Month: July 2021

1:01 PM ET Associated Press SAINT-EMILION, France — Tadej Pogacar is all but guaranteed to win a second straight Tour de France after completing the penultimate stage unscathed on Saturday. With the final day of the race usually uneventful until the final sprint on the Champs-Elysees, the Stage 20 time trial marked the last serious
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2:45 AM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Trying to fill another injury hole with a trade, the Atlanta Braves acquired veteran catcher Stephen Vogt from the Arizona Diamondbacks late Friday night for minor league first baseman Mason Berne. The 36-year-old Vogt, a two-time All-Star with Oakland, batted .212 with five homers and 17 RBIs in
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1:01 PM ET The Dallas Stars have signed restricted free-agent defenseman Miro Heiskanen to an eight-year, $67.6 million contract, general manager Jim Nill announced Saturday. The deal links Heiskanen to the Stars through the 2028-29 season. “We are excited to announce that we have signed Miro to a long-term contract,” Nill said in a statement.
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Jul 16, 2021 Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady played the entirety of last season with a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee, according to a report in the Tampa Bay Times. Brady suffered the injury in his final season with the New England Patriots and it gradually worsened during his first year
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6:50 AM ET Olivier Giroud has left Chelsea after three-and-a-half seasons. Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC via Getty Images AC Milan have signed Olivier Giroud from Champions League winners Chelsea, the Serie A club announced. ESPN previously reported that the 34-year-old had been keen on a move to Italy after turning down a 12-month contract extension with the
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5:51 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Damian Lillard denied a report that he was soon to ask for a trade away from the Portland Trail Blazers but expressed that he’s conflicted on the matter and is hoping big changes take him off the fence. “Right now I’m not sure what I’m going to do. What
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10:23 AM ET Associated Press PRAGUE — French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova advanced to the final of the Prague Open by beating Xinyu Wang of China 6-1, 6-2 on Saturday. The second-seeded Krejcikova set up an all-Czech final against eighth-seeded Tereza Martincova, who defeated ninth-seeded Greet Minnen of Belgium 6-3, 6-4 in the other semifinal.
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