Month: September 2019

11:13 PM ET ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford is expected to play Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs, though he is dealing with a lot of pain, sources told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler and Adam Schefter. Stafford’s name made a surprise appearance on the Lions’ injury report Friday as questionable because of
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10:29 PM ET ESPN News Services Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander reached a pair of milestones Saturday night, becoming the 18th major league pitcher to reach 3,000 career strikeouts and the 19th in the modern era (since 1900) to record 300 strikeouts in a season. Verlander, 36, entered Saturday night’s game against the Los Angeles
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10:36 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby left the Pittsburgh Penguins‘ preseason finale against the Buffalo Sabres in the first period Saturday after taking a shot off his skate. Hit by a shot from Sabres defenseman Marco Scandella, Crosby played on for 6 minutes, 42 seconds before leaving. Pittsburgh forward Bryan Rust left
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10:00 PM ET ESPN News Services WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Winnipeg Jets re-signed restricted free-agent forward Kyle Connor on Saturday to a seven-year, $50 million deal. Connor’s deal carries an average annual value of $7.14 million. The 22-year-old just completed his three-year entry-level deal that had a $925,000 cap hit. He was the final player
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9:46 PM ET Associated Press NAPA, Calif. — Even as he bolted to the top of the leaderboard at the Safeway Open, Cameron Champ‘s mind was elsewhere. Champ’s grandfather, Mack, is in hospice battling stomach cancer and the family has been commuting back and forth between the tournament and his hometown of Sacramento, about 65
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9:32 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Steve Flesch shot a 4-under 67 on Saturday at Poppy Hills to take the second-round lead in the PGA Tour Champions’ Pure Insurance Championship. After opening with a 68 on Friday at Pebble Beach, Flesch had five birdies and a bogey at Poppy Hills to reach
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8:56 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — A 3-year-old colt suffered a catastrophic injury in the eighth race at Santa Anita and was euthanized Saturday, the 32nd horse to die at the track since December. Two-time Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Mario Gutierrez was tossed off in the incident on the second day of the fall
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7:01 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Bodies bounced off one another during an intrasquad scrimmage that capped the Los Angeles Lakers‘ first practice of training camp Saturday. LeBron James collided with Alex Caruso, causing both of them to fall to the floor. Anthony Davis and Dwight Howard got tangled up going for a rebound
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