Month: October 2018

9:35 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Major League Baseball’s largest developmental effort for minority players is being renamed after one of the sport’s greatest players. The Elite Development Invitational has been renamed the Hank Aaron Invitational and will include a showcase game beginning next season. The event has been held since 2015 for
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8:57 PM ET Associated Press THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Tom Byrum birdied five of the last seven holes for a 6-under 66 and the first-round lead Friday in the PGA Tour Champions’ Invesco QQQ Championship. The top 54 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings qualified for the second of three playoff events, with 50 players
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8:53 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Christian Yelich hit .326 with 36 home runs and 110 RBIs, leading the National League in batting average and slugging percentage. J.D. Martinez hit .330 with 43 home runs and 130 RBIs, leading the majors in RBIs and total bases. Manny Machado’s animated second-base display during Game 2 caught
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8:25 PM ET Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Staff Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. BALTIMORE, Md. — The University System of Maryland Board of Regents met Friday at its headquarters to again
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8:05 PM ET Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — Norman Xiong‘s ability to make the hard shots on another damp, chilly day made the rest of his second round much easier Friday at the Sanderson Farms Championship. Now the 19-year-old is not only playing on the weekend for the first time on the PGA Tour, he’s
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7:07 PM ET Mercedes has revealed that it had to turn down the performance of its engines during Friday practice at the Mexican Grand Prix due to overheating concerns. Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas finished the second practice session in seventh and ninth, with deficits of over 1.3s to the pace-setting Red Bulls. The gap
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11:03 PM ET Carmelo Anthony made his first start for the Houston Rockets on Friday night, scoring a team-high 24 points in a 133-113 loss to the visiting LA Clippers. Houston is down two starters with James Harden and James Ennis nursing hamstring strains, giving Anthony a starting role after he came off the bench
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