Month: August 2021

7:00 AM ET The NHL free-agency frenzy of 2021 started 27 days later than the usual opening day of July 1, but it was as wild as any in recent memory, with more than $500 million spent on deals on the first day alone. A number of valuable players remain who have yet to make
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7:07 PM ET Associated Press Manager Terry Francona is recuperating at his Cleveland apartment after hip replacement surgery Monday. “He’s doing at-home physical therapy,” Chris Antonetti, Cleveland’s president of baseball operations, said Sunday. “At some point that therapy will transfer to the ballpark. He’s doing well. He’s in really good spirits.” Francona stepped down for
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6:45 AM ET Associated Press Second seed Andrea Petkovic of Germany hoisted a WTA singles championship trophy for the first time in more than six years as she defeated Egyptian Mayar Sherif, 6-1, 6-1, to triumph at the inaugural Winners Open in Cluj-Napoca in Romania on Sunday. Former world No. 9 Petkovic collected her seventh
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5:42 AM ET By the end of August, Valtteri Bottas should know where his future in Formula One lies. It’s no secret that world champions Mercedes are considering replacing him with Williams driver George Russell in 2022, but as of last weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix, the world champions insisted no decision had been made. Bottas
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7:53 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — For the better part of two months, nothing has been easy for Bryson DeChambeau. The latest example occurred on Sunday at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, where the eight-time PGA Tour winner saw a chance to win evaporate with a couple of balls in the water on the back
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10:33 PM ET James Jackson Free-agent guard Isaiah Thomas remains an impressive shot-maker despite being four years removed from his All-NBA days. The two-time All-Star scored 81 points in the Crawsover Pro-Am in Seattle on Sunday. His point total, of course, matches the second-highest single-game mark in NBA history set by the late, great Kobe
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