Month: October 2024

Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterOct 12, 2024, 09:46 PM ET Close Dave Wilson is a college football reporter. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — A year after a crushing last-second loss in the Red River Rivalry, No. 1 Texas dominated No.
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Associated Press Oct 13, 2024, 05:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CARY, N.C. — Jerry Kelly closed with a 5-under 67 and won the SAS Championship on Sunday after Padraig Harrington narrowly missed an 8-foot par putt that would have forced a playoff, giving Kelly his first PGA Tour Champions title in two years. Kelly
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Associated Press Oct 13, 2024, 02:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Christian Pulisic, Ricardo Pepi and Weston McKennie will miss the United States‘ friendly at Mexico on Tuesday in order to return to their clubs in Europe. Marlon Fossey and Zack Steffen, who didn’t dress for Saturday’s 2-0 win over Panama, also are returning to
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Associated Press Oct 13, 2024, 02:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Oregon and Penn State each moved up a spot in the Associated Press college football poll on Sunday following thrilling wins in high-profile games, and Top 25 newcomers Navy and Army are in the rankings together for the first time since 1960. Texas strengthened
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Stephen Holder, ESPNOct 13, 2024, 11:45 AM ET Close Stephen joined ESPN in 2022, covering the Indianapolis Colts and NFL at large. Stephen finished first place in column writing in the 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors competition, and he is a previous top-10 winner in explanatory journalism in the Associated Press Sports Editors national
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Associated Press Oct 13, 2024, 01:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — English golfer Dan Bradbury carded a 5-under 66 in the final round to win the Open de France by one stroke on Sunday. The 25-year-old Bradbury stepped it up with four birdies on the back nine to finish at 16 under
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Nick ParkinsonOct 13, 2024, 11:44 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Fabio Wardley claimed he was ready for a world heavyweight title shot after his savage first-round destruction of Frazer Clarke despite his relative lack of experience compared to his
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By early 2000, Carter was a newly minted All-Star, a dynamic scorer and one of the NBA’s rising names, but he was still a foreign entity playing in Canada for the Toronto Raptors. It would take a generational moment, his performance in Oakland, to reach his grandest level of fame. Yet before Carter could become
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ESPN News Services Oct 13, 2024, 09:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions WUHAN, China — Top seed Aryna Sabalenka shook off a second-set blip to win the Wuhan Open title for the third straight time after beating home favorite Qinwen Zheng 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 in the final Sunday. Sabalenka, 26, who knocked out 2023 US
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Nick ParkinsonOct 13, 2024, 09:05 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Seiya Tsutsumi’s relentless pressure earned him a unanimous points decision victory over Takuma Inoue for the WBA world bantamweight title in Tokyo on Sunday. The 28-year-old Inoue (20-2, 5
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Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterOct 12, 2024, 10:17 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Lefty reliever Alex Vesia injured an intercostal muscle and is “highly unlikely” to pitch in
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Associated Press Oct 13, 2024, 06:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SHANGHAI — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner beat Novak Djokovic in straight sets to win the Shanghai Masters on Sunday. The Italian bettered the 24-time Grand Slam champion 7-6 (4), 6-3. Sinner hit eight aces and 22 winners to four and 12, respectively, for Djokovic. Sinner
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Associated Press Oct 13, 2024, 05:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SHANGHAI — Ruoning Yin shot an 8-under 64 on Sunday to win the LPGA Buick Shanghai tournament, the fourth career LPGA victory for the Chinese golfer. Yin trailed third-round leader Mao Saigo of Japan by one stroke, but rallied with birdies on five of
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