Month: September 2021

11:36 PM ET Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — AJ Allmendinger slid sideways across the Bristol Motor Speedway finish line to edge rival Austin Cindric for both the Friday night win and the NASCAR Xfinity Series regular-season championship. The race was Cindric’s to win and the reigning Xfinity champion was four laps away from a second
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3:56 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders running back Josh Jacobs has been ruled out of Sunday’s game at the Pittsburgh Steelers, as the Pro Bowler has missed practice all week because of toe and ankle injuries. Jacobs rushed for two touchdowns but only 34 yards on 10 carries in the Raiders’ 33-27
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11:17 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Casper Ruud‘s Davis Cup debut as a Top 10 player resulted in a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Khumoyun Sultanov on Friday, helping Norway take a 2-0 lead over visiting Uzbekistan in the World Group I playoffs. The 22-year-old Ruud — whose father, Christian, played for Norway’s Davis Cup
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11:22 PM ET Associated Press WEST LINN, Ore. — Jin Young Ko shot a 5-under 67 on Friday to take the second-round lead in the Cambia Portland Classic. The second-ranked South Korean star needed only 23 putts in her morning round, making six birdies and a bogey to reach 8-under 136 at hilly, windy and
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11:05 PM ET Associated Press NAPA, Calif. — Maverick McNealy overcame three consecutive bogeys and holed out from 74 yards for eagle on his last hole for an 8-under 64 and the second-round lead Friday in the Fortinet Championship. Winless in 66 career starts on the PGA Tour, McNealy had nine birdies — one from
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6:24 PM ET ESPN News Services KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Royals slugger Salvador Perez tied Johnny Bench’s record for homers in a season by a catcher with his 45th in a 7-2 loss to the Oakland Athletics on Thursday. Perez hit a two-run homer in the first inning, matching Bench’s total from 1970
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9:30 PM ET SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Purdue’s famous giant bass drum has drummed up quite a controversy before Saturday’s road game at Notre Dame Stadium. After being told that the World’s Largest Drum would not be allowed to enter the playing field through Notre Dame Stadium’s home entrance, Purdue’s All-American Band will play its
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5:01 PM ET CHICAGO — Carolina center Sebastian Aho was amused by the Hurricanes’ offer-sheet trolling of the Montreal Canadiens. In 2019, Aho signed a restricted-free-agent offer sheet with the Canadiens for five years and $42 million, which the Hurricanes quickly matched. Last month, Carolina turned the tables and signed Montreal restricted free agent Jesperi
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12:08 PM ET William Ricks In a hot real estate market countrywide, Orlando, Florida, home prices continue to surge. That is unless, apparently, the home was customized for a 7-foot-1 Hall of Fame center, 15-time All-Star and four-time NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat — Shaquille O’Neal, whose Orlando-area mansion was
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1:58 PM ET Sweden’s Kristoffer Broberg claimed the lead on Day 2 at the Dutch Open on Thursday after he set a new course record at the Bernardus Golf, carding a a superb 7-under-par 64. The 35-year-old got off to a solid start, making three birdies without loss on the front nine before firing three
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2:24 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Blackhawks star Patrick Kane said Friday he has participated in the investigation into allegations that a then-assistant coach sexually assaulted two players in 2010, adding that he did not know anything happened at the time. “Obviously very serious allegations, and everyone knows that,” Kane said at the annual
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