Month: September 2019

3:53 AM ET Associated Press American Sofia Kenin beat former U.S. Open champion Samantha Stosur 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2 in the final of the Guangzhou International on Saturday for her third WTA singles title of the year. Kenin won her first singles title of 2019 on the hardcourts of Hobart, Australia in January, and won
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Mohammad Nawaz celebrates a wicket © Associated Press Batsman Iftikhar Ahmed and spin-bowling allrounder Mohammad Nawaz have made comebacks to Pakistan’s ODI squad. Both were part of the first squad announced by Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistan’s new coach and chief selector, ahead of the three-match series against Sri Lanka that is due to take place later this
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9:00 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” A year ago, the Oakland A’s had one of the best offenses in baseball. But, in a strange quirk, they were easily the league’s worst against high-velocity fastballs: a league-low .191 batting
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1:01 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Michael Pittman Jr. caught 10 passes for a career-high 232 yards and a touchdown from backup quarterback Matt Fink, who passed for 351 yards in Southern California’s 30-23 victory over No. 10 Utah on Friday night. Fink, a junior who nearly transferred last spring, went 21-of-30 with
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Sep 19, 2019 SINGAPORE — As we sat stationary on the Nicoll Highway overpass and I began admiring the floodlights raining down upon Marina Bay’s glorious street circuit, he glances up into the rearview mirror, catches my gaze and vents his frustration. “Every year. Every single year. The race comes and it always disrupts the
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10:14 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Christopher Bell passed pole sitter Austin Cindric for the lead after 85 laps and won the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Richmond Raceway on Friday night. Bell, the championship leader coming into the first race of the playoffs, won both stages and led 238 of the 250
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10:26 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves clinched their second consecutive National League East title when Ronald Acuna Jr. hit his 41st homer in a 6-0 victory over San Francisco on Friday night that eliminated the Giants from postseason contention in Bruce Bochy’s final year as San Francisco manager. Acuna scored three
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