Month: August 2021

1:18 PM BST Lood de Jager will earn a 50th cap for South Africa in their Rugby Championship Test against Argentina in Nelson Mandela Bay on Saturday — a milestone that had looked doubtful as he battled a career-threatening injury last year. De Jager, 28, is one of the finest second-row forwards in the game
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4:37 PM ET Kevin Durant and Draymond Green both blamed Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr and team president/general manager Bob Myers for mishandling the fallout from the players’ argument that ultimately contributed to Durant leaving the team following the 2018-19 season. In an interview posted Wednesday on Bleacher Report, Durant and Green both said
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11:03 PM ET The return of The Ultimate Fighter has hit an unforeseen snag. Tresean Gore is injured and out of the TUF middleweight final at UFC Fight Night on Aug. 28, UFC officials confirmed Wednesday with ESPN. Gilbert Urbina, whom Gore beat in the semifinals, will now fight Bryan Battle in the championship bout.
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6:20 PM ET ESPN News Services Anthony Rizzo is back in the New York Yankees‘ lineup after a bout with COVID-19, and closer Aroldis Chapman was also activated prior to Wednesday’s series finale against the Boston Red Sox. Rizzo, acquired in a trade with the Chicago Cubs on July 29, is starting at first base
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10:00 PM ET Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Freddy Peralta left his start against the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night with right shoulder discomfort after taking an awkward swing on a strikeout to end the third inning. Peralta, 25, swung and missed on a slider from Cardinals pitcher Jack Flaherty and seemed to wince as he
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5:16 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — A woman seeking a five-year restraining order against Trevor Bauer testified Wednesday that the satisfaction she expressed to friends when the case first went public was a reaction to her treatment by the media, not happiness that she was taking down the Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher. “It
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