Month: September 2021

11:52 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Emma Raducanu‘s qualifier-to-champion run at the US Open vaulted her 127 spots in the WTA rankings to a career-high No. 23 on Monday. The 18-year-old from Britain began the year ranked 345th, rose to 179th in July by reaching Wimbledon’s fourth round in her Grand Slam debut
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Sep 12, 2021 Florida State coach Mike Norvell apologized for his team’s stunning 20-17 loss to Jacksonville State on a touchdown pass with no time remaining late Saturday night. The loss was the first in program history to an FCS opponent. Norvell, in his second year as Florida State coach, took full responsibility for the
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7:30 AM ET Barcelona will start their Champions League defence in the first-ever group stage in the women’s tournament against Arsenal, Hoffenheim and HB Koge in Group C while finalists Chelsea will play Wolfsburg, Juventus and Servette FCCF in Group A. Last season’s semifinalists Paris Saint-Germain come up against Breidablik, Real Madrid and Kharkhiv in
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Sep 13, 2021 After a British summer packed with sporting emotion and fresh, ambitious young role models, an 18-year-old tennis player named Emma Raducanu came through with the most monumental encore possible. We’ve had British sporting heroes from all walks of life shine on sport’s biggest stages these past few months, while championing diversity and
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10:02 AM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The season-ending WTA Finals have been moved from China to the Mexican city of Guadalajara, the WTA said Monday. The tournament was supposed to be held in the Chinese city of Shenzhen in November. The WTA didn’t give a reason for the switch but said the
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9:00 AM ET Last season was the strangest I’ve ever navigated in fantasy hockey. On the one hand, there was the predictability of the league’s temporary realignment, as teams would face only opponents within their own divisions. Pick a weak division, reap the rewards — half of the league’s top scorers were preying on the
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9:00 AM ET The incorporation of defensive categories – such as blocked shots – into ESPN’s standard game has changed the way we look at blueliners through the fantasy scope. It’s no longer about those precious few candidates who shoot the puck with abandon and contribute regularly with the extra skater. Beginning for the first
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