Month: May 2021

12:07 AM ET Sergio Pettis is officially out of the shadow of his accomplished older brother. Using a technical and precise counter boxing game, Pettis outpointed Juan Archuleta to capture the Bellator bantamweight title in the main event of Bellator 258 on Friday night at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. Pettis won the bout via
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11:02 PM ET Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. — Reigning NASCAR Truck Series champion Sheldon Creed won for the first time this season, moving past Ben Rhodes on a restart three laps from the end and holding on for victory at Darlington Raceway on Friday night. Creed raced to his sixth career victory. He’d been shut
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11:00 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Giants turned their idyllic waterfront park into baseball’s biggest birthday bash Friday night as the team celebrated Willie Mays turning 90 years old the day before. Mays, baseball’s oldest living Hall of Famer, took a victory lap of sorts around Oracle Park before the Giants played
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9:09 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Los Angeles Angels have acquired catcher Drew Butera from Texas in exchange for cash considerations. The Angels also designated catcher Jack Kruger for assignment Friday. Butera, 37, will back up Kurt Suzuki in Anaheim while catchers Max Stassi and Anthony Bemboom are sidelined by injuries. Stassi
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8:24 PM ET ESPN News Services CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Phil Mickelson was 11 shots worse than his previous round at Quail Hollow. Bryson DeChambeau made an 8 on his 16th hole and headed straight for the exit. Turns out nothing was as bad as it seemed Friday in the Wells Fargo Championship. Morning gusts gave
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7:27 PM ET Buffalo is set to hire Michigan co-defensive coordinator Maurice Linguist as its next head coach, sources told ESPN on Friday. Linguist, a former Baylor safety and assistant for the Bulls, arrived in Michigan in January as part of the team’s defensive staff overhaul. He coached defensive backs for the Dallas Cowboys in
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6:59 PM ET Arrest warrants were filed in Cleveland County on Friday for former Oklahoma football players Seth McGowan and Trejan Bridges on felony charges of robbery, conspiracy and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Lincoln Riley said on Thursday that the players were no longer on the roster, telling reporters, “they’re not members
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6:15 PM ET Associated Press As Darlington Raceway prepares for its first of two NASCAR visits this season, track officials announced Friday they plan to fully open the grandstands for the Southern 500 on Labor Day weekend. The raceway will hold the Goodyear 400 on Sunday to limited spectators. Darlington President Kerry Tharp said that
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6:11 PM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Defending champion Steve Stricker birdied the final hole Friday for a 3-under 69 to move into a four-way tie for the lead halfway through the Regions Tradition. Stricker joined Madison, Wisconsin, neighbor Jerry Kelly, Monday qualifier Alex Cejka and first-round leader Darren Clarke atop the leaderboard in
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5:48 PM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print NEW YORK — Vancouver Canucks forward Zack MacEwen was suspended for one game without pay by the NHL on Friday for kneeing Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse. The incident came midway through the second period Thursday night in the Canucks’ 6-3 victory in
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6:50 PM ET Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell will miss at least one more week after having his sprained right ankle re-evaluated by the Jazz’s medical staff Friday, the team announced. Utah said Mitchell “continues to make progress towards a return” and would be re-evaluated in one week. Mitchell suffered the injury April 16 against
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