Month: October 2021

The Rugby Championship has been run and won for another year, with the All Blacks securing their seventh title despite the weekend’s loss to the Springboks. SANZAAR on Tuesday declared the tournament had delivered “high-quality” rugby to fans across the southern hemisphere, lauding its ability to play the Championship across three countries amid the difficulties
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4:52 PM ET Bryson DeChambeau hinted at it during the Ryder Cup, and now it is going to happen: a golf match between DeChambeau and year-long adversary Brooks Koepka. The 12-hole match (not 18) between the two golfers who feuded for much of 2021 will take place on Nov. 26, the day after Thanksgiving, at
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11:30 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Xander Bogaerts and Kyle Schwarber homered off Yankees ace Gerrit Cole, and Nathan Eovaldi took a shutout into the sixth inning to help the Boston Red Sox beat New York 6-2 Tuesday night in the AL Wild Card Game. Bogaerts also made a perfect relay to throw out
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11:24 PM ET ESPN News Services MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Milwaukee Bucks‘ preseason game at the Memphis Grizzlies was suspended at the conclusion of the third quarter due to a fire alarm issue at FedExForum, the league announced Tuesday night. After a lengthy delay, the league, in consultation with the Bucks and Grizzlies, decided not
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8:59 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Brian Windhorst Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books The Brooklyn Nets remain unclear on All-Star guard Kyrie Irving‘s ultimate intentions to get vaccinated and
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7:41 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Vasiliy Lomachenko and Richard Commey have agreed to a deal for a Dec. 11 fight at Madison Square Garden, multiple sources told ESPN on Tuesday. The clash of former lightweight champions will air following the Heisman Trophy presentation, one of the most coveted dates and time slots on Top Rank’s
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8:22 PM ET Associated Press BASTROP, Texas — Eddie Robinson, the oldest living former major league player whose more than six decades in professional baseball included being general manager for two teams, has died. He was 100. The Texas Rangers, the team for which Robinson was GM from 1976-1982, said he died Monday night at
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8:43 PM ET ESPN News Services MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Corbin Burnes will start Game 1 of the National League Division Series with the Atlanta Braves on Friday. The Brewers announced Tuesday that Burnes (11-5, 2.43 ERA) will start the opening game and that right-hander Brandon Woodruff (9-10, 2.56) will start Game 2 on
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8:18 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs defensive end Frank Clark pleaded not guilty Monday in Los Angeles to two counts of possession of an assault weapon, the L.A. County district attorney’s office said. The pleas stem from incidents in March and June of this year, during which Clark was arrested both times on
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8:36 PM ET ESPN News Services Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday that Tommy John surgery is “not on the table” for ace Clayton Kershaw and that he is hoping first baseman Max Muncy can rejoin the team later this month. Roberts provided the updates on two key players who will be missing
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8:52 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys have released linebacker Jaylon Smith, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The move comes as a surprise since Smith has not missed a game in his career and the Cowboys are on the hook for his full $7.2 million base salary. The team had some trade
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12:26 PM ET The UFC has quickly rebooked a middleweight contest between Kyle Daukaus and Kevin Holland, after their first meeting ended in a no-contest at a UFC Fight Night last weekend. Contracts have not been signed, but both sides have verbally agreed to run it back on Nov. 13 in Las Vegas, multiple sources
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