Month: July 2021

4:46 PM ET ESPN News Services The New York Mets placed shortstop Francisco Lindor on the 10-day IL on Saturday with a right oblique strain. Lindor left Friday night’s 4-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the fifth inning with soreness on his right side. Lindor winced after grounding out to second base. He took
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3:53 PM ET In the brave new world of name, image and likeness sponsorships, a Texas A&M fan site has struck a deal to pay two Aggies football players $10,000 each for “exclusive feature interviews” ahead of SEC Media Days. Running back Isaiah Spiller and safety Demani Richardson each will be featured on TexAgs.com as
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3:58 PM ET Wes Unseld Jr., has agreed to a four-year deal to become the new head coach of the Washington Wizards, sources told ESPN on Saturday. Washington officials completed an agreement with the Denver Nuggets associate head coach and his agent Brian Eflus on Saturday on a long-term deal to replace Scott Brooks, sources
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3:56 PM ET A bout between Miles Johns and Anderson Dos Santos has been removed from UFC Fight Night on Saturday, just hours before the first bell, the UFC confirmed with ESPN. Per the UFC, the bout was pulled due to COVID-19 protocol issues stemming from Dos Santos’ camp. Johns first mentioned the cancellation on
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10:23 AM ET Associated Press PRAGUE — French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova advanced to the final of the Prague Open by beating Xinyu Wang of China 6-1, 6-2 on Saturday. The second-seeded Krejcikova set up an all-Czech final against eighth-seeded Tereza Martincova, who defeated ninth-seeded Greet Minnen of Belgium 6-3, 6-4 in the other semifinal.
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7:36 AM BST Samoa qualified for their ninth successive Rugby World Cup with a 79-28 aggregate victory over Tonga, winning the second leg of their Oceania playoff 37-15 in Hamilton on Saturday. The Samoans, who claimed the first leg 42-13 in Auckland last week, were challenged by the Tongans after dominating the first half but
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