Month: August 2022

7:42 PM ET Associated Press MASON, Ohio — Serena Williams plays Monday night at the Western & Southern Open in what is expected to be one of her final matches. It’s a big deal, even for a U.S. Open tuneup accustomed to hosting the world’s best players. “Serena Williams is a global icon whose impact
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2:25 PM ET Manchester United slumped to the bottom of the early Premier League standings after a 4-0 thrashing at Brentford in what was Cristiano Ronaldo‘s first start of the 2022-23 season on Saturday. United’s calamitous afternoon began in typical fashion with David de Gea allowing Josh Dasilva‘s tame, low effort through his hands and
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6:43 PM ET CHICAGO — The playing surface at Soldier Field was the subject of criticism throughout the Bears‘ 19-14 preseason win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday. Filled with noticeable divots and patches of missing grass, the field conditions became so noticeable that JC Tretter, the president of the NFL Players Association, took
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2:12 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson will stop contract negotiations when the regular season starts. After Saturday’s practice, Jackson confirmed for the first time that he will cut off talks by Week 1 of the regular season, which is four weeks away. “We’re coming up to it. It’s coming
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11:31 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and is expected to miss two to four weeks, sources confirmed to ESPN on Saturday. Wilson, who suffered a noncontact injury during Friday’s preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles, was diagnosed with a bone
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4:46 PM ET One week ago, Dilano Taylor‘s 2022 PFL season was officially over. Now, the 25-year-old is headed to the welterweight finals. Taylor (10-2) advanced to the 170-pound championship with a stunning TKO over Rory MacDonald (23-9-1) at 3:59 of the first round of their semifinal matchup Saturday. Taylor initially missed the 2022 playoffs
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Hosts: Munich Dates: 11-21 August Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV with extra streams on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport mobile app. Great Britain claimed BMX and track cycling silver medals at the European Championships in Munich. Pfeiffer Georgi finished second behind Belgium’s Lotte Kopecky in the women’s track cycling
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9:19 AM ET ESPN News Services Detroit Tigers ace left-hander Tarik Skubal will not pitch again in 2022 because of left arm fatigue. Tigers manager AJ Hinch said Skubal will visit with a specialist next week to address his arm issue, with specific focus on his elbow. “We’re concerned about Tarik,” Hinch told reporters. “He’s
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12:29 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose Sharks defenseman Nikolai Knyzhov will miss the first few months of the season with a torn right Achilles tendon. General manager Mike Grier said Saturday that Knyzhov got hurt while participating in off-ice training. Knyzhov had surgery Wednesday, and the Sharks estimate it will
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Aug 12, 2022 ESPN Fantasy Our ESPN Fantasy staff got together for another mock draft, this time using a 10-team, PPR format. Which star quarterbacks were not among the top 10 signal-callers selected? Which position was the most important to address in the first three rounds? Have a look for yourself. Choose your league size,
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11:55 AM ET Manchester City eased past newly-promoted Bournemouth to claim a 4-0 win at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday. Ilkay Gundogan, Kevin De Bruyne and Phil Foden scored in the first half while Jefferson Lerma scored an own goal near the end of the game. – Bernardo Silva speaks to ESPN about his future,
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Former India opening batter Aakash Chopra has said that he would have avoided changing Shikhar Dhawan as the captain for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe, beginning August 18. When the squad for the series was originally announced, Dhawan was named captain and Rahul was not mentioned. However, earlier this week, the Board of
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5:37 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Two-time champion Simona Halep beat Coco Gauff 6-4, 7-6 (2) on Friday to reach the National Bank Open semifinals. Halep, the 30-year-old from Romania, won the event in Montreal in 2016 and 2018. She will face seventh-seeded Jessica Pegula, a 6-3, 6-3 winner over Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan.
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