Month: August 2022

Young uncapped left-arm seamer Dilshan Madushanka was handed a maiden call-up as five-time champions Sri Lanka on Saturday announced an 18-member team for the Asia Cup, beginning in Dubai next week. Besides the the 21-year-old Madushanka, the squad, led by regular skipper Dasun Shanaka, also includes Ashen Bandara, who last represented Sri Lanka in July
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8:33 PM ET Padres left-hander Blake Snell was cleared to make his start in San Diego against the Washington Nationals on Friday, one night after his vehicle was struck by a suspected drunk driver during a traffic stop on Interstate 5. According to a California Highway Patrol spokesman, the incident occurred at about 11 p.m.
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7:15 PM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — Dylan Garand made 31 saves, Kent Johnson had a goal and two assists and Canada beat the Czech Republic 5-2 on Friday to advance to the world junior hockey championship game. Canada will face Finland — a 1-0 winner over Sweden in the second semifinal — for
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3:15 PM ET Manchester United have announced an agreement with Real Madrid to sign midfielder Casemiro. The transfer is subject to the agreement of personal terms, U.K. visa requirements and a medical, United said Friday. Sources have told ESPN the deal is worth an initial £60 million, with £10m in potential add-ons. He is expected
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8:10 PM ET Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. — Adam Scott felt he was playing well enough that he should start seeing some better scores at some point. That moment appears to have arrived at just the right time. Scott put together another tidy round Friday except for one hole — a double bogey on the
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6:48 PM ET Associated Press ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Darren Clarke, Jim Furyk and Vijay Singh shared the lead at 7-under 65 on Friday in the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open, with four more major champions right behind at En-Joie Golf Club. Padraig Harrington and Duffy Waldorf followed at 66, and Ernie Els, Mike Weir, Y.E. Yang
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6:46 PM ET Associated Press MASON, Ohio — Top-ranked Daniil Medvedev moved into the Western & Southern Open semifinals Friday as he prepares for his US Open title defense, beating 11th-seeded Taylor Fritz 7-6 (1), 6-3. Medvedev, the 26-year-old Russian banned from Wimbledon for his country’s invasion of Ukraine, won the 2019 Western & Southern
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12:46 PM ET ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Former Washington Commanders head athletic trainer Ryan Vermillion, who has been under investigation by the Drug Enforcement Agency for illegally distributing oxycodone to NFL players, agreed to deferred prosecution and the U.S. Attorney’s office statement of facts Friday morning. According to the government’s criminal information filing, Vermillion is accused
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10:11 AM ET ESPN Fantasy Our ESPN Fantasy staff got together for another mock draft, this time using a 12-team, half PPR format. This draft featured the following participants (in order of first-round selection): Matt Bowen, Liz Loza, Keith Lipscomb, Marcel Louis-Jacques, Tyler Fulghum, Eric Moody, Tristan H. Cockcroft, Joe Kaiser, Kyle Soppe, Mike Triplett,
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5:12 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Vanessa Bryant testified Friday that she was only beginning to grieve the loss of her husband, basketball star Kobe Bryant, and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna when she was faced with the fresh horror of learning that sheriff’s deputies and firefighters had shot and shared photos of their
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10:41 AM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol early Friday morning. It was the second arrest in as many years for Ozuna. He was arrested May 29, 2021, on charges of aggravated assault by strangulation and battery after police said they witnessed him
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2:32 PM ET Associated Press Gavin Green hit a couple of eagles to break the course record with a 9-under 63 and take a three-shot lead after the second round of the Czech Masters on Friday. Green eagled the par-5 first and 10th holes and added five birdies in his flawless round for a 14-under
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