Month: December 2020

9:21 PM ET A trilogy fight between Canelo Alvarez and Gennadiy Golovkin seems less likely after Alvarez and his trainer expressed Friday that he wants to remain at super middleweight after his Dec. 19 fight against Callum Smith and that his priority is to unify the division. Alvarez is currently a secondary titleholder in the
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9:03 PM ET Yoel Romero‘s UFC run has come to an end Romero and the promotion have parted ways, his manager, Malki Kawa, confirmed to ESPN on Friday. Romero had three fights left on his deal, sources said. “While we didn’t expect Romero’s time in the UFC to end like this,” Kawa told ESPN, “we
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7:56 PM ET Associated Press THE COLONY, Texas — Jessica Korda was prepared for another bone-chilling round at Old American Golf Club. Maybe, a bit too prepared. “My immediate regret when I was on the front nine, my kneecaps started to sweat and I didn’t have pants I could take off,” Korda said. “What a
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6:38 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jimmie Johnson will open his first year of semi-retirement by racing the Rolex 24 at Daytona as part of an Action Express Racing lineup revealed Friday that should be among the best in the field. The seven-time NASCAR champion will be teamed with Simon Pagenaud, Kamui Kobayashi
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7:49 PM ET Associated Press Major League Baseball and all 30 of its teams are suing their insurance providers, citing billions of dollars in losses during the 2020 season played almost entirely without fans due to the coronavirus pandemic. The suit, filed in October in California Superior Court in Alameda County and obtained Friday by
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7:28 PM ET Kawhi Leonard said he loves the challenge of bouncing back from the LA Clippers‘ stunning 3-1 NBA playoff series collapse to the Denver Nuggets and will see “how strong” the Clippers are. As the Clippers prepare to start training camp Sunday, Leonard and Paul George discussed the team’s failure to live up
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6:39 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Billy Joe Saunders stayed in contention to face Saul “Canelo” Alvarez by retaining his world super-middleweight title via a slick, unanimous points win over
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6:23 PM ET Associated Press The Atlantic Coast Conference says it has postponed the men’s basketball game between the No. 15 Virginia Cavaliers and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons set for Dec. 16. The announcement comes amid positive COVID-19 tests, contact tracing and quarantines within the Wake Forest program. The Demon Deacons announced earlier this
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5:31 PM ET NEW YORK — In lieu of speaking to reporters as a part of media week, Nets guard Kyrie Irving elected to send out a written statement on Friday afternoon. “Instead of speaking to the media today, I am issuing this statement to ensure that my message is properly conveyed,” the statement said,
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5:13 PM ET Marv Marinovich, captain of USC‘s 1962 national championship team and a former NFL player and strength coach, died Thursday at 81, the school announced. Marinovich died in Mission Viejo, Calif., of natural causes. He played both offensive and defensive line for USC, which went 11-0 and defeated Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl
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3:57 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders running back Josh Jacobs, the NFL’s fifth-leading rusher with 782 yards, has been ruled out of Sunday’s game at the winless New York Jets after suffering a right ankle injury last week, coach Jon Gruden said Friday. Safety Johnathan Abram, who has a knee injury, also
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4:56 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Trace McSorley went from being the Baltimore Ravens’ No. 3 quarterback to their only quarterback on the active roster Friday, although reigning NFL MVP Lamar Jackson could get activated off the reserve/COVID-19 list this weekend. The Ravens placed top backup Robert Griffin III on injured reserve Friday after
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