TEMPE — Kenny Dillingham was perked up by the wake-up call Arizona State football got in its 38-19 victory over NAU on Saturday. “Happy we got a W, and it’s always good to win ugly,” Dillingham said postgame. “That’s one of the best things about coaching is when you win ugly and it wakes people up a little bit. That’s …
Read More »NEW YORK (AP) — So much has happened for Naomi Osaka — in tennis, away from tennis — since she first played Coco Gauff at the U.S. Open back in 2019. Over that time, Osaka has won two Grand Slam trophies to raise her career total to four, helped spark a global conversation about mental health by revealing she felt …
Read More »Snap Count Tracker: FSU vs. Alabama | A true two-deep on defense 247Sports DeBoer: ‘No excuses’ for Tide’s tumble in Tally ESPN Three thoughts: After 18 months of disrespect, FSU evens the score Tomahawk Nation College football rankings: Ohio State, Alabama, Texas lead NCAA top 25 movers in Week 1 CBS Sports Florida State-Alabama shocker was, above all, another indictment of Kalen DeBoer The New …
Read More »After a tumultuous offseason in which he transferred from Tennessee, Nico Iamaleava made his UCLA debut on Saturday. And it was a rough night for the Bruins and their new quarterback. Facing Utah in a matchup of former Pac-12 schools, UCLA showed it has a long way to go for improvement under second-year coach DeShaun Foster. At the very least, …
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We always expect Pep Guardiola’s reaction to be insightful and full of passion, and he did not disappoint after Manchester City’s shocking collapse late on as they lost 2-1 at Brighton on Sunday. City have now lost two of their opening three games of the season and all is not well. Guardiola has high standards and this new-look Man City …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link Venus Williams has one of tennis’ most iconic celebrations. She steps onto the court, raises a hand to acknowledge the crowd, takes a little skip and twirls around, soaking up the applause. And when her doubles partner Leylah Fernandez ushered her onto the court to celebrate after they reached the last 16 at the US Open …
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STATE COLLEGE — Penn State scored first but not last on Saturday in a 46-11 win over Nevada. The Nittany Lions’ new pass catchers met expectations while the defense suffocated the visiting Wolf Pack for most of the 60 minutes of play at Beaver Stadium. What’s being said locally and nationally about the win? Frank Bodani of the York Daily …
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Welcome to the sixth season of Final Thoughts, my weekly attempt to capture all of the college football weekend’s most important stories. Hopefully one day I’ll succeed. Here are 20 of them from the first three days of Week 1. (Sunday and Monday results still pending.) 1. You knew Lee Corso was going to don the Brutus Buckeye head for …
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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 12 mins: Arsenal are happy to knock it long today, allowing Gyokeres to test the Liverpool centre-backs. On this occasion, the ball is retrieved by the hosts and they send it straight back down the other end. Not that the attack comes to anything. Share 10 …
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Polish tennis player Kamil Majchrzak has met a young fan after a video appearing to show a man snatching his hat from a boy in the crowd at the US Open went viral. Majchrzak shared two clips on his official Instagram account in which he shook hands with two boys and presented them with gifts – including a cap similar …
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