Month: July 2018

4:50 PM ET Associated Press The Capitals are bringing back Brooks Orpik, a leader on Washington’s Stanley Cup-winning team. The 37-year-old defenseman signed a $1 million, one-year contract with $500,000 in performance bonuses. General manager Brian MacLellan announced the move Tuesday about a month after trading Orpik to Colorado to clear salary-cap space. Orpik spent
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3:42 PM ET Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. — French Open champion Simona Halep has accepted a wild card into the upcoming Connecticut Open, the final tune-up on the WTA Tour before the US Open. Hard work and dedication? Sure, there was some of that, but Angelique Kerber’s run to the Wimbledon title was largely
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3:57 PM ET The PGA Tour heads to Oakville, Ontario, Canada, this week for the RBC Canadian Open. Our ESPN and FantasyGolfInsider experts have picked the players they believe have the skills to succeed and provide big fantasy point totals. Pick to win Dustin Johnson He had time to regroup over the weekend after missing
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3:32 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Defenseman Brandon Montour has agreed to a two-year, $6.775 million contract through the 2019-20 season to stay with the Anaheim Ducks. The Ducks announced the deal Tuesday with their restricted free agent. Montour had nine goals and 23 assists in 80 games last season, his first full
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11:50 AM ET Associated Press NANCHANG, China — Top-seeded Zhang Shuai registered a straight-sets victory over 2013 Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki in first-round play at the Jiangxi Open on Tuesday. Zhang hopes to clinch her third WTA title but had to fight for nearly two hours to beat her German opponent 7-6 (0), 6-3. Zhang,
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11:40 AM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Brian Windhorst Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love has signed a four-year, $120 million contract extension that tops out his overall deal at five years, $145 million, league sources told ESPN on
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11:09 AM ET Unified middleweight world titleholder Gennady Golovkin will defend his belts against former champion Canelo Alvarez on Saturday, Sept. 15, in a rematch of last September’s controversial split draw. Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs) has 20 straight defenses in the division and is tied with Bernard Hopkins for the record. Hopkins made 20 middleweight
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