7:00 PM ET ESPN News Services LONG POND, Pa. — The siren at the Dawsonville, Georgia, pool hall that sounds whenever Chase Elliott wins a race did indeed go off Sunday night without the hometown star ever leading a lap at Pocono Raceway. “Winner, winner Joe Gibbs Racing are cheaters!” the Dawsonville Pool Room tweeted.
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5:27 PM ET COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — The National Baseball Hall of Fame inducted seven new members during induction ceremonies on Sunday. But the afternoon of speechifying, poignance and remembrance belonged to Big Papi. “Wow! Cooperstown!” began David Ortiz, kicking off his speech to the crowd sprawled across the grounds at the Clark Sports Complex. The
1:47 PM ET Houston Texans rookie wide receiver John Metchie III announced Sunday that he has been diagnosed with a form of leukemia and likely will not play this season. “Recently I was diagnosed with APL (Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia), the most curable form of Leukemia,” Metchie said in a statement released by the Texans. “I
6:00 PM ET NFL NationESPN Thirty-one NFL training camps open this week after the Las Vegas Raiders got an early start last week, and there is no shortage of compelling storylines across the league. There was plenty of movement in the offseason, from quarterbacks such as Russell Wilson and Matt Ryan to elite wide receivers
8:37 PM ET Associated Press DEL MAR, Calif. — Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert had two victories on the opening weekend of Del Mar’s summer meet, three weeks after his 90-day suspension ended. Havnameltdown won by 2 1/4 lengths in his first career start in Sunday’s $80,000 fourth race at the seaside track north
7:27 PM ET ESPN News Services SUNRISE, Fla. — Only a couple days after being traded, Matthew Tkachuk already feels at home in Florida. The newly acquired Panthers forward’s parents are building a home about an hour from where his new team plays its home games. He has familiarity with the Panthers, is already friends
6:50 PM ET Associated Press SALINA, Kan. — Karrie Webb held off Annika Sorenstam on Sunday in the Senior LPGA Championship for her first senior title. The 47-year-old Webb closed with a 5-under 67 for a four-shot victory at Salina Country Club. “It’s been a long time since I’ve had to make putts down the
Jul 24, 2022 Associated Press GLENEAGLES, Scotland — Darren Clarke birdied the last hole to beat a resurgent Padraig Harrington and win the Senior Open by one shot on Sunday. Clarke and Paul Broadhurst were level at 9 under overall after the third round but it was Harrington, a three-time major winner, who soared into
4:40 PM ET Associated Press PALERMO, Sicily — Irina-Camelia Begu beat Lucia Bronzetti 6-2, 6-2 to win the Palermo Ladies Open on Sunday and claim her first singles title in five years. The sixth-seeded Romanian took control from the start on the red clay of the Country Time Club and closed the final out with
3:39 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Former Los Angeles Lakers player Slava Medvedenko is selling his two NBA championship rings to raise money for his native Ukraine. Medvedenko was a power forward on the Lakers’ championship teams in 2001 and ’02, playing alongside Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal. SCP Auctions is donating the
3:36 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHPORT, England — Scottish golfer Richie Ramsay claimed his fourth European tour title by winning the Cazoo Classic by one shot on Sunday. The No. 329-ranked Ramsay punched the air and roared with delight after holing a par putt from 10 feet at the last hole at Hillside near Liverpool,
8:04 AM ET It’s costing more to root, root, root for the home team, especially if you want to pony up for peanuts and Cracker Jack. A maelstrom of complications — including COVID-19-driven supply-chain disruptions, skyrocketing fuel prices and additional spending cash available to consumers from U.S. government stimulus programs — has contributed to the
12:41 PM ET ESPN News Services LONG POND, Pa. — Kurt Busch was not cleared by NASCAR’s medical staff to compete in Sunday’s race at Pocono Raceway, and the 23XI Racing driver was replaced by 19-year-old Ty Gibbs. Busch, 43, who has hinted next season will be his last driving in NASCAR, tweeted he suffered
2:58 PM ET Associated Press Casper Ruud retained the Swiss Open title in Gstaad on Sunday, but had to battle back from a set down to overcome Italy’s Matteo Berrettini. Berrettini, the Swiss Open champion in 2018, took the opener 6-4 with a single break of serve in the fifth game and had the advantage
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Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard secured his first Tour de France victory as Jasper Philipsen of Belgium won the sprint on the final stage in Paris. Philipsen was an easy winner on the Champs-Elysees while Vingegaard, 25, finished alongside his Jumbo-Visma team-mates after three weeks of racing. He beat last year’s champion Tadej Pogacar by two minutes
Jul 24, 2022 Associated Press EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — So much had happened in a chaotic final round of the Evian Championship — a spectator unwittingly picking up a stray ball, a pair of four-putts in the final group, a seven-way tie for the lead — that it was hard to know what to expect as
9:39 AM ET Barcelona president Joan Laporta has told ESPN that Lionel Messi‘s “chapter” at the club is “not over” and considers it his responsibility to ensure the forward has a “more beautiful ending” at the Camp Nou. Messi ended his 21-year spell at Barca when the club could not afford to renew his contract