Month: September 2021

1:14 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Twins manager Rocco Baldelli left Sunday’s 6-5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays after the top of the 8th inning to return to Minnesota for the birth of his child. “All in all, good day,” said coach Bill Evers, who took over for Baldelli. “Roc
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Recovering Francesco Molinari not optimistic of playing on Europe’s Ryder Cup, feels he wouldn’t ‘be useful to the team’ Still recovering from a back problem that kept him out of this year’s PGA Championship and Tokyo Olympics, Francesco Molinari all but officially withdrew himself from consideration for Europe’s Ryder Cup team, which will play in
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1:58 PM ET Associated Press No. 5 seed Elina Svitolina beat two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals at the US Open. Svitolina has never won a Grand Slam tournament. She had lost twice before to the 12th-seeded Halep in majors. Svitolina, an Olympic bronze medalist, has emerged as
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4:59 PM ET Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. — Sheldon Creed led the final 80 laps to take his second straight NASCAR Truck Series win in the playoffs and second in a row at Darlington Raceway on Sunday. Creed, the defending series champ, opened the 10-driver playoffs with a victory outside of St. Louis on Aug.
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Sep 3, 2021 PITTSBURGH — After an initial 53-man roster that was short on cornerbacks, the Steelers have fortified the position by acquiring Ahkello Witherspoon in a trade with the Seahawks for a 2023 fifth-round pick, the teams announced. Witherspoon, 26, signed a one-year, $4 million deal with the Seahawks in March and was expected
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12:36 PM ET Fresh off a season-opening victory over No. 3 Clemson, Georgia quarterback JT Daniels has signed a six-figure deal to use his name, image and likeness on trading cards. Daniels and UNC quarterback Sam Howell partnered with Super Glow Trading Cards to create roughly two dozen different designs for each player. The arrangement
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9:11 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — Colorado Rockies left-hander Austin Gomber will miss the rest of the season after team doctors discovered a stress fracture in his lower back. Gomber, acquired by Colorado in the offseason as part of the trade that sent star third baseman Nolan Arenado to St. Louis, was placed on
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