Month: August 2021

12:17 AM ET CLEVELAND — Those hoping for Jake Paul’s boxing demise at the hands of a big puncher will be sorely disappointed. The YouTube sensation-turned-prizefighter outpointed Tyron Woodley via split decision (77-75, 75-77, 78-74) in the main event of a boxing card Sunday night at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. Woodley is a former UFC welterweight
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12:34 AM BST An emotional Ardie Savea says he has no intention of deviating from his usual approach to rugby despite being named New Zealand captain ahead of the All Blacks’ Rugby Championship meeting with Australia in Perth next weekend. Savea will celebrate his 53rd appearance for his country by taking over the captaincy after
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10:07 PM ET Associated Press OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Patrick Cantlay earned the sixth and final automatic spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup team by winning the BMW Championship on Sunday. All that meant was avoiding a phone call from the captain, Steve Stricker, after the Tour Championship to inform him of being a pick.
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10:59 PM ET Joe Fortenbaugh John Harbaugh and the Baltimore Ravens are champions of the 2021 NFL preseason after recording an unblemished 3-0 August campaign that has pushed the franchise’s record-breaking preseason winning streak to 20, with a ridiculous against-the-spread mark of 18-1-1. Which leads us to… Fade to black: For those of you wondering
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9:13 PM ET ESPN News Services OTTAWA, Ontario — The Ottawa Senators signed backup goalie Filip Gustavsson to a two-year contract on Sunday. The Senators said the first year is a two-way deal worth $750,000 in the NHL and the second is one-way with a value of $825,000. The 23-year-old Swede was 5-1-2 with a
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9:14 PM ET Oklahoma transfer Tanner Mordecai will be SMU‘s starting quarterback, a source confirmed to ESPN. Mordecai, who backed up Kyler Murray, Jalen Hurts and Spencer Rattler at OU, beat out highly touted freshman Preston Stone, a four-star recruit who was ranked No. 121 in the ESPN 300 and chose SMU over LSU, Penn
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9:06 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Early in training camp, San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan made it clear he intends to play rookie quarterback Trey Lance in tandem with incumbent starter Jimmy Garoppolo. In Sunday’s preseason finale against the Las Vegas Raiders, the Niners offered a glimpse of how that might work. For
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8:10 PM ET Associated Press OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Patrick Cantlay had enough on his hands to keep his attention Sunday as he was locked in an epic battle with Bryson DeChambeau, a compelling contrast of styles and personalities Sunday in the BMW Championship. Even so, he couldn’t ignore what fans shouted from behind the
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