Month: October 2019

1:35 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — Rafael Nadal beat Stan Wawrinka for the 19th time in 22 meetings, winning 6-4, 6-4 Thursday to reach the Paris Masters quarterfinals. The two players share 22 Grand Slams, but Nadal has 19 of them and once again established a stranglehold on his Swiss opponent. Wawrinka’s blistering one-handed
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1:12 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The injuries continue to pile up for the New York Jets at inside linebacker. The latest casualty is rookie Blake Cashman, who suffered a torn labrum and a fractured shoulder Wednesday and will be lost for the season, a source confirmed to ESPN. Cashman, a fifth-round draft pick
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12:35 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies have hired former Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price as their pitching coach. Price joins new manager Joe Girardi’s staff after going 279-387 with Cincinnati over parts of five seasons from 2014 to 2018. He previously was pitching coach for the Reds (2010-13), Diamondbacks (2006-09) and Mariners
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12:29 PM ET The New York Yankees have declined their $20 million club option for Edwin Encarnacion for next season, the team announced Thursday. With the Yankees exercising the $5 million buyout, the first baseman/designated hitter becomes a free agent. Encarnacion, who missed most of the final two months of this season with an oblique
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11:51 AM ET NEW YORK — Kevin Durant said his altercation with Draymond Green last November was one of many factors that ultimately led him to leave the Golden State Warriors for the Brooklyn Nets in free agency. “I wish that wouldn’t have happened,” Durant said on Thursday. Durant’s comments came during a wide-ranging interview
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12:00 PM ET Forget the odds, even if they all were against the Washington Nationals. On their way to a raucous October celebration, they became the first team to defeat two 105-win teams in the playoffs. They became the first team to win five postseason elimination games when trailing, and no team had come back
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11:31 AM ET Alabama continues to beef up its future nonconference schedules, with the Crimson Tide on Thursday announcing a home-and-home series with Florida State for the 2025 and 2026 seasons. Alabama will play in Tallahassee on Aug. 30, 2025, with FSU visiting Tuscaloosa the following season on Sept. 19, 2026. Alabama coach Nick Saban
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