Month: July 2023

Associated Press Jul 22, 2023, 07:28 PM ET NEWPORT, R.I. — Esther Vergeer put up eye-popping numbers during her career in wheelchair tennis, piling them up as the sport grew and became a Grand Slam event. Now, her accomplishments will be on display forever after she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame
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Associated Press Jul 22, 2023, 08:39 PM ET TRUCKEE, Calif. — Patrick Rodgers scored eight points Saturday to take the third-round lead in the Barracuda Championship at Tahoe Mountain Club. Co-sanctioned by the European tour, the tournament uses the Modified Stableford scoring system. Five points are awarded for eagle and two for birdie, while a
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Associated Press Jul 22, 2023, 08:13 PM ET PALERMO, Sicily — Rising Chinese player Zheng Qinwen will face local favorite Jasmine Paolini in the Palermo Open final on Sunday aiming for the first title of her career. The second-seeded Zheng beat Mayar Sherif 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 after the fifth-seeded Paolini backed up her win over
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Associated Press Jul 22, 2023, 06:59 PM ET NEWPORT, R.I. — Teenager Alex Michelsen beat four-time tournament champion John Isner 7-6 (6), 6-4 in an all-American semifinal at the Hall of Fame Open on Saturday. The 18-year-old Michelsen, playing in his second career ATP tournament after winning a challenger tour event in Chicago last week,
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Jul 21, 2023, 04:50 PM ET Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young, the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft, signed a four-year contract Friday, allowing him to begin training camp on schedule. The deal is for $37.9 million and is fully guaranteed, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Rookies are scheduled to report to
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Associated Press Jul 22, 2023, 05:09 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers All-Star shortstop Corey Seager went on the 10-day injured list Saturday because of a sprained right thumb. Seager said an MRI showed no structural issues with the thumb that he hurt in the series opener Friday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers,
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Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentJul 22, 2023, 01:22 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. AUCKLAND, New Zealand — U.S. women’s national team forward Sophia Smith said that her team’s 3-0 win over Vietnam was “a good starting point” but that the Americans have “a lot more
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Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterJul 22, 2023, 02:53 PM ET Nick Saban and Alabama added four-star wide receiver Jaime Ffrench Jr. to its 2025 recruiting class Saturday. Ffrench, No. 15 overall in the 2025 ESPN 300, is the second highly touted receiver to pledge to the Crimson Tide in the 2025 class, following Saraland (Ala.)
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Associated Press Jul 22, 2023, 01:43 PM ET CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — A freshman football player at Austin Peay died Friday night in a single-car crash near the school’s campus in Clarksville, officials said. Jeremiah Collins, an 18-year-old defensive back, was driving too fast while exiting a highway and his pickup truck rolled several times before
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Joe Root dismissed Australian century-maker Marnus Labuschagne but rain returned to Old Trafford to frustrate England’s hopes of forcing a series-levelling win in the fourth Test on Saturday. Only 30 overs had been bowled during the fourth day when the wet weather swept back in during the revised tea break. Play was officially abandoned for
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