Month: August 2024

Andreas Hale, ESPNAug 10, 2024, 10:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Serghei Spivac made short work of Marcin Tybura and secured a first-round submission Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the UFC Apex. The fight was a rematch of their 2020 meeting when Tybura won a unanimous decision.
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Associated Press Aug 10, 2024, 08:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Baltimore right-hander Grayson Rodriguez will be shut down from throwing for at least 10 days because of a mild strain in his right shoulder, but Orioles general manager Mike Elias expects him to return before the regular season ends. The
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Associated Press Aug 10, 2024, 09:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RICHMOND, Va. — Denny Hamlin’s bid for a sweep at Richmond is off to a good start. Hamlin won the pole for Sunday night’s NASCAR Cup Series race, topping qualifying Saturday in his No. 11 Toyota. It was Hamlin’s third pole of the year,
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Courtney Cronin, ESPN Staff WriterAug 10, 2024, 08:04 PM ET Close Courtney Cronin joined ESPN in 2017, originally covering the Minnesota Vikings before switching to the Chicago Bears in 2022. Courtney is a frequent panelist on Around the Horn and host of Best Week Ever on ESPN Radio. She also co-hosts The Chicago Bears Podcast
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Associated Press Aug 10, 2024, 07:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Amanda Anisimova upset second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday to reach the National Bank Open semifinals, her first victory over a top-10 player in nearly two years. One of five U.S. quarterfinalists, the 22-year-old Anisimova took a mental-health break from tennis
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Associated Press Aug 10, 2024, 09:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GREENSBORO, N.C. — Needing a victory to keep his FedEx Cup playoffs streak alive, Matt Kuchar shot his second straight 6-under 64 on Saturday to take the second-round lead in the rain-delayed Wyndham Championship. Kuchar is the only player to reach every postseason in
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Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterAug 10, 2024, 05:37 PM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions PARIS — The American basketball muscle remains strong. The world has made big strides over the last three decades and there are brilliant talents and developing
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Associated Press Aug 10, 2024, 07:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TULSA, Okla. — Asterisk Talley led Rianne Malixi 1 up halfway through the U.S. Women’s Amateur championship match Saturday, three weeks after Malixi routed Talley in the U.S. Girls’ Junior final. “I’m feeling a lot better than last time I played Rianne,” said Talley,
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Sam Borden, ESPN Senior WriterAug 10, 2024, 04:39 PM ET Close Sam Borden is a senior writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Within minutes after winning the Olympic gold medal on Saturday, several members of the U.S. women’s national team had the same thought: We want more. Lindsey Horan, the USWNT captain, said
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Sam Borden, ESPN Senior WriterAug 10, 2024, 01:06 PM ET Close Sam Borden is a senior writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions PARIS — The U.S. women’s national team won the Olympic gold medal on Saturday, beating Brazil 1-0 in a game that required a stout defensive stand in the first half followed by a
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Associated Press Aug 9, 2024, 11:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Mookie Betts will move from shortstop back to right field when he returns to the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ lineup next week. Manager Dave Roberts said Betts will make the move on Monday in Milwaukee, where the NL West leaders open a
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Associated Press Aug 10, 2024, 12:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Lydia Ko completed her Olympic medal collection Saturday with the most valuable of of them all, a gold medal that puts the 27-year-old New Zealander into the LPGA Hall of Fame. Ko built a five-shot lead on the back nine at
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This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Katie Falkingham BBC Sport Senior Journalist in Paris 26 minutes ago Ollie Wood and Mark Stewart missed out on adding another cycling medal to Great Britain’s collection as Portugal won a historic first Olympic gold on the
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Bangladesh cricket team durnig practice session.© X/@BCBtigers The Bangladesh senior cricket team will arrive in Pakistan on August 13 after the political unrest at home disrupted the preparations for the two-match Test series, the PCB announced on Saturday. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has accepted the invitation from the PCB in this regard. Bangladesh will
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