Month: October 2018

12:00 AM ET DENVER — The Milwaukee Brewers busted out the brooms. With a 6-0 victory Sunday over the Colorado Rockies, the Brewers completed a convincing three-game sweep in the National League Division Series and earned just their second trip to the National League Championship Series since 1982. The shutout was Milwaukee’s 11th straight win,
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11:22 PM BST A half-time shellacking from coach Michael Cheika turned around one of the most remarkable rugby internationals in history on Saturday but the Australians will need more than words if they are to improve on a disappointing Rugby Championship. Fans were calling for Cheika’s head at half time in Australia’s Rugby Championship match
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10:45 PM ET Associated Press NAPA, Calif. — Kevin Tway made a 10-foot birdie putt on the third hole of a playoff Sunday to win the season-opening Safeway Open at windy Silverado for his first PGA Tour title. The son of eight-time PGA Tour winner Bob Tway, the 30-year-old former Oklahoma State player beat Ryan
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10:54 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Adam Thielen reached another career milestone in Week 5, becoming the first player in the Super Bowl era to have 100 or more yards receiving in each of his team’s first five games. In the Minnesota Vikings‘ 23-21 victory over the Eagles, Thielen caught seven passes for 116 yards and
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11:14 PM ET Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Staff Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Jake Trotter Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Washington & Lee University Mike Stoops is out as Oklahoma‘s defensive coordinator on the heels of
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10:15 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — A week ago, Arizona Cardinals rookie quarterback Josh Rosen said he wouldn’t mind throwing 10 interceptions in a game if it meant getting a win. While he didn’t play nearly that badly Sunday, Rosen struggled at times after throwing a 75-yard touchdown on Arizona’s first play from scrimmage
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9:32 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Atlanta Braves rookie Ronald Acuna Jr. has become the youngest player to hit a grand slam in the postseason. The 20-year-old Acuna made history with his second-inning homer off the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ Walker Buehler in the National League Division Series on Sunday night. The previous youngest hitter
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8:25 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — Wade Miley pitched masterfully into the fifth inning before turning it over to a lights-out Milwaukee bullpen, 38-year-old catcher Erik Kratz kept up his torrid hitting and the Brewers beat the Colorado Rockies 6-0 in Game 3 on a cool, misty Sunday to sweep their NL Division Series.
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8:23 PM ET Minnesota Twins third baseman Miguel Sano was arrested early Sunday morning in the Dominican Republic after an incident that left a police officer with a broken leg. Sano ran over the police officer’s foot during an incident outside a club in San Pedro de Macoris, according to the police report. Sano was
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