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Jaxson Dart’s mom celebrates rookie Giants QB’s back-to-back touchdowns

Jaxson Dart’s mom celebrates rookie Giants QB’s back-to-back touchdowns

The Giants brought the “Dart Show” to the Big Easy. Rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart picked up where he left off Sunday following last weekend’s win over the Chargers in his first-career start, throwing two touchdowns in New Orleans to put the Giants up over the Saints early in the first half, 14-3. Moments after tossing his second touchdown of the …

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Cubs-Padres takeaways: Back-to-back homers power Chicago over San Diego in Game 1

Cubs-Padres takeaways: Back-to-back homers power Chicago over San Diego in Game 1

By Dennis Lin, Patrick Mooney and Sahadev Sharma CHICAGO — The sudden pop of back-to-back home runs by Seiya Suzuki and Carson Kelly lifted the Chicago Cubs to a 3-1 victory on Tuesday afternoon at Wrigley Field, pushing the San Diego Padres to the brink of playoff elimination. The crowd of 39,114 remained relatively subdued through four innings as Chicago’s …

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Hurricane forecast: Imelda and Humberto bringing dangerous surf and coastal flooding for US, back-to-back hurricanes for Bermuda

Hurricane forecast: Imelda and Humberto bringing dangerous surf and coastal flooding for US, back-to-back hurricanes for Bermuda

Tropical Storm Imelda is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane as it moves off the Southeast coast this week, kicking up dangerous surf, rip currents, coastal flooding and beach erosion from Florida through the Carolinas. At the same time, Hurricane Humberto, which briefly exploded into a rare Category 5 storm with 160 mph winds Saturday, is now a large Category …

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PREVIEW: Red Wings open back-to-back preseason road set, first battling Penguins on Friday

PREVIEW: Red Wings open back-to-back preseason road set, first battling Penguins on Friday

Continuing to play with their foot on the gas this preseason, the Red Wings bested the Buffalo Sabres, 5-2, at Little Caesars Arena on Thursday. Five different players (Mason Appleton, Michael Brandsegg-Nygård, captain Dylan Larkin, Moritz Seider and Andrew Copp) all scored for Detroit, while goalies Cam Talbot and Michal Postava each played one half of the contest. “It’s really …

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Lincoln Riley rips USC’s back-to-back extreme kickoffs

Lincoln Riley rips USC’s back-to-back extreme kickoffs

USC plays Illinois at noon Eastern time on Saturday, exactly one week after hosting Michigan State in an 11 p.m. ET kickoff. Lincoln Riley made it clear this week that the 23-hour scheduling swing creates real challenges for his program. “Going from the absolute latest kick in the country to the absolute earliest kick in the country has its challenges,” …

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Sydney Sweeney Delivers Back-to-Back Box Office Bombs in Two Weeks

Sydney Sweeney Delivers Back-to-Back Box Office Bombs in Two Weeks

While the months-long tabloid coverage of its stars apparently paid off for the romantic comedy Anyone But You, which emerged as a runaway hit at the end of 2023 and grossed over $200 million worldwide, similar online attention doesn’t seem to have worked in Sydney Sweeney’s favor this time around. The young star headlined the Quentin Tarantino-inspired Western Americana last …

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Bryan Battle released by UFC after back-to-back weight misses

Bryan Battle released by UFC after back-to-back weight misses

Brett OkamotoAug 20, 2025, 06:35 PM ET Close Brett Okamoto has reported on mixed martial arts and boxing at ESPN since 2010. He has covered all of the biggest events in combat sports during that time, including in-depth interviews and features with names such as Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Conor McGregor, Nate Diaz, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao and Georges St-Pierre. …

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