Month: September 2022

2:26 PM ET The Texas Tenth Court of Appeals in Waco ruled Wednesday to uphold the 2015 sexual assault conviction of former Baylor football player Samuel Ukwuachu, ending several years of appeals that bounced back and forth between state courts. The justice wrote that the court found “no reversible error” after Ukwuachu claimed his due
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5:07 PM ET Tennessee All-SEC receiver Cedric Tillman underwent “tightrope” surgery on his left ankle early last week with the hopes of not being out an extended period of time, sources told ESPN. Tillman missed the Vols’ matchup against Florida this past weekend after suffering a high ankle sprain in the team’s 63-6 win over
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5:19 PM ET Associated Press Alex Bowman will miss Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway with a concussion that the Hendrick Motorsports driver apparently suffered last week at Texas. HMS said Bowman was evaluated Thursday in Charlotte, North Carolina, and ruled out of this weekend’s playoff race. Noah Gragson will drive the No.
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11:18 AM ET BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett was issued a citation for “failure to control his motor vehicle” in the wake of Monday’s single car-crash, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said in a release to ESPN. Garrett also was traveling at an “unsafe speed for the type of roadway” he
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1:59 PM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving is confident that “anything’s possible,” for new teammate Ben Simmons now that the talented swingman has “peace around him” in his basketball life. Irving, like coach Steve Nash, is confident that Simmons will be able to fit in quickly to the framework of the
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4:39 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Rasmus Sandin has signed a two-year, $2.8 million contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs, the club announced on Thursday. The 22-year-old from Sweden was the 29th overall selection in the 2018 draft. Sandin had 16 points in 51 games with Toronto last season. He’s played in 88 career
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3:08 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Sunny Edwards will defend his 112-pound title against Felix Alvarado on Nov. 11 in Sheffield, England, the champion’s promoter, Probellum, announced on Thursday. Edwards (18-0, 4 KOs) was in talks for a title unification bout with Julio Cesar Martinez, ESPN’s No. 1 flyweight, but no deal was reached. Instead, Edwards
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11:19 AM ET Russian NHL players from the San Jose Sharks and Nashville Predators will be permitted to play games in Prague, despite the Czech government having previously said they weren’t welcome there due to the war in Ukraine. Nashville and San Jose are set to play regular-season games Oct. 7 and 8 at Prague’s
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12:33 PM ET Associated Press ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — With nasty weather on the horizon, golfers at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship were looking to get in a good early score on the storied Scottish courses hosting the European tour event. No one did better than Romain Langasque on the most famous course of all.
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10:58 AM ET Associated Press Conor Daly ended the 2021 IndyCar season without a job and unsure where his racing career was headed. Just about a year later, he’s brought a new sponsor to motorsports that not only shored up Daly’s future but now has him prepared to make his NASCAR Cup Series debut. Daly
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Four-time champion Sebastian Vettel says Formula 1 should appoint an independent body to monitor the sport’s progress on sustainability. There have been questions as to whether F1’s target to be carbon neutral by 2030 is credible in the context of the record 24-race 2023 calendar announced last week. “Big organisations – whether it’s business or
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