Month: August 2023

ESPN News Services Aug 13, 2023, 06:56 PM ET MONTREAL — Jessica Pegula routed Liudmila Samsonova 6-1, 6-0 on Sunday to win the National Bank Open for her third career WTA Tour victory. Pegula, the 29-year-old American seeded fourth, topped Samsonova after the 15th-seeded Russian beat third-seeded Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan 1-6, 6-1, 6-2 earlier
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Associated Press Aug 13, 2023, 07:31 PM ET SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — Stephen Ames opened and closed with eagles Sunday in a runaway victory in the Boeing Classic, his fourth PGA Tour Champions win of the season. The 59-year-old naturalized Canadian citizen from Trinidad shot a 9-under 63 at Snoqualmie Ridge for a seven-stroke victory over
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Associated Press Aug 13, 2023, 06:51 PM ET MALAGA, Spain — The U.S. World Cup basketball team got its first big test of the summer Sunday, and a perfect shooting night from Jalen Brunson helped ensure the Americans passed. Brunson was 9-for-9 from the field on the way to a team-best 21 points, Jaren Jackson
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Chelsea are ready to break the British transfer record for the second time this year after proposing a £115 million ($146m) deal to sign Brighton midfielder Moisés Caicedo, sources have told ESPN. The precise structure of an agreement is still being discussed but Chelsea have indicated they would improve upon the £111m fee Liverpool offered
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Associated Press Aug 12, 2023, 12:48 PM ET Cleveland Guardians All-Star third baseman Jose Ramirez had his MLB suspension for fighting with Chicago’s Tim Anderson reduced from three games to two on Saturday. Ramirez, who knocked Anderson to the ground with a wild, well-placed punch, will serve the suspension this weekend during Cleveland’s series in
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Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterAug 11, 2023, 03:39 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Cooper Flagg, arguably the best prospect in high school basketball, announced Friday he is reclassifying from 2025 into the 2024 class — making him the new favorite to be the No. 1
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Hosts: Glasgow and across Scotland Dates: 3-13 August Coverage: Watch live across BBC TV and iPlayer, with 200 hours of live streams on the BBC’s digital platforms Great Britain’s Beth Shriever regained the women’s BMX world title at the Cycling World Championships in Glasgow. Olympic champion Shriever led from start to finish to reclaim the
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Nick ParkinsonAug 12, 2023, 07:47 PM ET Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show LONDON — Anthony Joshua scored a spectacular seventh-round knockout of Robert Helenius on Saturday at the O2 Arena in London, setting up
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Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterAug 13, 2023, 07:09 AM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Austin Simmons has already completed his associate’s degree and is only two years from getting his bachelor’s. He’s a star football player, one of several elite quarterbacks in the Ole Miss Rebels‘ loaded
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Tim McManus, ESPN Staff WriterAug 13, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Tim McManus covers the Philadelphia Eagles for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2016 after covering the Eagles for Philadelphia Magazine’s Birds 24/7, a site he helped create, since 2010. You can follow him on Twitter @Tim_McManus. PHILADELPHIA — For all of Jalen Hurts’ good
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Associated Press Aug 12, 2023, 10:48 PM ET SEATTLE — Félix Hernández walked from the bullpen as Aloe Blacc’s song “The Man,” bellowed through the speakers. He stood on the rubber at the top of the mound, put his arms out to his side and mouthed “this is my house.” For this night, Hernández once
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Mike Coppinger Nick Parkinson Close Nick Parkinson •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Aug 13, 2023, 02:10 AM ET From Anthony Joshua’s highlight reel knockout to the potential Fight of the Year between Emanuel Navarrete and
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ESPN News Services Aug 13, 2023, 01:14 AM ET INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Stetson Bennett passed for 191 yards and a touchdown for the Los Angeles Rams in the stadium where he led Georgia to his second national championship seven months ago, notching his first NFL action in a 34-17 preseason loss to the Los Angeles
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Associated Press Aug 12, 2023, 10:26 PM ET SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker and Pau Gasol brought a European flavor to the Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement. Fans waved a German flag and chanted Nowitzki’s name when the former Dallas Mavericks star walked the red carpet into Symphony Hall on Saturday night for
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