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11:21 PM ET Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — Chris Buescher closed out a bizarre first round of NASCAR’s playoffs in which none of the title contenders won a race by becoming the 19th winner this season with his victory Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway. The second win of Buescher’s career marked the first time

Sep 16, 2022 Cesar Hernandez SAN DIEGO — At a packed sports bar in the North Park neighborhood, cheers erupted among the fans gathered for an Aug. 27 watch party as Alex Morgan‘s goal effectively sealed another win for the San Diego Wave. There was a buzz in the air among the crowd — not

Sep 16, 2022 Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Churchill Downs has modified paths to the Kentucky Derby and Oaks, awarding points to the top five finishers in qualifying races and increasing significance for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and late prep season events. Most Derby prep races during the qualifying series for 3-year-olds will award points

8:52 AM ET The UFC is back at its Apex facility in Las Vegas this weekend, with a bantamweight main event between Cory Sandhagen and Song Yadong. In addition to the headliner, 33-year-old Chidi Njokuani will make his third UFC appearance against Gregory Rodrigues. Njokuani is far from a beginner in mixed martial arts. He

Sep 16, 2022 Wallabies fly-half Bernard Foley is still trying to process what transpired at Marvel Stadium on Thursday night, revealing there was a fair bit of confusion among his teammates before French referee Mathieu Raynal made the call that will go down in Bledisloe Cup history. Foley fronted the media in Melbourne on Friday

Sep 15, 2022 ROGER FEDERER HAS been asked about retirement for 13 years. The first questions came after he beat Robin Soderling at Roland Garros in May 2009. With that triumph on clay, he became the sixth man in tennis history to complete the career sweep of Grand Slam events. Reaching that milestone could have

Sep 15, 2022 Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Churchill Downs Inc. has agreed to buy Ellis Park in Henderson, Kentucky, for $79 million in cash. The deal announced Thursday with Enchantment Holdings LLC includes Churchill Downs assuming Ellis Park’s opportunity to build a track extension facility in Owensboro. The deal is subject to certain working

1:19 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford have agreed to all material terms for a fight for the undisputed welterweight championship, an event targeted for Nov. 19 in Las Vegas, multiple sources tell ESPN. However, the deal has not been signed as the parties’ lawyers clean up legal language in the

Sep 14, 2022 No gambling. No doping. Only moderate alcohol consumption at post-tournament parties. The new LIV Golf circuit might look like a lot of fun (and money), but the Greg Norman-fronted tour also has plenty of rules and regulations. The rules and regulations were among the unsealed documents that were released by a federal

Sep 13, 2022 Robert Sarver, owner of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns and the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, has been suspended one year and fined $10 million by the NBA as a result of an investigation into the Suns franchise. The NBA announced the punishment Tuesday, saying the investigation found that during his time with the Suns

7:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN Welcome to Week 2 of the NFL regular season. After a wild opening week, our NFL Power Rankings are, as expected, all over the place. From the Minnesota Vikings dominating the Green Bay Packers at home, to Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott suffering a right thumb injury that required surgery

9:00 AM ET SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Bobby Petrino knows what’s coming. He has been called many things over the years, but he is not naive. The job he’s done in resurrecting a moribund Missouri State program and turning the Bears into FCS title contenders speaks for itself. But this week, Petrino’s past, and not his

7:00 AM ET Brian Cashman must feel cursed. For years, the New York Yankees general manager has been on a mission to find balance in his lineup, and just when he thought he had finally captured it, it vanished. The Yankees have fallen on hard times, and it’s in part because of injuries and inconsistent

Sep 12, 2022 D’Arcy MaineESPN.com NEW YORK — The tennis major season officially ended this weekend, with Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek each winning their first US Open titles. 1 Related It was the first of likely many Grand Slam trophies for Alcaraz, 19, and the third for the 21-year-old Swiatek. Both are now the

7:04 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Bubba Wallace won his second career NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday and denied the playoff field an automatic spot in the next round for the second straight week when he held off championship contenders Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell to prevail at Kansas Speedway. Wallace, who

Sep 9, 2022 The Premier League has postponed this weekend’s fixtures as a mark of respect after the death of Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 96. The decision to postpone all matches from Saturday and Monday was taken after a Premier League shareholders meeting on Friday, which was held after an earlier meeting

6:15 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The UFC has completely shuffled the top three fights on its UFC 279 card one day before the scheduled pay-per-view event, UFC president Dana White told SportsCenter in a live Instagram video Friday. Nate Diaz now will face Tony Ferguson in the main event of the Saturday show at

Sep 9, 2022 ESPN News Services Several sporting events in Britain have been postponed as a mark of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 96 on Thursday, with tributes made in her honour throughout the sports world. On Friday, all football fixtures this weekend, including the Premier League, English

9:13 AM ET The undisputed middleweight championship fight between Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall along with the unification junior lightweight title bout between Mikaela Mayer and Alycia Baumgardner has been postponed due to mourning after the death of Queen Elizabeth II in Scotland on Thursday. The bouts have been rescheduled for the provisional date of

Sep 9, 2022 Buffalo Sabres defenseman Owen Power succeeds or fails based on his ability to make split-second decisions. Like choosing a bag of popcorn over a speeding home run ball at a recent Toronto Blue Jays home game. He chose poorly. “It was kind of embarrassing I didn’t get it,” Power said. Power and