Month: July 2018

9:11 AM ET Geraint Thomas won his maiden Tour de France title on Sunday. The Team Sky rider beat off competition from Chris Froome and Dutchman Tom Dumoulin to take the famous yellow jersey at a packed Champs Elysees. And Thomas was quick to praise team-mate Froome for his selflessness over the past few weeks.
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6:17 AM ET Geraint Thomas was crowned Tour de France champion on Sunday Photo by Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas has cast uncertainty over his future at Team Sky. The 32-year-old became the first Welshman to win the Tour on Sunday in Paris, staving off competition from fellow Briton Chris Froome
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2:57 AM ET LOS ANGELES — A line stretches out the door and around a wall along the King Drew Magnet High School. An hour before the main event on Sunday, there’s a buzz circulating inside Los Angeles’ famous Drew League gym as it quickly fills up to a standing-room-only crowd of 1,100. Everyone, including
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2:15 AM BST Sam Bruce Close ESPN Associate Editor Sam was brought up on long drives and the dusty fields of north-west New South Wales, where he developed his love of rugby from an early age. He joined ESPNscrum after a five-year stint heading up Fox Sports Australia’s digital rugby coverage. John Goliath Close Rugby
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11:53 PM ET Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner became the latest athlete, and the third major leaguer this month, to have old embarrassing and offensive tweets resurface. Tweets dating back to 2011 and 2012 from the then-18-year-old’s account used a gay slur, featured anti-gay comments and a joke with racist undertones. On Sunday night, Turner
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11:23 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball IRVINE, Calif. — Sam Shields‘ comeback continued Sunday when the Los Angeles Rams cornerback practiced in full pads for the first time since a concussion sidelined him
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9:19 PM ET Associated Press OAKVILLE, Ontario — Dustin Johnson is used to cheers and chants of “Let’s go DJ!” But getting serenaded with “O Canada”? “I did hear it a couple of times, them singing `O Canada’,” said Johnson, laughing Sunday after winning the RBC Canadian Open. “With the amount of support I get
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