Month: April 2021

6:29 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Fred Couples took 11 holes before making a birdie Saturday and then made birdie on his last two holes for a 3-under 69 and a share of the lead with Robert Karlsson in the Chubb Classic. Karlsson, the former Ryder Cup player from Sweden, hit his approach
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6:33 PM ET Associated Press Britain, Canada, Italy and Ukraine were among the eight countries that reached the qualifying round of the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup with victories Saturday. These were the first matches in the women’s tennis team competition since its name was changed from Fed Cup last year. Also advancing were Kazakhstan,
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7:21 PM ET Saturday night’s UFC co-main event has been scrapped just minutes after the Fight Night card got underway. A scheduled featherweight bout between Jeremy Stephens and Drakkar Klose is now off because of an injury to Klose, the UFC announced on the broadcast. The card will resume with 10 fights. Stephens (28-18, 1
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8:14 PM ET NEW YORK — Ten days after James Harden was diagnosed with a right hamstring strain, Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks said that the All-Star guard is “progressing well.” Marks added that Harden will need “at least one or two” practice days when he plays 4-on-4 and 5-on-5 before returning to the
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5:29 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — John Hunter Nemechek passed teammate Chandler Smith with 17 laps to go and outran team owner Kyle Busch to win the NASCAR Truck Series race at Richmond Raceway on Saturday. Nemechek, already the series points leader, gave Kyle Busch Motorsports its fourth consecutive victory in the series
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12:13 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals traded outfielder Nick Heath, who had been designated for assignment earlier in the week, to the Arizona Diamondbacks for minor league pitcher Eduardo Herrera on Saturday. The 27-year-old Heath, a speedster with a spotty bat, has been on the fringe of making
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4:45 PM ET Bryce Young stepped into the first-team quarterback role and impressed during Alabama‘s spring game on Saturday, winning Most Valuable Player honors after completing 25 of 44 passes for 333 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions. Young, a former five-star prospect, was Mac Jones‘ primary backup as a freshman last season. He appeared
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4:29 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — With spring practice in the books, Ohio State‘s quarterback derby will carry over into fall workouts. That’s not a surprise, considering the candidates to succeed star Justin Fields are two second-year players and a true freshman. Neither has thrown a pass in a college game. C.J. Stroud,
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3:35 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — One day after signing pass-rusher Jadeveon Clowney, the Cleveland Browns terminated the contract of starting defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson. Friday’s move will save $11 million in cap space, but it leaves the Browns with a huge hole in the middle of their defensive line. Richardson’s contract had no guaranteed
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9:39 AM ET Associated Press MONACO — Fourth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas swatted aside unseeded Daniel Evans 6-2, 6-1 on Saturday to reach the Monte Carlo Masters final for the first time, and stay on course for a first title this year. The big-serving Greek faces the winner of a later semifinal between sixth-seeded Russian Andrey Rublev
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