Month: August 2023

Aug 8, 2023, 11:49 AM ET Jon Rahm is No. 1 in the FedEx Cup playoff standings as he prepares to tee up in Memphis this week, and the Spaniard is betting on himself in the St. Jude Championship. “Yes, we’re competing against each other, but it’s not really head-to-head like in pretty much every
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Associated Press Aug 8, 2023, 02:46 PM ET STATESVILLE, N.C. — Mike Rockenfeller, a two-time Le Mans winner, has been chosen to replace suspended driver Noah Gragson in the next two NASCAR Cup Series races. Legacy Motor Club CEO Cal Wells announced Tuesday that Rockenfeller will be in the No. 42 Chevrolet this week at
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Aug 8, 2023, 08:05 AM ET As Team USA prepares for the 2023 FIBA World Cup, so should you. Team USA played Puerto Rico in Las Vegas Monday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in the first of five games making up the USA Basketball Showcase ahead of the World Cup. The 12-player squad,
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Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterAug 8, 2023, 01:01 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Major League Baseball released its 2023 playoff schedule Tuesday, once again featuring a best-of-three wild card series, which begins on Oct. 3, with the World Series set to start on Oct. 27.
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Associated Press Aug 8, 2023, 11:57 AM ET Total prize money and player compensation at this year’s U.S. Open tennis tournament will reach a record $65 million, the U.S. Tennis Association said Tuesday, noting that the number is boosted by increases in the amount of expenses covered. Last year’s total payout was about $60 million.
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Switzerland successfully defended their team time trial mixed relay title in dramatic fashion at the Cycling World Championships in Glasgow. Elise Chabbey and Marlen Reusser, sprinted over the line to clinch victory for the Swiss by seven seconds from France, with Germany in third. Swiss success came despite Reusser, their strongest female rider, crashing 13km
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNAug 8, 2023, 10:53 AM ET Artur Beterbiev’s unified light heavyweight championship defense vs. Callum Smith has been rescheduled for Jan. 13 in Quebec City, promoter Top Rank announced on Tuesday. Beterbiev, 38, was set to put his WBC, WBO and IBF 175-pound titles on the line vs. Smith on Aug. 19. However,
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DJ Bien-Aime, ESPNAug 7, 2023, 04:20 PM ET Close D.J. Bien-Aime covers the Houston Texans for ESPN. He is the newest reporter to join ESPN Nation, as he moved over to ESPN in July of 2022 after covering the New York Jets previously. He’s a former athlete that finished his college career at Louisville. You
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