Month: September 2019

8:46 PM ET CHICAGO — The Cubs are seeing their season slip away in heartbreaking and dramatic fashion as they lost their fourth consecutive one-run game at Wrigley Field on Saturday, after closer Craig Kimbrel gave up ninth-inning home runs on back-to-back pitches. Kimbrel, 31, entered the game against the St. Louis Cardinals holding onto
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8:29 PM ET UFC 245 has its second title fight. Featherweight champion Max Holloway will put his title on the line against Alexander Volkanovski on the Dec. 14 card in Las Vegas, sources told ESPN. The fight was first reported by The Daily Telegraph in Australia. A women’s bantamweight title fight between champion Amanda Nunes
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8:10 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Wide receiver Aaron Matthews hit quarterback Kenny Pickett on a 3-yard, fourth-down touchdown pass with 56 seconds remaining and Pittsburgh stunned No. 15 UCF 35-34 on Saturday. The Panthers (2-2) ended UCF’s 27-game regular-season winning streak on a play head coach Pat Narduzzi called the “Pitt Special” in
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8:20 PM ET Associated Press BENSALEM, Pa. — Math Wizard won the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby at 31-1 odds, edging Mr. Money by a neck in a race missing disqualified Kentucky Derby winner Maximum Security. Ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., Math Wizard ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:50.94 on Saturday at Parx Racing. Maximum Security,
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8:01 PM ET Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — Sebastian Munoz of Colombia made a 15-foot birdie on the 17th hole and saved par at the end Saturday afternoon for a 9-under 63, giving him a one-shot lead in the Sanderson Farms Championship as he tries to give South America back-to-back winners on the PGA Tour.
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7:43 PM ET Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Kirk Triplett birdied the final hole Saturday for a 2-under 68 and a share of the lead with Ken Duke going into the final round of the PGA Tour Champions’ Sanford International. Duke shot 65. This is the first time Duke has started the final round
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6:57 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — One year ago, just winning the NL East was enough for the rebuilding Atlanta Braves. Now manager Brian Snitiker and general manager Alex Anthopoulos expect more. Even as players celebrated their second straight division title with beer and bubbly on Friday night, focus shifted. “Our first goal was
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6:29 PM ET Associated Press GENEVA — Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal won their singles matches Saturday to help Team Europe retain its lead over Team World on Day 2 of the Laver Cup. Using some courtside coaching from Nadal, Federer rallied late and raised his game in the decisive super-tiebreaker to beat Nick Kyrgios
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