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — With right tackle Mekhi Becton likely sidelined the entire season with a knee injury, the New York Jets finalized a two-year contract with offensive tackle tackle Duane Brown, a five-time Pro Bowler, sources told ESPN. The veteran free agent visited with the Jets over the weekend and attended
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12:42 PM ET Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Robin Lehner is expected to miss the 2022-23 season after he undergoes hip surgery, the team announced Thursday. A full timeline on Lehner’s recovery is still to be determined. Vegas did not provide further details on when or how it was determined that Lehner needed surgery. Lehner, 31,
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12:19 PM ET UFC flyweight Molly McCann will look to continue her breakout year in 2022, when she takes on Erin Blanchfield in November. The UFC has added a 125-pound contest between McCann (13-4) and Blanchfield (9-1) to its UFC 281 lineup on Nov. 12 in Madison Square Garden. Both flyweights announced the bout on
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11:29 AM ET Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — USA Basketball has picked its 12-man roster for the opening second-round window of World Cup qualifying, as the Americans look to move closer to clinching a spot in the field for next year’s event. Jim Boylen will return as coach, assisted again by Ty Ellis and
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8:52 AM ET Katie Taylor has said that Jake Paul’s suggestion that her rematch with Amanda Serrano should take place at a catchweight is “nonsense.” Taylor, 36, beat Serrano, 33, via a split decision at their highly anticipated fight at Madison Square Garden in April, with the Irish boxer keeping her lightweight title. 1 Related
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3:42 AM BST All Blacks fly-half Beauden Barrett said he feared the worst after landing head-first from a terrible mid-air challenge against South Africa but that his team would continue to be courageous under the Springboks’ high ball. Barrett was upended by South Africa winger Kurt-Lee Arendse while rising to intercept a box kick and
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11:58 PM ET ESPN News Services BOSTON — Top Atlanta Braves prospect Vaughn Grissom homered onto Lansdowne Street in his major league debut, and Marcell Ozuna hit a three-run homer on Wednesday night to highlight an 8-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Called up earlier in the day from Double-A, the 21-year-old Grissom hit
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6:00 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Nick Kyrgios beat top-ranked defending champion Daniil Medvedev 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday in the National Bank Open. Krygios, the Australian ranked 37th, won last week in Washington for his seventh ATP Tour title. Medvedev won last week in Los Cabos, Mexico. “Today I had a very
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9:41 PM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — Connor Bedard had a goal and an assist and Canada opened play in the postponed world junior hockey championship with a 5-2 victory over Latvia on Wednesday night. The tournament was rescheduled after being called off Dec. 29 after four days as rising COVID-19 cases forced games
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10:09 PM ET Associated press LOS ANGELES — An institutional “culture of callousness” led Los Angeles County deputies and firefighters to shoot and share photos of the remains of Kobe Bryant and other victims of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed the Lakers star, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others, a lawyer for Bryant’s widow
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10:49 PM ET Austin Lindberg ST. PAUL, Minn. — The MLS All-Stars beat their counterparts from Liga MX of Mexico 2-1 here on Wednesday night, thanks to goals from Carlos Vela and Raul Ruidiaz. It took just three minutes for the scoring to get underway, with LAFC left-back Diego Palacios standing up a cross to
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