Month: September 2022

5:32 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Herm Edwards’ tenure as Arizona State‘s football coach began with bravado, featured dollops of optimism and ultimately ended on Sunday amid a spiral of off-field issues and bad football. Under the dark cloud of a significant NCAA investigation and in the wake of both a staff and roster exodus, Edwards’
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5:41 PM ET ESPN News Services HOUSTON — Working closely with Framber Valdez, Houston Astros catcher Martin Maldonado has enjoyed a front-row seat for the journey that has turned the left-hander into one of baseball’s top pitchers in his fifth season. “It is a lot of calm, a lot of confidence and a lot of
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3:26 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” MILWAUKEE — Yankees star Aaron Judge turned in perhaps the best game of his historic season Sunday, hitting two home runs, a double and a single, driving in four runs and setting
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6:23 PM ET One of MMA’s all-time greats is calling it a career. Former longtime UFC and WEC featherweight champion Jose Aldo, 36, has retired from the UFC, his team told ESPN on Sunday. The promotion also announced Aldo’s retirement in a tweet Sunday evening that read in part, “Congratulations @JoseAldoJunior on a legendary run.”
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5:20 PM ET Associated Press BERLIN — For Spain, almost all of the names on the national team’s roster have changed in recent years. The expectations didn’t. And neither did the results. Juancho Hernangomez scored 27 points, his brother Willy Hernangomez added 14 and won tournament MVP honors, and Spain topped France 88-76 on Sunday
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Sep 18, 2022 Associated Press Carlos Alcaraz is producing the goods for his country as well as himself. Seven days after winning his first Grand Slam tournament, the top-ranked Alcaraz beat Kwon Soon-woo in straight sets in the Davis Cup Finals to secure Spain’s victory over South Korea and a spot in the quarterfinals as
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4:07 PM ET Associated Press Linda Fruhvirtova, 17, completed a magnificent breakthrough week by claiming her first WTA Tour singles title at the Chennai Open on Sunday. The Czech teenager defeated third seed Magda Linette of Poland 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and is now projected to make her top 100 debut Monday. Fruhvirtova showed her maturity
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The graceful Smriti Mandhana once again enhanced her reputation as one of India’s biggest match winners with an attractive 91 that literally decimated England by seven wickets in the opening WODI, here on Sunday. Harmanpreet Kaur won a good toss and veteran India pacer Jhulan Goswami was accuracy personified with 42 dot balls in one
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12:22 PM ET The New York Yankees reinstated first baseman Anthony Rizzo from the injured list Sunday and optioned outfielder Estevan Florial to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Rizzo is batting second behind leadoff hitter and American League MVP candidate Aaron Judge in Sunday’s series finale at the Milwaukee Brewers. Rizzo said last week that he was close
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5:08 AM ET Chris Mortensen Close NFL reporter ESPN Senior NFL Analyst Joined ESPN in 1991 George Polk Award winner; Twice nominated for Pulitzer Prize Adam Schefter Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN NFL Insider Joined ESPN in 2009 Former president of the Pro Football Writers of America and the author of four books The Los
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India vs England Live Score Updates: Smriti Mandhana scored 91 in the first ODI.© AFP India Women vs England Women, 1st ODI Highlights:Smriti Mandhana’s assured 91 and Harmanpreet Kaur’s unbeaten 74 guided India Women to a 7-wicket win against England in the first ODI in Hove. Mandhana and Harmanpreet added 99 runs for the third
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Will the World Cup be full of tired stars? Assessing burnout, minutes played across top leagues If it seems like elite players like Virgil van Dijk look a little error-prone or rusty this season, could it be that they’re all just exhausted? How many players are facing burnout ahead of the World Cup?
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12:37 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — After the final bell and 36 rounds together, Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin shared a long embrace, apparently ending a feud that grew personal over the five years since they first met in the ring. In yet another close fight, Alvarez retained his undisputed super middleweight championship
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11:14 PM ET ESPN staff College football’s Week 3 didn’t deliver the upsets that we grew accustomed to last week, but Power Rankings still saw plenty of movement. Arkansas barely avoided a catastrophic loss to former coach Bobby Petrino and FCS Missouri State, while Miami fell to Texas A&M in a bounce-back performance by the
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