Month: September 2021

Lewis Hamilton headed title rival Max Verstappen in a bizarrely truncated first practice session at the Dutch Grand Prix. The hour-long session was interrupted for nearly 40 minutes when Sebastian Vettel’s Aston Martin stopped on track with a suspected engine failure. The car was still electrically live, delaying its recovery to the pits. Running resumed
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9:10 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic missed an overhead along the way to getting broken for the only time Thursday night and stared at a man in the Arthur Ashe Stadium stands who made noise during the point. After breaking right back in the next game of his second-round victory
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11:58 PM ET The United States played out a hard-fought draw against El Salvador in its first match of the Octagonal round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying in San Salvador on Thursday night. – ESPN+ viewers’ guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, FA Cup, more Tyler Adams wore the armband for the U.S., becoming the youngest player
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1:46 PM ET Mets acting general manager Zack Scott has been placed on administrative leave two days after he was arrested on a DWI charge in New York, the team announced Thursday. Scott will be on leave “until further notice,” the Mets said, adding that team president Sandy Alderson will assume the general manager’s responsibilities.
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10:34 PM ET Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Coyotes have submitted a bid for two parcels of a 46-acre tract of land in what could be the first step to landing a permanent home. The City of Tempe said it received one response before Thursday’s deadline to a request for proposals issued in
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3:23 PM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University As the Big 12 continues to consider expansion, four leading candidates have emerged in BYU, UCF, Cincinnati and
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10:10 PM ET The NHL informed teams of its 2021-22 health and safety protocols Thursday, and they feature significant restrictions for unvaccinated players. On the road, unvaccinated players will not be able to go anywhere except for the team hotel, practice facility and arena, according to a 27-page document outlining the protocols, which was obtained
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5:19 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — About the only problems No. 1 seed Ash Barty and other top women’s players encountered Thursday afternoon at the US Open came in the delays trying to get to Flushing Meadows in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida’s remnants blowing through the Northeast a night earlier. Barty,
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4:59 PM ET ATLANTA — Patrick Reed said he feared for his life two weeks ago when he was hospitalized for double pneumonia in the Houston area. Reed said Thursday he is “getting stronger every day” after playing his first full round of golf in a month at the Tour Championship, but most of his
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7:12 PM ET Miesha Tate is back in the main event. The former UFC women’s bantamweight champion — and one of the most popular women’s MMA fighters ever — will headline a UFC Fight Night against Ketlen Vieira on Oct. 16 in Las Vegas, the UFC announced Thursday. ESPN has Vieira ranked No. 8 in
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9:33 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Oscar Valdez can proceed with his fight vs. Robson Conceicao on Sept. 10 in Tucson, Arizona, despite testing positive for the banned substance phentermine, the Pascua Yaqui Tribe Athletic Commission ruled Thursday, multiple sources tell ESPN. Valdez is the WBC’s 130-pound titleholder. WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman told ESPN the organization
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12:03 PM ET Brian Windhorst Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Tim Bontemps Unvaccinated NBA players will have lockers as far away as possible from their vaccinated teammates and will have to eat, fly and ride buses in different sections as part
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6:25 PM ET Paul Millsap has agreed to a deal with the Brooklyn Nets, his agent, DeAngelo Simmons, told ESPN on Thursday. Millsap becomes the latest former All-Star to join the Nets over the past few seasons, joining Blake Griffin, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden. Millsap’s four All-Star appearances bring Brooklyn’s total up
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