Month: April 2022

6:46 PM ET DALLAS — Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic avoided a one-game suspension when the NBA rescinded the technical foul called on him during Friday night’s blowout win over the Portland Trail Blazers. The league office made the determination Saturday after a review of what would have been Doncic’s 16th technical foul of the
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5:53 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Five-time Masters champion Tiger Woods didn’t make much of a move on moving day, at least in the right direction, at the 86th Masters on Saturday. Woods, who entered the third round 9 shots behind leader Scottie Scheffler and 4 strokes out of second place, couldn’t get much momentum
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5:13 PM ET WBC women’s junior lightweight champion Alycia Baumgardner will be making her first title defense April 16 against Edith Soledad Matthysse in Manchester, England. Baumgardner and her promoter, Matchroom Boxing, announced the fight Saturday as part of the Conor Benn-Chris van Heerden card. The 27-year-old Baumgardner (11-1, 7 KO), from Michigan, won her
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12:51 PM ET Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England — Amateur jockey Sam Waley-Cohen had quite the retirement ride Saturday. The 39-year-old Waley-Cohen marked his final race in the saddle by winning the world-famous Grand National horse race aboard a big outsider in 50-1 shot Noble Yeats. “It’s a fairy tale. It’s a fantasy,” said Waley-Cohen, who
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11:17 AM ET ESPN News Services Alexandra Irving, an online producer for the San Francisco Chronicle and former softball catcher for more than a decade, was part of baseball history Friday night. Irving made her debut as an official scorer during the season opener between the Miami Marlins and San Francisco Giants, the fourth female
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1:37 PM ET Cleveland Guardians center fielder Myles Straw has signed a five-year extension with the team, it was announced Saturday. The deal includes club options for the 2027 and 2028 seasons. Cleveland acquired Straw, 27, from the Houston Astros just prior to the trade deadline last season. He hit a combined .271 in 158
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11:43 AM ET Chicago White Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito is headed to 10-day IL with an abdominal injury, manager Tony La Russa said Saturday. Giolito is expected to miss his next two starts, according to La Russa, after leaving his season-opening start on Friday because of abdominal tightness on his left side. Giolito struck out
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