4:12 PM ET In response to a statement released on Friday by outgoing Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott, American Athletic Conference commissioner Mike Aresco told ESPN on Saturday that guaranteeing the Power 5 conference champions a spot in a potential 12-team playoff format would be “an enormous step in the wrong direction.” Aresco said the Pac-12
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7:39 PM ET Associated Press LEBANON, Tenn. — Kyle Busch raced to his 100th career Xfinity Series victory Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway, where he won for the fourth time. Busch won in the Xfinity Series in 2009 and the Truck Series in 2010 and 2011, but the track closed the year he won his last
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7:03 PM ET ESPN 300 cornerback Khamauri Rogers committed to Miami on Saturday, giving the Hurricanes two top-300 prospects in the 2022 class. Rogers is a 5-foot-11, 160-pound recruit out of Holmes County Central High School in Lexington, Mississippi. He is the No. 45-ranked recruit in the class and chose Miami over Mississippi State, Notre
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6:12 PM ET Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Nelly Korda shot a career-best 10-under 62 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead over Leona Maguire into the final round of the Meijer LPGA Classic. “Everything was falling and I was just on a roll,” Korda said. “You don’t take these days for granted.” Putting
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4:28 PM ET Beginning Monday, major league umpires will check pitchers for foreign substances after they’ve pitched — with the exception of the closer, who will be inspected before entering the game — sources familiar with the process said. Pitchers will be inspected between innings and/or after they come out of the game unless they’re
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3:39 PM ET Associated Press BERLIN — Belinda Bencic will aim to win her first title since 2019 when she takes on qualifier and first-time finalist Liudmilla Samsonova at the Berlin Open. Bencic won her semifinal against Alize Cornet 7-5, 6-4 on Saturday after converting all four of her break points and saving eight of
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3:41 PM ET Associated Press HALLE, Germany — Andrey Rublev reached his first grass-court final at the Halle Open on Saturday and will face Ugo Humbert. Rublev needed four match points to wrap up his 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 win over Nikoloz Basilashvili in a semifinal where both players landed fewer than half of their first
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3:32 PM ET Germany are back. In the most rambunctious, direct way, putting four past defending champion Portugal in a 4-2 win at Euro 2020. Overcoming their own new-found insecurities, square-pegs-in-round-holes and a one-goal deficit summoned up by a lung-busting Cristiano Ronaldo effort. It’s too early to crown them even as legitimate contenders, but it’s
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8:18 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Florida Panthers center Aleksander Barkov has won the Selke Trophy as the NHL’s best defensive forward for the first time in his eight-year career. Barkov was announced as the winner of the award Friday night before the Vegas Golden Knights faced the Montreal Canadiens in Game 3
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1:16 PM ET Britain’s Cameron Norrie set up a Queen’s Club final against top seed Matteo Berrettini after continuing his impressive season with victory over Denis Shapovalov on Saturday. Norrie was too solid for the young Canadian as he won the battle of the left-handers 7-5 6-3 under murky London skies. 1 Related Big-serving Italian
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Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill put on a 62-run stand for the opening wicket.© AFP Batting coach Vikram Rathour on Saturday said that a first innings score of 250-plus will put India in a fighting position against New Zealand, keeping the prevailing conditions in mind during the ongoing World Test Championship final in Southampton. India
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