Month: October 2022

Oct 25, 2022 Associated Press SAN DIEGO — The sudden end of a season that went unexpectedly deep left the San Diego Padres with questions to answer and holes to fill, as well as a hunger to play further into October next year. They will also begin pondering a long-term deal for 24-year-old superstar Juan
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Oct 25, 2022 The Miami Marlins have hired Skip Schumaker as the team’s new manager, the team announced Tuesday. A first-time manager, Schumaker played 11 seasons in the majors, with the first eight coming with the St. Louis Cardinals. He was a part of two World Series-winning Cardinals teams in 2006 and 2011. “As we
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4:47 PM ET Associated Press BASEL, Switzerland — Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz eased into the quarterfinals at the Swiss Indoors by beating Botic van de Zandschulp 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday. The 19-year-old Spaniard clinched the win with his only ace in a second-round match where he had 20 winners and made just nine unforced errors. Alcaraz’s
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12:51 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — Dolphins safety Brandon Jones will miss the remainder of the 2022 season with a left ACL injury, coach Mike McDaniel confirmed Wednesday. Jones was placed on injured reserve Tuesday after sustaining the injury in the Dolphins’ 16-10 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 7. “In situations like
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2:33 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The British Boxing Board of Control announced on Wednesday that “allegations of misconduct” against welterweight contender Conor Benn were upheld at a Friday hearing. Benn was slated to fight Chris Eubank Jr. earlier this month, but the event was scrapped after The BBBoC refused to sanction the 157-pound catchweight bout
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10:27 AM ET European champions England will take on Copa America winners Brazil in the inaugural women’s Finalissima at London’s Wembley Stadium on April 6 next year, UEFA announced on Wednesday. England beat Germany in the European Championship final in July to lift their first major title while Brazil sealed an eighth continental crown in
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1:59 PM ET Bob McClellanNFL Joe Biddle, whose Nashville sportswriting career spanned five decades, died early Wednesday. He was 78. Born June 13, 1944, in Johnson City, Tennessee, where he was a high school classmate of Heisman Trophy winner and legendary coach Steve Spurrier, Biddle rose to prominence as the sports editor and columnist of
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