Month: August 2022

9:47 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Jeff Okudah has won the starting cornerback job for the Detroit Lions, coach Dan Campbell said Sunday following his team’s 19-9 loss at Pittsburgh in the preseason finale. Although Detroit’s first depth chart of the summer listed Okudah, the third overall pick of the 2020 NFL draft, behind Will Harris
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7:44 PM ET Washington Commanders rookie running back Brian Robinson was shot multiple times Sunday evening during a possible attempted robbery in Washington, D.C., according to a police spokesperson. He was taken to a hospital with what the team called “non-life-threatening injuries.” According to a team spokesman, co-owners Dan and Tanya Snyder, president Jason Wright,
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6:17 PM ET Associated Press GRAND BLANC, Mich. — Steve Stricker won The Ally Challenge on Sunday at Warwick Hills for his second PGA Tour Champions victory of the season and ninth overall. The 55-year-old Stricker closed with a 5-under 67 — rebounding from a bogey on the 12th with four straight birdies — for
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7:16 PM ET Associated Press KETTERING, Ohio — Jill McGill won the U.S. Senior Women’s Open on Sunday for her third U.S. Golf Association title, closing with an even-par 73 for a one-stroke victory over Leta Lindley. The 50-year-old McGill finished at 3-under 289 on NCR Country Club’s South Course. She also won the 1993
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6:19 PM ET Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario — Paula Reto won the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour victory, closing with a 4-under 67 for a one-stroke victory over Nelly Korda and Hye-Jin Choi. Reto finished at 19-under 265 at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club. The 32-year-old South African opened
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5:38 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers will be without their top receiving threat and best defender for the end of their preseason finale against the Detroit Lions. Wide receiver Diontae Johnson and linebacker T.J. Watt were both ruled out of Sunday’s game. Watt left with a knee injury. Johnson appeared to awkwardly land
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6:20 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Ky. — Eastern Kentucky says football coach Walt Wells is under the care of medical providers after having an unspecified “medical episode” at work Sunday morning. A release from the school there would not be further details and cited federal privacy regulations. Wells is 10-10 in two seasons at
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