Month: June 2020

7:12 PM ET Steve KimESPN Junior welterweight contender Ivan Baranchyk suffered an undisclosed injury during a sparring session on Thursday, forcing his July 7 bout against Jose Zepeda to be postponed. The 10-round fight was scheduled to headline a Top Rank on ESPN card at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. “I don’t
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2:08 AM ET A UFC fighter has been removed from a card this weekend due to a positive COVID-19 test in his camp. One of Ramiz Brahimaj‘s cornermen tested positive for coronavirus this week and Brahimaj will no longer be able to compete at UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Hooker on Saturday night in Las
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5:55 PM ET One of the reasons UFC bantamweight contender Jimmie Rivera has not fought in more than a year was revealed Friday: Rivera said he and his wife both had the coronavirus two months ago. Rivera told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani that he tested positive for COVID-19 in April and that his wife, Samantha, contracted
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2:12 PM ET Perhaps trying to extend a peace offering to disgruntled Jamal Adams, the New York Jets continued their efforts Friday to make him feel wanted. Coach Adam Gase, commenting for the first time on Adams’ contract dispute and trade request, heaped praise on the All-Pro safety and made it seem as if a
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9:23 AM ET Jurgen Klopp is not interested in any statues being built of him outside Anfield but has vowed to use Liverpool’s remarkable history to galvanise his squad as they chase further honours after winning the 2019-20 Premier League title. Manchester City‘s defeat at Chelsea on Thursday left Liverpool with an unassailable lead at
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12:15 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Ten days ago, as Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association continued haggling over finances in return-to-play discussions, one official said the whole thing felt like “Game of Thrones.” All this
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12:24 PM ET CROMWELL, Conn. — Denny McCarthy tested positive for the coronavirus and has withdrawn from the Travelers Championship on Friday along with Bud Cauley, who was paired with McCarthy during Thursday’s first round. “I was feeling pretty tired and sore after the round yesterday but didn’t think much of it because I had
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11:11 AM ET Of the 302 NBA players to take tests on Tuesday, 16 have tested positive for the coronavirus, the NBA and NBPA announced in a joint statement Friday. Any player who tested positive will remain in self-isolation until he satisfies public health protocols for discontinuing isolation and has been cleared by a physician.
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11:51 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Tunisian tennis player Majed Kilani has been banned from professional tennis for seven years after the sport’s anti-corruption body concluded he conspired to fix matches in 2016. Kilani was also fined $7,000 by the Tennis Integrity Unit on Friday. The TIU investigation “established that Mr. Kilani conspired with
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11:19 AM ET Steve KimESPN Matchroom Sports on Friday announced a series of fights that will take place in an outdoor setting at Matchroom’s headquarters in Brentwood, England. Matchroom’s “Fight Camp” begins Aug. 1 and is highlighted by a heavyweight clash between Dillian Whyte (27-1, 18 KOs) and Alexander Povetkin (35-2-1, 24 KOs) on Aug.
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9:38 AM ET Associated Press The Davis Cup men’s tennis competition has been canceled this year because of the coronavirus pandemic and will pick up again in 2021. Matches were scheduled for this September and the Davis Cup finals were set for November in Madrid. Now the World Group I and World Group II preliminary
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Jun 26, 2020 Associated Press This year’s Fed Cup finals have been rescheduled for 2021 because of “challenges” related to the coronavirus pandemic. The International Tennis Federation said the women’s team competition will take place April 13-18 in Budapest, Hungary. The 2020 event was originally scheduled for April but was postponed because of the pandemic.
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