Month: August 2022

2:12 AM ET ESPN News Services PHOENIX — Corbin Carroll‘s ability to hit helped the Arizona Diamondbacks win in his big league debut Monday night. The top prospect’s ability to run helped him dodge a would-be postgame shower. Carroll had a go-ahead, two-run double to break a fifth-inning tie and the Diamondbacks climbed out of
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10:50 PM ET Associated Press BARRANQUILLA, Colombia — USA Basketball is on the brink of qualifying for next year’s World Cup. John Jenkins scored 26 points and the U.S. defeated Colombia 95-77 on Monday night in a second-round qualifying game. The win put the Americans in position to clinch a spot in the World Cup
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8:37 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com NEW YORK — Serena Williams‘ expected retirement will have to wait. The 23-time major champion won her first-round match 6-3, 6-3 over Danka Kovinic at the US Open on Monday night. “You know, I always just got to do the best that I can,” Williams said to the crowd after
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10:35 PM ET In their first public comments since a civil lawsuit was filed last week accusing former San Diego State punter Matt Araiza and two of his then-teammates of gang raping a 17-year-old girl last year, athletic director John David Wicker and football coach Brady Hoke reemphasized the university’s position that its response followed
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5:43 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers on Monday acquired another playmaker for quarterback Baker Mayfield, trading with Jacksonville for wide receiver Laviska Shenault Jr., the teams announced. The Panthers gave the Jaguars a 2023 seventh-round pick and a 2024 sixth-rounder for Shenault, a league source told ESPN. Shenault carries a $1,309,643 cap
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7:42 PM ET ESPN News Services Despite what has thus far been a forgettable 2022 season for the Boston Red Sox, the team has no plans to move on from chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom or manager Alex Cora, according to team president and CEO Sam Kennedy. “I am very comfortable saying Chaim and Alex
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7:35 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN On Friday, Florida A&M University’s football players considered not traveling to North Carolina to play their season opener in Chapel Hill. They eventually decided to play, despite 26 ineligible players, and lost to the Tar Heels, 56-24, in a game that the school earned $450,000 for playing. In the days
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5:29 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — After an offseason in which a divorce seemed all but certain, the San Francisco 49ers and quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo are staying together for one more season. Sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday that Garoppolo and the Niners agreed to a restructured one-year contract that is worth $6.5
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