Month: October 2019

3:12 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — The PGA Tour Champions is returning to the St. Louis area next year for the first time in nearly 20 years. The tour announced a four-year deal Tuesday with St. Louis-based Ascension. The Ascension Charity Classic will be held Oct. 2-4 at Norwood Hills Country Club, which
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1:52 PM ET The UFC has found Brok Weaver‘s replacement for the UFC Fight Night Tampa card on Saturday. Mike Davis has agreed to step in on short notice to fight Thomas Gifford, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. The fight will be contested at 155 pounds, and the card will proceed with 14 fights. Weaver’s
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1:18 PM ET Associated Press Aaron Stewart was always around golf even when he wasn’t heavily invested. Now he’s involved in ways he never imagined. Stewart, the son of late three-time major champion Payne Stewart, has been appointed tournament director of the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions in Orlando, Florida. The event is the season
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12:27 PM ET Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jaylen Samuels will be sidelined for approximately a month after having arthroscopic surgery on his knee Monday, coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday. Samuels, the main backup to starter James Conner, has rushed for 50 yards and also has 13 receptions for 83 yards this season. He also has
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12:05 PM ET American teenager Coco Gauff stepped in at the last minute to beat Switzerland’s Stefanie Vogele in straight sets to advance through to the round of 16 at the Linz Open in Austria. Gauff, 15, stepped in for sixth seed Greece’s Maris Sakkari, who withdrew with a wrist injury, to beat Vogele 6-3,
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11:37 AM ET The Boston Red Sox began an overhaul of their coaching staff Tuesday, announcing that pitching coach Dana LeVangie has been reassigned to the professional scouting department. LeVangie, 50, who has been with the Red Sox organization since being drafted as a catcher in 1991, was in his second season as pitching coach.
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