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WASHINGTON — Former President Obama is planning to hit key swing states to boost Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign for the White House, starting Thursday in Pittsburgh.The Harris campaign says Obama will travel around the country over the final 27 days ahead of the election. The former president and Harris have a friendship that goes back more than 20 years, from when they first met while he was running for a Senate seat from Illinois.Obama — along with other key Democrats — was a part of the behind-the-scenes push to persuade President Biden to step away from the 2024 race. Obama’s…
Bugatti on Friday revealed a handful of previously unseen design studies in the lead up to a seminar about the automaker’s history. These design studies and other archival material will be presented to the public November 8-9 at the National Automuseum in Dietzhölztal, Germany. The museum houses the Loh Collection, which features many historically significant Bugattis. 2014 Bugatti Vision Gran Turismo design study The materials shed some light on the different design directions has Bugatti considered during its modern era under Volkswagen Group ownership, including unused ideas for a successor to the Veyron and possible additional model lines. In 2008,…
Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterOct 6, 2024, 12:45 AM ETCloseESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016.LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani unleashed a mighty swing and flung his bat just as ferociously. For a brief moment, before making his way up the first-base line to commemorate his two-out, game-tying three-run homer in Saturday’s second inning, he even sauntered.”I could really feel the intensity of the stadium before the game began,” Ohtani said through an interpreter, “and I thoroughly enjoyed it.”With one swing, Ohtani somehow met…
Mathieu van der Poel made repeated attempts to bend the European Championships road race to his will on Sunday, but the Dutchman’s aggression was eventually snuffed out with 25km to go and the race ended in a bunch sprint.Tim Merlier (Belgium) claimed the title ahead of Van der Poel’s compatriot Olav Kooij, while the world champion had to settle for 30th place in one of his final outings in the rainbow jersey.Although the Hasselt finale had attracted a host of sprinters to the European Championships, Van der Poel aimed to break the race apart on the cobbles and hills of…
The Los Angeles Dodgers face the San Diego Padres in Game 1 of this NLDS showdown taking place today with the 2024 MLB playoffs heaqting up out west on Saturday, October 5 at 5:38 p.m. PT/8:38 p.m. ET (4:38 p.m. CT) with a live broadcast on FS1, and streaming live on demand.• You can watch this Padres vs. Dodgers game live for free with Fubo (free trial), with DirecTV Stream (free trial) or see more streaming options below.After storming back to advance in the playoffs, Dylan Cease will be on the hill to start Game 1 for the Padres in this road test. Meanwhile, top hurler Yoshinobu Yamamoto will be…
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LOS ANGELES — The Padres are right back where they’ve spent the past six months: Trying to reel in the Dodgers. Hey, they’ve done it before. Game 1 of this highly anticipated National League Division Series went to Los Angeles on Saturday. The two rivals staged a slugfest deep into the Southern California night. But the Dodgers’ offense proved too much, coming back from two early deficits as the Padres dropped the series opener, 7-5. “They were better today,” said Fernando Tatis Jr., who went 2-for-4 with a walk, as he continued his torrid 2024 postseason. “We couldn’t close the…
Tennessee football dropped its first game of the season 19-14 at Arkansas on Saturday night.Vols’ quarterback Nico Iamaleava struggled and had 158 passing yards with no touchdowns. Dylan Sampson had 138 rushing yards and two touchdowns to lead the Vols’ rushing attack.Arkansas quarterback Taylen Green threw for 266 yards but had to leave the game in the second half with an injury. He was replaced by Malachi Singleton, who ran in the game-winning touchdown.The Razorbacks had a long 16-play 74-yard drive that took 9:12 off the clock. However, the Vols’ defense held the Razorbacks to a field goal and were…
FAYETTEVILLE — Two years of floundering late-game performances lacking a signature victory finally reached the breaking point for Arkansas football Saturday night. The Razorbacks (4-2, 2-1 SEC) erased a two-score deficit in the second half and rallied past No. 4 Tennessee 19-14 for their first home victory over a top-five team since 1999.Malachi Singleton, taking over for Taylen Green after the starting quarterback left with an injury early in the fourth quarter, scored the game-winning touchdown on an 11-yard run with 1:17 remaining. It was Arkansas’ defense that won the game. Tennessee entered the night leading the country in scoring offense and…
UCI president David Lappartient has formally announced his candidacy to replace Thomas Bach as the president of the International Olympic Committee. Lappartient is among seven candidates for role, with the election to take place during the 143rd IOC Session in Greece in March.Lappartient’s Olympic ambitions have long been rumoured, and speculation about a presidential bid intensified last year when he took over as president of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF), a role he was permitted to carry out alongside his UCI duties.The Frenchman remained coy about his IOC candidacy as recently as this weekend, when he was…