Month: June 2021

12:08 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Veteran forward Wayne Simmonds signed a two-year contract extension with the Maple Leafs on Tuesday. The team said his contract has an average annual value of $900,000. Simmonds played in 38 regular-season games with the Maple Leafs this season, posting seven goals and two assists. He had an
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9:41 AM ET ESPN News Services Venus Williams won a match at Wimbledon for the 90th time. She also beat the rain. The 41-year-old advanced to the second round by defeating Mihaela Buzarnescu 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. The match ended moments before a light shower forced an interruption in play on some courts at the All
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8:36 AM ET Associated Press FOUGERES, France — Tour de France riders staged a protest at the start of Tuesday’s stage to complain about perceived dangerous racing conditions after a flurry of crashes reignited the issue of road safety. Having left the town of Redon in the western Brittany region to start Stage 4, the
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11:25 AM ET ESPN News Services Tanya Snyder has joined her husband, Dan Snyder, as co-CEO of the Washington Football Team. The franchise made the announcement Tuesday, making her one of a few female CEOs in the history of the league. She is also a co-owner of the franchise with Dan Snyder. The Snyder family
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10:05 AM ET LSU head coach Ed Orgeron said Tuesday the team will miss Dare Rosenthal after the starting left tackle entered the transfer portal. Orgeron had previously said that Rosenthal had the potential to be a first-round NFL draft pick. But the offensive lineman struggled to stay on the field during his time in
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10:35 AM BST South African Rugby President Mark Alexander has accepted there will be no fans at stadiums for the British & Irish Lions series but is confident the COVID-19 protocols in place will allow all the scheduled games to go ahead. The Lions, who will face the Springboks in three tests from July 24,
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9:02 AM ET A “wacky” car setup approach may have backfired on Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes in Sunday’s Styrian Grand Prix, according to the Formula One team’s head of trackside operations, Andrew Shovlin. Seven-time world champion Hamilton finished second to Red Bull’s Max Verstappen at Austria’s Red Bull Ring as Mercedes suffered a fourth successive
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