Month: October 2019

10:07 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” HOUSTON — Washington Nationals star Juan Soto became the second-youngest player in baseball history to hit a home run in his first World Series game, sending a titanic, 417-foot shot over the
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10:02 PM ET The wheels came off Oklahoma‘s Sooner Schooner after a crash last weekend, and the famed covered wagon and its two white horses won’t ride again this season. OU senior associate athletic director Kenny Mossman said the Schooner is being repaired for display at home games, and a new one is being built
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10:08 PM ET Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk left Tuesday night’s game against the Edmonton Oilers after being injured early in the second period. Dubnyk was upended after Minnesota’s Ryan Donato fell to the ice while battling the Oilers’ Brandon Manning. Dubnyk tried to leap over both sliding players,
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9:30 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — California prosecutors announced Tuesday that they won’t charge Toronto Raptors President Masai Ujiri for shoving a sheriff’s deputy after the NBA championship-winning game in Oakland last June. The Alameda County district attorney’s office announced the decision Tuesday afternoon, when the Raptors were in Toronto receiving their championship
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9:07 PM ET Brian Windhorst Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Dave McMenamin Close ESPN Staff Writer Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for
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8:11 PM ET Associated Press CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said reserve defensive back Andrew Booth Jr. will face no additional punishment for punching a Louisville player last week. The freshman punched Trenell Troutman during the second half of Clemson’s 45-10 victory. Booth was ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct and will miss the opening
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7:55 PM ET Florida State athletic director David Coburn on Tuesday dismissed social media talk about football coach Willie Taggart’s job status, including one report that Urban Meyer would be the school’s top target to replace him. Coburn, addressing a Football Scoop report that FSU would pursue Meyer, told the Tallahassee Democrat, “If [Taggart] were
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