Month: January 2022

1:46 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Sergey Kovalev and Meng Fanlong are finalizing a 185-pound catchweight fight on March 12 in Los Angeles, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The Triller Fight Club headliner will be Kovalev’s first bout since November 2019, when Canelo Alvarez brutally knocked him out to capture a light heavyweight title. Kovalev, a
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1:55 AM ET Associated Press DENVER — Nikola Jokic had 49 points, 14 rebounds and fed Aaron Gordon for a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 1.9 seconds left in overtime for his 10th assist, giving the Denver Nuggets a 130-128 victory over the LA Clippers on Wednesday night. Jokic drew a double-team, then whipped a pass across
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11:59 PM ET WASHINGTON — Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving says he is embracing the pressure that comes with trying to carry the team’s offense amid Kevin Durant‘s absence due to a left knee injury. “I like the pressure,” Irving said after scoring 30 points in 38 minutes during a 119-118 win over the Washington
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10:37 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Just 15 months removed from guiding the Los Angeles Lakers to the NBA championship, coach Frank Vogel once again found himself answering questions about his job security on Wednesday night. “I don’t feel like I’m under siege,” Vogel said before the Lakers hosted the Indiana Pacers. “It’s not hard
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8:01 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — Capitals defenseman Dmitry Orlov has been suspended two games for kneeing Winnipeg Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers. The NHL Department of Player Safety announced the suspension Wednesday after holding a hearing with Orlov and his representatives. Orlov was not penalized for the knee-on-knee hit late in regulation of
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11:56 PM ET Defensive back Latrell McCutchin announced Wednesday he is transferring to USC, becoming the second Oklahoma player to follow coach Lincoln Riley and join the Trojans. Freshman receiver Mario Williams was the first from the Sooners to pick USC as his transfer destination, and now McCutchin is adding to the list. He was
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10:59 PM ET Samantha Stosur‘s decorated singles career is over after a second-round defeat in her farewell Australian Open at Melbourne Park. The 2011 US Open champion bowed out with a 6-2 6-2 loss to Russian 10th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on Thursday. Stosur received a standing ovation from the Kia Arena crowd before departing after
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11:16 PM ET ESPN News Services The NFL filed a motion asking a Nevada court to dismiss former Raiders coach Jon Gruden’s lawsuit against the league, saying accusations that the NFL leaked Gruden’s old, offensive emails are “baseless” and “should be dismissed for failure to state a single viable cause of action.” The league responded
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4:28 PM ET ESPN News Services The NHL on Wednesday revealed new dates for 98 games postponed for coronavirus-related reasons, keeping the end of the regular season on schedule for April 29. The changes include moving 23 other games around and 95 games filling the Feb. 7-22 gap that previously was scheduled for the Olympic
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4:51 PM ET PITTSBURGH — While Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin says all options are on the table in adding another quarterback to fight for the starting job next season, the in-house candidates are prepared to compete for the position themselves. Ben Roethlisberger hasn’t formally announced his retirement, but Tomlin said Tuesday he is proceeding
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8:12 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN Chicago Bulls guards Zach LaVine and Lonzo Ball will not travel with the team for its upcoming road trip while each recovers from his respective knee injury, coach Billy Donovan said prior to Wednesday night’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. It will leave the Bulls without their starting backcourt for,
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7:20 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Promoter Kalle Sauerland announced last week that Tony Yoka accepted an IBF heavyweight title eliminator with Filip Hrgovic, a rematch of the 2016 Olympic super heavyweight semifinal, but the fight is now in jeopardy due to a contract dispute. Yoka, an Olympic gold medalist, signed to fight Martin Bakole on
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News Call-up for the Brisbane Heat allrounder backs up selectors’ talk of specialist T20 players Grace Harris will replace injured batter Beth Mooney, called into Australia’s Ashes squad hours out from the series opener in Adelaide. Harris was confirmed as Mooney’s replacement on Thursday, added ahead of Elyse Villani and Georgia Redmayne for the T20
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7:24 PM ET A woman who fell to her death at Petco Park while holding her toddler son last September died by suicide, according to a statement Wednesday from the San Diego Police Department. Authorities ruled her 2-year-old son’s death a homicide. San Diego residents Raquel Wilkins, 40, and her son, Denzel Browning-Wilkins, fell around
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