Month: September 2019

6:32 PM ET Associated Press Matteo Berrettini of Italy advanced to his first Grand Slam semifinal after nearly four exhausting hours, edging Gael Monfils 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (5). With both players fighting fatigue and a faulty serve down the stretch, Berrettini finally closed it out on his fifth match point — after double-faulting
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4:55 PM ET Notre Dame starting running back Jafar Armstrong is expected to miss at least a month with a groin/abdominal injury suffered in Monday’s season-opening win at Louisville, sources told ESPN. The Athletic first reported the injury update for Armstrong, who underwent an MRI on Tuesday. Sources told ESPN that the junior could miss
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4:37 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Any question that Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton would have a clean bill of health for Sunday’s opener against the Los Angeles Rams was answered Wednesday when the 2015 NFL MVP did not appear on the team’s injury report. If that wasn’t enough, then Newton’s big, familiar smile said
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4:32 PM ET Associated Press EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Forward Adrian Kempe has agreed to a three-year, $6 million deal to stay with the Los Angeles Kings. The Kings announced the deal Wednesday with Kempe, a restricted free agent who turns 23 next week. Kempe had 12 goals and 16 assists in 81 games last
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3:58 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Before signing with the Lakers in one of the more surprising reunions in NBA history, Dwight Howard said his life away from the court hit rock bottom this summer. “It didn’t have anything to do with basketball,” Howard said Wednesday during an introductory phone call with reporters. “It was
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2:08 PM ET William Weinbaum On the day jury selection was scheduled to begin, the family of disabled boxer Magomed Abdusalamov settled a multimillion-dollar medical malpractice lawsuit against three doctors who worked the 2013 bout that left him with permanent brain damage. Terms of the settlement reached late Tuesday with ring doctors Anthony Curreri, Osric
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2:23 PM ET Since Andy Ruiz Jr.’s massive upset knockout victory of Anthony Joshua to win three heavyweight world title belts on June 1, he has certainly been enjoying the fruits of his labor. He has done countless interviews, was feted with a victory parade in his hometown of Imperial, California, and spent some of
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1:33 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Newly minted Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez made a point of watching rehabbing reliever Aaron Barrett throw a bullpen session early in spring training in 2018 and was amazed at how well the right-hander was throwing. After all, Barrett already had missed two full seasons after undergoing Tommy
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