The Tour de France Femmes begins its second edition on Sunday, 23 July in Clermont Ferrand, central southern France. The eight-stage race features a mixture of flat stages, hilly days, a time trial and a showpiece mountain-top finish on the Tourmalet in the Pyrenees. Last year’s winner Annemiek van Vleuten is returning to the start
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ESPN News Services Jul 22, 2023, 01:06 AM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Houston Astros All-Star Kyle Tucker has been one of the American League’s best hitters against left-handers this season. He credits his success to hours of playing Wiffle Ball with his older brother, Preston, when the two major leaguers were growing up. Tucker hit
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Associated Press Jul 22, 2023, 12:44 AM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani allowed four homers for the first time in his major league career while pitching six-hit ball into the seventh inning and earning the mound victory in the Los Angeles Angels‘ 8-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night. Pirates rookie Henry
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJul 22, 2023, 12:48 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Florida A&M has suspended all football-related activities following the release of an unauthorized rap video filmed in the team locker room that contained explicit lyrics. Coach Willie Simmons announced the decision Friday night,
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Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterJul 21, 2023, 09:27 PM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. LAS VEGAS — Colorado coach Deion Sanders underwent successful surgery Thursday to remove a blood clot in his right leg. “Everything’s good,” Colorado defensive coordinator Charles Kelly told ESPN at Pac-12 media day.
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Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterJul 21, 2023, 09:30 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University LAS VEGAS — USC quarterback Caleb Williams said last year’s loss to Utah in the Pac-12 conference championship game still “burns,” and he predicted the Trojans will be in the College Football Playoff
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Associated Press Jul 21, 2023, 10:56 PM ET TRUCKEE, Calif. — Ryan Gerard had seven birdies in a bogey-free second round Friday to take a four-point lead over Patrick Rodgers in the Barracuda Championship. Co-sanctioned by the European tour, the tournament uses the Modified Stableford scoring system. Five points are awarded for eagle and two
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Associated Press Jul 21, 2023, 08:20 PM ET SEATTLE — The Seattle Kraken re-signed top defenseman Vince Dunn to a four-year, $29.4 million contract Friday, locking up one of their core players coming off the best season of his career. Dunn, 26, had a career-high 14 goals and 64 points in the regular season playing
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John Keim, ESPN Staff WriterJul 21, 2023, 06:45 PM ET Close John Keim covers the Washington Commanders for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2013 after a stint with the Washington Post. He started covering the team in 1994 for the Journal Newspapers and later for the Washington Examiner. He has authored/co-authored four books. You can
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Associated Press Jul 21, 2023, 08:19 PM ET PALERMO, Sicily — Top-ranked Daria Kasatkina is out of the Palermo Open after losing to home favorite Jasmine Paolini in the quarterfinals on Friday. The fifth-seeded Paolini found herself 3-1 down in the deciding set and facing three break points but managed to rally and didn’t let
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Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterJul 21, 2023, 05:02 PM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. LAS VEGAS — UCLA‘s final season in the Pac-12 will be a bittersweet one for coach Chip Kelly. “I’m so affectionate towards the conference and have so many good friends here,” Kelly told
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Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJul 21, 2023, 06:12 PM ET HOYLAKE, England — When Brian Harman drained a 15-foot eagle putt on the 18th hole Friday afternoon to go to 10 under, he changed the calculus of this year’s Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. The weekend will now turn into a field-wide chase of Harman,
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