Month: August 2018

8:26 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Robert Streb took the second-round lead in the Web.com Tour Finals-opening Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship, making an eagle in a 3-under 68 on Friday at Ohio State University’s Scarlett Course. Streb eagled the par-5 fourth — his 13th hole — on the gusty day. He was at
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7:34 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The Browns escaped a preseason quarterback swap. Tyrod Taylor isn’t expected to miss any time — and is still in line to start the Sept. 9 season opener against Pittsburgh — after dislocating his left pinky and bruising his hand in Thursday’s 5-0 win over Philadelphia. Taylor’s injury
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7:41 PM ET Associated Press HUMBOLDT, Saskatchewan — A small Saskatchewan city devastated by a fatal bus crash involving its junior hockey team welcomed a trophy on Friday that fans no doubt hoped would one day be hoisted by one of their boys. Washington Capitals forward Chandler Stephenson brought the Stanley Cup to Humboldt to
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7:20 PM ET A day after the University of Maryland issued a statement indicating former athletic director Kevin Anderson hired an outside attorney to represent two former football players against an accusation of sexual assault by a female student, their attorney told the Baltimore Sun it was actually football coach DJ Durkin who hired him.
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11:23 AM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — When former junior lightweight world titleholder Jose “Sniper” Pedraza signed with Top Rank in February, he certainly did so with the expectation that he would get another shot at a major belt. Looking to watch the Raymundo Beltran-Jose Pedraza 12-round bout for Beltran’s WBO lightweight title and the rest
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2:33 AM ET Urban Meyer has apologized to Courtney Smith, two days after not acknowledging her directly in a news conference at Ohio State announcing that he was suspended three games for mishandling allegations of domestic abuse against former assistant Zach Smith. Meyer released a two-paragraph apology on his Twitter feed and through Ohio State’s
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9:05 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Elliott Sadler and Kasey Kahne spoke on back-to-back days at Bristol Motor Speedway earlier this month, and the message from each of them was pretty clear — their hearts no longer were into
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8:31 PM ET Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain has advanced to the final of the Connecticut Open after Monica Puig retired during their first set Friday night because of an injury. Puig was leading 4-3 after exchanging service breaks with Suarez Navarro when she left the court holding her
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4:47 PM ET The University System of Maryland Board of Regents on Friday announced the appointment of five additional people who will join a commission created last week to investigate the culture of Maryland’s football program following a recent report from ESPN that included allegations of an environment based on fear and bullying. On Aug.
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