Month: May 2022

7:49 PM ET Oklahoma got a commitment from junior college quarterback General Booty on Saturday. Booty, a 6-3, 195-pound sophomore from Tyler Junior College in Texas, will have three years of eligibility remaining at Oklahoma. New Home! #BoomerSooner @OU_Football @CoachVenables @Coach_Leb pic.twitter.com/GUxDDoNI0T — General Booty (@Generalbooty10) May 14, 2022 The son of former LSU receiver
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8:03 PM ET Associated Press McKINNEY, Texas — Sebastian Munoz will be the “other” local guy in the final pairing of the final round of the Byron Nelson. It’s cool by the Colombian who now calls the Dallas area home and has at least shared the lead after all three rounds. Munoz shot a 6-under
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7:37 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Christopher Bell qualified on the pole for Sunday’s race at Kansas Speedway, topping the time set by Tyler Reddick earlier in the session and grabbing his third pole of the NASCAR Cup Series season for Joe Gibbs Racing. Bell turned a lap of 179.575 mph Saturday
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7:48 PM ET Associated Press CLIFTON, N.J. — Minjee Lee seemed to be more worried about finishing her third round on a dreary, rainy day than keeping the lead at the Cognizant Founders Cup. The 25-year-old LPGA Tour scoring leader did both Saturday, moving within a round of posting her first win of the year
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11:57 AM ET Associated Press ROME — Stefanos Tsitsipas reached his first Italian Open final by rallying past Alexander Zverev 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday. Tsitsipas has been pushed to three sets in three of his four matches this week, having also overcome local favorite Jannik Sinner in straight sets in the quarterfinals. Tsitsipas has
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11:56 AM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Houston Astros acquired utilityman Mauricio Dubón in a trade with the San Francisco Giants on Saturday. The 27-year-old Dubón is batting .239 with two homers and eight RBIs in 21 games this season. He has big league experience at second base, third base, shortstop and center field.
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5:00 PM ET ESPN News Services TAMPERE, Finland — Host Finland recovered from a first-period scare to defeat Latvia 2-1 for a second victory in two games at the ice hockey world championship on Saturday. Nashville Predators forward Mikael Granlund, less than a week removed from being eliminated in the NHL postseason back in North
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5:00 PM ET ESPN News Services MILWAUKEE — The Bucks have canceled a watch party for Sunday’s Game 7 against the Boston Celtics after 21 people were injured in three separate shootings near an entertainment district in downtown Milwaukee at the end of the team’s Game 6 Eastern Conference semifinals loss Friday night. A spokesman
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5:31 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — Eighth-ranked Matteo Berrettini withdrew from the upcoming French Open as he continues his recovery from surgery on his right hand. The Italian announced in late March that he was having minor surgery. On Saturday, he said on social media that that he’s making good progress but not quite
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5:58 PM ET Associated Press Ryan Fox shot a stunning 66 on the third day of the Soudal Open at Rinkven International Golf Course in Antwerp, Belgium, to edge overnight leader Sam Horsfield from the top of the leaderboard with 18 holes to play. The New Zealander started his day with a bogey on the
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1:40 PM ET Associated Press GENEVA — With boxing’s status at the Olympics in doubt, the IOC was not impressed on Saturday with the leadership election of the sport’s governing body which was stripped of recognition in 2019. International Boxing Association members re-elected their Russian president Umar Kremlev by acclamation two days after the only
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IPL 2022: Andre Russell played a match-winning role in KKR’s win over SRH.© BCCI/IPL Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder Andre Russell has crossed 2,000 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Saturday. He accomplished this feat during his side’s match against Sunrisers Hyderabad at MCA Stadium in Pune. During the match, he played a solid
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8:17 AM ET Associated Press ROME — Not since Serena Williams seven years ago has another woman had such a hot streak in tennis. Top-ranked Iga Swiatek routed Aryna Sabalenka 6-2, 6-1 on Saturday to extend her winning streak to 27 matches and reach the Italian Open final. Williams won the same number of consecutive
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