Month: July 2019

7:21 PM ET CHICAGO — Michigan Wolverines coach Jim Harbaugh supports players being able to transfer once without sitting out a year but wants those seeking immediate eligibility to be truthful about their reasons in seeking waivers from the NCAA, especially regarding mental health. Speaking Friday at Big Ten media days, Harbaugh said he would
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7:09 PM ET Associated Press LOUDON, N.H. — Brad Keselowski topped qualifying at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Friday for his first NASCAR Cup pole since 2017. Keselowski turned in a fast lap of 136.384 mph in his Ford to edge Kyle Busch. Busch qualified second at 136.311 mph, just ahead of older brother, Kurt.
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7:07 PM ET CHICAGO — University of Minnesota placeholder and four-time cancer survivor Casey O’Brien delivered the keynote speech at the Big Ten Football Kickoff Luncheon on Friday. O’Brien, a sophomore, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, an extremely rare form of bone cancer. It’s the same type of cancer that eventually claimed the life of Purdue
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7:54 PM ET James Harden says he tries to come up with something innovative every offseason, something more creative than his latest move. Two years ago, Harden perfected the step-back. Last summer, the Houston Rockets guard then perfected the side step-back. In a Q&A session Friday with young fans at a promotional event attended by
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7:30 PM ET Steve KimESPN In progress: Tyler McCreary vs. Jessie Cris Rosales, 8 rounds, junior lightweights Middleweight Esquiva Falcao remained undefeated by scoring an eighth-round TKO of durable Jesus Gutierrez. Falcao (24-0, 16 KOs), a 2012 Olympic silver medalist or Brazil, fought at his usual steady, methodical pace and slowly wore down Gutierrez. Gutierrez
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6:59 PM ET Associated Press MIDLAND, Mich. — Cydney Clanton and Jasmine Suwannapura shot a 7-under 63 in alternate-shot play Friday to open a five-stroke lead in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, the LPGA Tour’s first-year team event. Clanton and Suwannapura birdied five of the last seven holes on the front nine and played
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6:16 PM ET Jason Day has suffered an epic back-nine meltdown to miss the British Open halfway cut for the first time in his stellar career. A dejected Day emerged from the scorers’ hut in no mood to explain how he collapsed from four under par through 12 holes of his second round to two
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6:55 PM ET ESPN News Services European Tour rookie Robert MacIntyre had harsh words for Kyle Stanley on Friday, after he said his Open Championship playing partner didn’t yell “Fore” before an errant tee shot on 17 hit the mother of MacIntyre’s caddie. Stanley also hit a marshal on the 14th, according to The Scotsman.
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5:57 PM ET PHILADELPHIA – Darren Sproles just can’t quit football, and the Philadelphia Eagles just can’t quit Sproles. The Eagles agreed to terms with the 36-year-old running back on a one-year contract Friday. He’ll join a loaded backfield that includes Jordan Howard, rookie Miles Sanders and Corey Clement. Sproles was supposed to retire after
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