Month: December 2022

Dec 4, 2022 Adrian Meronk is the first Polish player to win the Australian Open after romping to a five-stroke victory at Victoria Golf Club. The DP World Tour star captured the Stonehaven Cup in style with an eagle at the 72nd hole in a closing four-under-par 66 on Sunday. Adrian Meronk denied his childhood
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4:48 AM ET Associated Press Rory McIlroy thought his differences with Greg Norman over a Saudi-funded rival golf league had been patched up. That changed when Norman accused him of being “brainwashed” by golf’s ruling brass. “I thought, You know what? I’m going to make it my business now to be as much of a
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Dec 4, 2022 Ashleigh Buhai has survived an afternoon of carnage to win the Australian Open and achieve a feat not even Cameron Smith can claim. The South African prevailed after a dramatic collapse from Sydney prodigy Grace Kim to dash local hopes for another year on Sunday. Buhai closed with a one-over-par 73 at
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1:46 AM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — Don’t write Stephen Thompson out of the welterweight title picture just yet. Thompson (17-6-1) earned one of the biggest wins of his career Saturday, stopping Kevin Holland (23-9) in the fourth round via TKO. Holland’s head coach, Bob Perez, waved off the fight between the fourth and fifth rounds,
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12:19 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN After three fights and 36 rounds between two future Hall of Famers, the rivalry between Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez still isn’t quite settled. Estrada defeated Gonzalez via majority decision on Saturday in Glendale, Arizona, to retain his lineal 115-pound championship, but the result was far from convincing.
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12:34 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Michigan is headed back to the College Football Playoff, armed with the experience of failure and the confidence that better results lie ahead. The second-ranked Wolverines pulled away from Purdue early in the second half Saturday to win the Big Ten championship game 43-22 and capture back-to-back outright league titles
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11:00 PM ET As part of the conditions that enabled Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson to be reinstated and be able to play Sunday against the Houston Texans, he has made what NFL and NFLPA experts have described as “signs of progress” during his mandatory treatment program, per league sources. Though his 11-game suspension is
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4:32 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — Luka Doncic came into Madison Square Garden today wearing a Philadelphia Eagles jersey — a payment on a lost bet to his former teammate, Jalen Brunson, whom he and the Mavericks faced for the first time here Saturday afternoon since Brunson signed with the Knicks as a
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8:48 PM ET Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner set a franchise record in extending his point streak to 19 games Saturday night against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The winger scored a short-handed goal early in the second period against the Lightning to reach his milestone and give Toronto a 1-0 lead. He later scored
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10:33 PM ET Colorado has named Deion Sanders as its next head coach, the school announced in a statement Saturday. The announcement came minutes after Sanders led Jackson State to its second straight SWAC title. Sanders, 55, has gone 27-5 at Jackson State in three seasons. Jackson State defeated Southern 43-24 in the title game,
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10:01 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert was ejected in the first half of the game Saturday against the Oklahoma City Thunder after he appeared to purposefully trip Kenrich Williams. Gobert contested Williams on a drive to the rim with 9:22 to go in the second quarter, causing Williams to fall to the ground.
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6:49 PM ET Associated Press NASSAU, Bahamas — The warm sun in the Bahamas brought out plenty of mud on the rain-soaked fairways and created some wild shots for just about everyone but Viktor Hovland. He made 10 birdies Saturday to build a three-shot lead in the Hero World Challenge. Hovland ran off six birdies
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Katie Archibald relinquished the women’s endurance title in the UCI Track Champions League despite winning the final elimination race in London. The Scot, 28, closed the gap on overall leader Jennifer Valente in the women’s scratch race at Lee Valley VeloPark. But Valente took second in the elimination to secure the overall title by three
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3:07 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Bryan Reynolds has requested a trade ahead of baseball’s winter meetings. Reynolds hit .262 with 27 homers and 62 RBIs in 145 games last season, when Pittsburgh finished with a 62-100 record. In Reynolds’ four years with the team, the Pirates are 211-335
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