Month: August 2021

12:22 AM ET Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin didn’t mince words in the aftermath of his team’s 34-9 loss to the Carolina Panthers in the preseason finale. The Steelers, albeit starting mostly backups against the Panthers’ starters, didn’t play at the level he expected — and it more than applied to quarterback Dwayne Haskins, who
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1:08 AM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — Yasmani Grandal homered twice and drove in eight runs in his return from the injured list, and the Chicago White Sox beat the sloppy Chicago Cubs 17-13 on Friday night. The eight RBIs for Grandal matched the franchise record and the career best for the switch-hitting catcher.
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3:41 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Naomi Osaka addressed her decision to skip media obligations at the French Open earlier this summer during a news conference at the US Open on Friday and explained she didn’t think it would be become the firestorm that it ultimately did. “Honestly, I feel like there’s a lot of things
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Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya are quarantining at Mumbai Indians’ (MI) base camp in the UAE.© Instagram Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya are quarantining at Mumbai Indians’ (MI) base camp in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ahead of the resumption of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 season. Mumbai Indians shared a bunch of snaps
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11:17 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles police officer briefly pressed a knee to the neck of Jaxson Hayes as the New Orleans Pelicans center gasped “I can’t breathe” seconds before another officer used a Taser on him during a struggle, according to body camera video released Friday. The officers went
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8:45 PM ET Paris Saint-Germain will eye bids for Bayern Munich‘s Robert Lewandowski, Borussia Dortmund‘s Erling Haaland, and Everton‘s Richarlison should Kylian Mbappe make the move to Real Madrid. PSG have yet to fully agree a deal for the transfer of Mbappe after Madrid’s second offer of €180 million, and the discussions continued on Friday
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9:46 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway was postponed Friday night because of heavy rain. The 100-lap event will resume at 12:30 p.m. ET Saturday, about seven hours before the Cup Series regular-season finale. The forecast Saturday calls for scattered thunderstorms and a 40%
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9:10 PM ET Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild signed defenseman Jordie Benn to a one-year, $900,000 contract on Friday, adding another veteran option after an offseason of change on the blue line. Benn, 34, had one goal, nine assists and a plus-7 rating over 39 games with the Vancouver Canucks and
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6:54 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kurt Busch will drive next season for 23XI Racing, the NASCAR team owned by Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan, in a long-expected expansion move for the first-year organization. Hamlin, the three-time Daytona 500 winner, partnered with Jordan this year to start a team centered around Bubba Wallace.
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5:44 PM ET A four-person Big 12 subcommittee tasked with exploring expansion held a videoconference on Friday, and Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt told ESPN nobody in the Big 12 has directly contacted any other schools about membership yet. “Not to my knowledge,” he said. “There’s nothing imminent.” Hocutt is one of the four
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5:44 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Bryson DeChambeau Experience has, for quite some time, felt a bit like a spinning roulette wheel. It’s hard to predict what outcome might emerge, because virtually anything seems possible. His round on Friday at the BMW Championship was more proof of that, as DeChambeau flirted with becoming
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2:31 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The family of Wendell Scott, the only Black driver to win a race at NASCAR’s top level, will receive a trophy commemorating the historic 1963 victory before Saturday night’s race at Daytona International Speedway. Scott passed Richard Petty with 25 laps remaining at Speedway Park in
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3:10 PM ET Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The United States will host Canada in two women’s hockey games in October, two chances for the top teams in the world to continue their rivalry ahead of the Winter Olympics in February. The games will be played Allentown, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 22 and in Hartford,
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