Month: July 2019

8:27 PM ET Associated Press NEWTON, Iowa — Chase Briscoe passed Christopher Bell with seven laps to go and won the NASCAR Xfinity race at Iowa Speedway on Saturday night for his first victory of the year. Briscoe’s only other Xfinity victory came last season on the roval in Charlotte, North Carolina. Briscoe’s No. 98
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ARLINGTON, Texas — Junior lightweight world titlist Tevin Farmer easily took care of mandatory challenger Guillaume Frenois on Saturday night, winning a lopsided unanimous decision in the co-feature of the Maurice Hooker-Jose Ramirez junior welterweight unification fight at the College Park Center on the campus of the University of Texas at Arlington. The judges scored
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7:30 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Coco Gauff has moved on in qualifying for the Citi Open. Gauff beat Maegan Manasse 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the qualification tournament Saturday. She must beat Hiroko Kuwata of Japan on Sunday to qualify for the main draw of the tournament. Kuwata, ranked 265th in
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6:36 PM ET NAPA, Calif. — Saying he wanted to “make it right,” offensive lineman Richie Incognito said Saturday his May signing with the Oakland Raiders was about “redemption” and that the team was getting “the best version of myself” while discussing mental health. Incognito, who will serve an NFL-mandated two-game suspension for violating the
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6:02 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Rory McIlroy shot an 8-under 62 on Saturday at the FedEx St. Jude Invitational to take a one-stroke lead over Brooks Koepka at the World Golf Championships event. McIlroy, who missed the cut by a stroke last week in the Open Championship on his home turf in
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5:39 PM ET Associated Press STEVENS POINT, Wis. — Lei Ye of China won the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship on Saturday, beating Jillian Bourdage of Tamarac, Florida, 1 up in the 36-hole final at SentryWorld. The 18-year-old Ye, an incoming freshman at Stanford, won the par-4 35th hole with a birdie and matched Bourdage with
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Jul 27, 2019 ESPN News Services LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England — Englishman Paul Broadhurst birdied two of the last three holes Saturday to take a 1-shot lead into the final round of the Senior Open Championship. Broadhurst had four birdies and a bogey in his third-round 3-under 67 in wet conditions at Royal Lytham &
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3:53 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Dodgers have placed right-hander Ross Stripling on the 10-day injured list because of tendinitis in his right biceps. The team said before Saturday’s game against the Washington Nationals that the move is retroactive to July 25. Manager Dave Roberts suspects he’ll miss a start or two. On
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