Month: August 2019

10:41 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Relief pitcher Greg Holland, a three-time All-Star who led the National League in saves in 2017 with 41, was designated for assignment Wednesday by the Arizona Diamondbacks. Holland, in his ninth season and first with the Diamondbacks, is 1-2 with a 4.54 earned run average in 40 games.
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10:04 PM ET BALTIMORE — Orioles slugger Chris Davis had to be restrained during a dugout dust-up with manager Brandon Hyde during Wednesday night’s game against the New York Yankees. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Davis was lifted for pinch hitter Jace Peterson. Shortly afterward, the MASN broadcast showed a clip of Davis
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7:14 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — Clemson’s national championship football program was flagged for eight secondary NCAA violations during a yearlong period from July 2018 through this past June. The school’s athletic department released a summary of the infractions Wednesday. None of the violations was considered major, and all issues about the penalties
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6:25 PM ET Kevin Durant, in his first interview since rupturing his Achilles tendon in Game 5 of the NBA Finals in June, said he does not hold the Golden State Warriors accountable for the injury. “Hell, no. How can you blame [the Warriors]? Hell, no,” Durant told Yahoo Sports, speaking at a house in
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5:33 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Serena Williams won her first match since losing the Wimbledon final, beating Elise Mertens of Belgium 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday night in the second round of the Rogers Cup. The 37-year-old Williams has won the event three times, all in Toronto. She will face Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova —
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5:13 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa is having an MRI for a possible right ankle injury after leaving Wednesday’s practice early. With about 45 minutes left in the practice, Bosa appeared to get tangled up with multiple teammates on a running play off the right side and
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5:13 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa is having an MRI for a possible right ankle injury after leaving Wednesday’s practice early. With about 45 minutes left in the practice, Bosa appeared to get tangled up with multiple teammates on a running play off the right side and
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5:25 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Top-seeded Rafael Nadal opened his Rogers Cup title defense Wednesday, beating England’s Daniel Evans 7-6 (6), 6-4 in a second-round match delayed by rain three times. After rain delays of six and 30 minutes, Nadal fought off two set points in the first-set tiebreaker. Play was stopped for
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