Month: November 2021

4:11 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers manager Chris Woodward got a contract extension Friday that goes through the 2023 season and includes a club option for another year after that. The Rangers before last season had exercised their club option for 2022. Woodward originally got a three-year contract with that option
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3:23 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — One year after navigating through the coronavirus pandemic, the LPGA released a 2022 schedule on Friday that features 34 tournaments with record prize money that is approaching $90 million. Still to be determined is a third tournament in Florida in early February that will complete a three-event
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1:29 PM ET Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Isaiah Thomas is putting on the red, white and blue again. Thomas was announced Friday as an injury replacement for USA Basketball’s team that will open World Cup qualifying play this month in Mexico. The two-time NBA All-Star was added to the roster, along with Justin
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1:21 PM ET Steve Simon, chairman and CEO of the Women’s Tennis Association, understood the potential political and financial backlash his organization could face from the Chinese government, according to multiple sources familiar with the decision-making process, before making an unprecedented public statement this week that prioritized the safety of an athlete over the organization’s
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5:28 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Growing up in northern Utah, Jaxson Dart obviously couldn’t acquire a full appreciation of what makes Southern California’s rivalry with UCLA so good. The Trojans’ 18-year-old freshman quarterback realizes he’s about to get a crash course in the emotions and excitement of Los Angeles’ crosstown showdown. Dart
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1:00 PM ET If we consider that 1.7 fantasy points per game (FPPG) is at least good enough for a player to be in the fantasy discussion, we can quickly come to the realization that there are some underrated assets still in your free-agent pool that could easily find room on your roster. You just
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11:02 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR will return practice and qualifying to its weekend schedule for all three national series in 2022 after the on-track activity had been mostly scrapped the past two seasons amid the coronavirus pandemic. NASCAR traditionally hosted three-day weekends for its races but dropped all qualifying and practice
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Rival bosses Toto Wolff, Christian Horner square off over Brazil, controversial rear wings and F1 protests F1’s title battle spilled off the track and into the press conference room at the Qatar GP as Mercedes’ Toto Wolff and Red Bull’s Christian Horner were pitched against each other in a war of words. Here’s the best
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1:25 PM ET Formula One stewards will hear Mercedes’ representatives on Thursday to decide whether to grant their request for a review of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix incident between title contenders Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. Mercedes asked for a review on Tuesday on grounds that significant new evidence had emerged since last Sunday’s
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