Month: September 2021

6:42 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 Josh Warrington was left frustrated after his bid for revenge against Mauricio Lara ended in a technical draw Saturday. The fight was just getting
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4:56 PM ET Oregon star defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux was knocked out of Saturday’s game against Fresno State with an apparent lower leg injury. ESPN NFL draft expert Mel Kiper Jr. listed Thibodeaux, a junior, as his No. 1 prospect, after he finished with 12 quarterback pressures last season. Thibodeaux, an All-American last season, had
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4:33 PM ET ESPN News Services NORMAN, Okla. — No. 2 Oklahoma escaped with a 40-35 win against an unranked Tulane team that nearly pulled off one of the biggest upsets in school history on Saturday. Sooners quarterback Spencer Rattler passed for 304 yards in a game that was relocated from New Orleans because of
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4:53 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Titans activated quarterback Ryan Tannehill from the reserve/COVID-19 list, the team announced Saturday. Tannehill was placed on the list Aug. 26 after testing positive for COVID-19, sources told
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3:31 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay Rays rookie shortstop Wander Franco was back in the starting lineup for Saturday’s game against the Minnesota Twins after clearing MLB concussion protocols. Franco extended his on-base streak to 33 games with a seventh-inning walk Thursday night against the Boston Red Sox. He left
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3:12 PM ET The Miami Hurricanes on Saturday have suspended two more players for team rules violations, including backup running back Jaylan Knighton. Knighton will miss four games, and backup tight end Larry Hodges will miss two games. Earlier this week, Miami coach Manny Diaz said backup safety Avantae Williams would be suspended for six
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2:23 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Former Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle and longtime broadcaster Tunch Ilkin died Saturday, the team confirmed. He was 63. Ilkin, who revealed that he had been diagnosed with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease) in October 2020, was hospitalized recently with pneumonia. He announced in June that
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9:04 AM ET Romeo Beckham is following in the footsteps of his father. Photo by Alex Morton – UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images Romeo Beckham, son of global superstar and Inter Miami CF co-owner David Beckham, has signed with Fort Lauderdale CF, the sister club of Miami that competes in League One of the United Soccer League,
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10:33 AM ET ESPN News Services Central Michigan coach Jim McElwain did not travel with the team for Saturday’s game against Missouri after having an emergency appendectomy on Wednesday. McElwain, who is starting his third season at CMU, was told by doctors to miss Saturday’s game. Newly minted assistant head coach Tim Skipper will lead
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11:05 AM ET Wisconsin starting linebacker Leo Chenal will miss the first two games for the No. 12 Badgers — including Saturday’s opener against No. 19 Penn State — after testing positive for COVID-19, he said on social media. “To all my friends and family, I have tested positive for Covid and will miss the
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8:48 AM ET Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not coach in Monday’s season opener against Louisville. Kiffin said in a statement that he had developed a breakthrough case of COVID-19. “I am grateful to be vaccinated and experiencing over mild symptoms. So much so, I debated over being
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