Month: October 2021

8:42 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin left the Washington Capitals‘ preseason finale against Philadelphia on Friday night with what the team called a lower-body injury and is set to be examined further Saturday. Ovechkin bumped into Flyers forward Travis Konecny midway through the first period and then went down to the ice.
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10:14 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Sam Burns won the Sanderson Farms Championship last week and is trying to put it behind him. He’s playing as though it never ended. Burns made a pair of 6-foot par putts on the only two greens he missed in regulation and ran off eight birdies in
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7:47 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder both tipped the scales at the heaviest of their careers on Friday, one day before they’ll meet in a heavyweight championship trilogy fight (9 p.m. ET, ESPN+ PPV). Fury weighed 277 pounds, four more pounds than he weighed in his February 2020
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7:51 PM ET Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Phil Mickelson shot a 6-under 66 on Friday for a share of the first-round lead with Matt Gogel in the PGA Tour Champions’ Constellation Furyk & Friends Invitational. Trying to win for the third time in four career starts on the 50-and-over tour, Mickelson had seven birdies
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8:43 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Ontario’s major indoor professional sports teams have been given the green light to host capacity crowds. The NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators and the NBA’s Toronto Raptors will be able to play in front of full arenas when their seasons start this month, Ontario Sports Minister
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4:07 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers and Jaire Alexander have decided against shoulder surgery — for now — leaving open the possibility that the All-Pro cornerback could play again this season. Coach Matt LaFleur said Friday that Alexander might still be placed on injured reserve, but that doesn’t necessarily mean
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