Month: July 2020

7:15 AM ET Britain’s Andy Murray expects some of the top male players to follow women’s world No. 1 Ash Barty in skipping next month’s U.S. Open in New York due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. Australian Barty said on Thursday she was not comfortable travelling to the United States amid the pandemic for
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11:36 PM ET One hundred and forty-one nights after his positive coronavirus test triggered the suspension of the NBA season, Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert scored the first points of the league’s restart, converting a drop-step move over former teammate Derrick Favors on the opening possession of Thursday night’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans
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6:51 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Bryson DeChambeau hits tee shots farther than anyone else on the PGA Tour, thanks to his suddenly beefed-up physique and protein-heavy diet. The six-time Tour winner is apparently no match for a few fire ants. In Thursday’s opening round of the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational at TPC Southwind, DeChambeau
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3:32 PM ET Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies liked where they stood when the NBA was shut down in March. Now with the NBA restarting, Morant says he thinks it’s unfair that the padding the Grizzlies built between themselves and the closest playoff contenders in the West could prove irrelevant. “But, you know, we
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11:12 PM ET Harvey Updyke, the Alabama fan who poisoned the iconic trees at Auburn University’s Toomer’s Corner, has died, his son told AL.com. He was 71. Updyke pleaded guilty in 2013 of applying herbicide to the trees, which Tigers fans traditionally decorate with toilet paper after a win, following Auburn’s Iron Bowl victory over
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10:12 AM ET Christian Pulisic has told ESPN that he is “100% fit” for Saturday’s FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Arsenal at Wembley. Chelsea head coach Frank Lampard had said the 21-year-old was struggling with a minor unspecified problem in recent weeks, leading to his omission from the semifinal win over Manchester United. –
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10:11 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. The New York Yankees found themselves in familiar territory Thursday night: worried about losing starting shortstop Gleyber Torres to injury. Torres was hit by a pitch in the first inning against the Baltimore Orioles and left in the fourth
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