Month: September 2022

10:31 PM ET Associated Press NAPA, Calif. — Max Homa moved into position to defend his title at the Fortinet Championship, shooting a 5-under 67 on Friday to share the 36-hole lead with Danny Willett at the PGA Tour’s season opener. Homa, a two-time winner last season and a captain’s pick for next week’s Presidents
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10:12 PM ET Florida State Seminoles will be without starting quarterback Jordan Travis for the second half of Friday’s game against Louisville. Travis, who led FSU to an upset win over LSU in Week 1, appeared to injure his right knee while trying to escape a sack in the second quarter. Travis was replaced by
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8:25 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Heading into the 2022 season, all three of the San Francisco 49ers specialists were scheduled to be unrestricted free agents after this season. Not anymore. The Niners announced Friday that they signed punter Mitch Wishnowsky to a four-year contract extension that will keep him in San Francisco through
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7:05 PM ET Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — Aric Almirola continued the trend of non-playoff drivers stealing the show with a pole-winning run Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway. The Saturday night race at Bristol is the first playoff eliminator and the 16-driver field will be cut by four. Christopher Bell is the only driver locked
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7:33 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Sandy Alderson has achieved one of the goals he set upon his return to the New York Mets. “The Mets are far more respected than they have been in recent years,” he said Friday, a day after announcing he will resign as team president and become a
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4:44 PM ET ESPN News Services The New York Yankees have activated left-hander Aroldis Chapman from the 15-day injured list after the team’s former closer recovered from an infection caused by a new tattoo on one leg. Chapman had gone on the IL on Aug. 27 because of what manager Aaron Boone called “a pretty
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2:02 PM ET The Winnipeg Jets have stripped Blake Wheeler of the team’s captaincy and will enter the 2022-23 season with a collection of alternate captains instead, the team announced Friday. Those players are still being determined. “It is our goal to expand the leadership base within our hockey team,” Jets coach Rick Bowness said
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7:15 PM ET Associated Press SUGAR GROVE, Ill. — Dustin Johnson already is approaching $10 million in the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series and he’s playing like that number is going to keep soaring. Johnson ran off nine birdies Friday, none longer than about 12 feet, and posted a 9-under 63 at Rich Harvest Farms to
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5:35 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — For the third and perhaps final time, Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin engaged in an icy stare-down after stepping on the scales. Surrounded by a festive atmosphere Friday outside T-Mobile Arena on The Strip, where they’ll meet Saturday (8 p.m. ET, DAZN PPV) in a trilogy fight
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6:10 PM ET Associated Press BERLIN — France sent a message on its way to grabbing a spot in the EuroBasket championship game and a showdown with Spain. Guerschon Yabusele scored 22 points, and France rolled past Poland 95-54 in the semifinals of the European championships on Friday. “We just played our basketball,” Yabusele said.
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