Month: December 2022

Dec 4, 2022 Adrian Meronk is the first Polish player to win the Australian Open after romping to a five-stroke victory at Victoria Golf Club. The DP World Tour star captured the Stonehaven Cup in style with an eagle at the 72nd hole in a closing four-under-par 66 on Sunday. Adrian Meronk denied his childhood
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12:19 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN After three fights and 36 rounds between two future Hall of Famers, the rivalry between Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez still isn’t quite settled. Estrada defeated Gonzalez via majority decision on Saturday in Glendale, Arizona, to retain his lineal 115-pound championship, but the result was far from convincing.
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1:46 AM ET ORLANDO — Don’t write Stephen Thompson out of the welterweight title picture just yet. Thompson (17-6-1) earned one of the biggest wins of his career Saturday, stopping Kevin Holland (23-9) in the fourth round via TKO. Holland’s head coach, Bob Perez, waved off the fight between the fourth and fifth rounds, as
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1:31 AM ET Ashleigh Buhai has survived an afternoon of carnage to win the Australian Open and achieve a feat not even Cameron Smith can claim. The South African prevailed after a dramatic collapse from Sydney prodigy Grace Kim to dash local hopes for another year on Sunday. Buhai closed with a one-over-par 73 at
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10:33 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Deion Sanders will be the next coach at Colorado, the school announced Saturday night, instantly making him one of the most compelling hires in college football this generation. Sanders comes with just three years’ experience coaching college football, as he went 27-5 as Jackson State’s coach. Jackson State (12-0) completed
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11:00 PM ET As part of the conditions that enabled Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson to be reinstated and be able to play Sunday against the Houston Texans, he has made what NFL and NFLPA experts have described as “signs of progress” during his mandatory treatment program, per league sources. Though his 11-game suspension is
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8:48 PM ET Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner set a franchise record in extending his point streak to 19 games Saturday night against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The winger scored a short-handed goal early in the second period against the Lightning to reach his milestone and give Toronto a 1-0 lead. He later scored
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4:45 PM ET LOS ANGELES — After participating in practice Friday, the LA Clippers‘ Kawhi Leonard and Paul George were ruled out against the Sacramento Kings on Saturday. Without their two best players, the Clippers were crushed by the Kings 123-96 at Crypto.com Arena. Head coach Ty Lue said his star players came out of
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10:01 PM ET ESPN News Services Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert was ejected in the first half of the Saturday’s 135-128 loss to the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder after he appeared to purposefully trip Kenrich Williams. Gobert contested Williams on a drive to the rim with 9:22 to go in the second quarter, causing Williams
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Dec 2, 2022 Bradford Doolittle Close ESPN Staff Writer Sports reporter, Kansas City Star, 2002-09 Writer, Baseball, Baseball Prospectus Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus Member, Baseball Writers Association of America Member, Professional Basketball Writers Association David Schoenfield Close ESPN Senior Writer Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995
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3:59 PM ET Lionel Messi spearheaded Argentina‘s charge to the World Cup quarterfinals by helping to secure a 2-1 victory against Australia on Saturday. In his 1,000th career match, Messi scored the opening goal with a sublime effort before Julian Alvarez scored in the second half to set up a quarterfinal tie against the Netherlands
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6:49 PM ET Associated Press NASSAU, Bahamas — The warm sun in the Bahamas brought out plenty of mud on the rain-soaked fairways and created some wild shots for just about everyone but Viktor Hovland. He made 10 birdies Saturday to build a three-shot lead in the Hero World Challenge. Hovland ran off six birdies
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