Month: September 2021

2:23 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Former Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle and longtime broadcaster Tunch Ilkin died Saturday, the team confirmed. He was 63. Ilkin, who revealed that he had been diagnosed with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease) in October 2020, was hospitalized recently with pneumonia. He announced in June that
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Ravi Shastri’s lateral flow test returned positive, BCCI said.© AFP Indian cricket team head coach Ravi Shastri and three other members of the support staff have gone into isolation in England, BCCI announced in a press release on Sunday. The move was taken “as a precautionary measure after Mr Shastri’s lateral flow test returned positive
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11:17 PM ET Concession workers at the San Francisco Giants‘ Oracle Park voted overwhelming to strike on Saturday, citing concerns over COVID-19 safety and health coverage. According to UNITE HERE Local 2, at least 20 concessions workers have been infected with COVID-19 since the stadium reopened this season. 96.7% of active stadium workers voted to
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10:16 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady not only had a scare last year when both of his parents tested positive for COVID-19 — he himself was diagnosed with it too in February. In an interview with the Tampa Bay Times on Saturday, Brady revealed that he tested positive for
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6:42 PM ET A week after the Carolina Hurricanes caused a social media stir by signing Jesperi Kotkaniemi to a one-year, $6.1 million offer sheet, the Montreal Canadiens formally declined to match it on Saturday. As a result, the 21-year-old forward will join the Hurricanes for at least this season, and Carolina will more than
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6:29 PM ET Bryce Young‘s first start as Alabama’s quarterback proved historic as he set a school record for passing touchdowns and yards in a debut as a starter in Saturday’s 44-13 win over Miami. Young, a sophomore, had four passing touchdowns midway through the third quarter with Alabama dominating Miami, 41-3. His 344 passing
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7:02 PM ET Derek Brunson has fought just about anyone who is anyone in the UFC’s middleweight division. The one thing he had been searching for is that signature victory to push him into the title picture. On Saturday, he finally got that. Brunson stopped Darren Till via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2 minutes, 13
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7:25 PM ET NASHVILLE, Tennessee – United States manager Gregg Berhalter said that the fitness of attacker Christian Pulisic will be evaluated later on Saturday, at which point a determination will be made as to his availability for Sunday’s World Cup qualifier against Canada. “He’s made some progress and we have to see if it’s
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5:49 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Katie Taylor’s reign as the queen of the lightweight division — and women’s professional boxing — might not have been in doubt Saturday, but
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6:42 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Josh Warrington was left frustrated after his bid for revenge against Mauricio Lara ended in a technical draw Saturday. The fight was just getting
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5:05 PM ET ATLANTA — Brooks Koepka withdrew from the Tour Championship on Saturday after sustaining an injury to his left wrist when hitting a tree root on the 10th hole at East Lake Golf Club. He played two more holes before pulling out. Koepka, who was tied for 25th in the strokes-altered Tour Championship
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4:33 PM ET ESPN News Services NORMAN, Okla. — No. 2 Oklahoma escaped with a 40-35 win against an unranked Tulane team that nearly pulled off one of the biggest upsets in school history on Saturday. Sooners quarterback Spencer Rattler passed for 304 yards in a game that was relocated from New Orleans because of
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