Month: February 2022

12:36 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Canelo Alvarez has verbally agreed to a two-fight deal with Matchroom Boxing for DAZN PPV bouts on May 7 against Dmitry Bivol and Sept. 17 against Gennaidy Golovkin, sources told ESPN. Bivol, a light heavyweight titleholder, signed the contract, but talks are ongoing between Golovkin and DAZN to resolve issues,
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9:15 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Brad Keselowski drove his new team to victory lane Thursday night in a Daytona 500 qualifying race. It was the first win for Keselowski as part-owner of Jack Roush’s organization. The team has been rebranded Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing, and Keselowski now drives its flagship No.
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8:05 PM ET Associated Press DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Reilly Opelka’s winning streak in tiebreakers ended. His winning streak at the Delray Beach Open continued. The second-seeded Opelka rode an unbeatable first serve into the Delray quarterfinals Thursday, beating Jack Sock 6-7 (6), 7-6 (4), 6-1. It was Opelka’s sixth consecutive victory at Delray, where
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10:51 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Joaquin Niemann had an idea how Riviera was playing Thursday when he saw no one from the morning draw posting better than a 5-under 66. He hit the ball so well in the Genesis Invitational that he didn’t even bother paying attention to anyone else. When his
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10:14 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and a few team owners and executives met Thursday with civil rights leaders, who urged the league to make drastic changes to its hiring practices to improve diversity in leadership positions. Goodell was joined on the video call by Pittsburgh Steelers president Art
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9:53 PM ET Anthony Davis will be out at least four weeks after an MRI showed that the Los Angeles Lakers star has a mid-foot sprain, the team announced Thursday. Davis suffered the injury in the team’s 106-101 win against the Utah Jazz on Wednesday. He underwent X-rays at Crypto.com Arena that revealed no fracture,
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2:19 PM ET Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association intend to hold multiple bargaining sessions – perhaps every day – as early as Monday, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. While exact plans are not finalized, multiple owners and players expect to fly in for sessions leading up to MLB’s stated Feb. 28 deadline.
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4:35 PM ET New England Revolution goalkeeper Matt Turner said he’s “not concerned” about what his pending move to Arsenal might mean for his spot on the United States national team. Turner is set to officially join the Gunners this summer, meaning he’ll play around 20 games with the Revs before his departure. Once he
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7:12 PM ET Annika Sorenstam has entered this year’s U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles in North Carolina. The USGA said Thursday that Sorenstam filed her entry to compete in the June event, which will mark her first time playing in the Open since 2008. The 51-year-old Sorenstam ended a 13-year retirement last year when
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3:04 PM ET Associated Press BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A devastating fire Thursday swept through the iconic clubhouse at Oakland Hills Country Club, the suburban Detroit golf course that is one of Michigan’s most exclusive clubs and the site of many professional tournaments. Flames ripped through the roof at the sprawling, multistory clubhouse in Bloomfield
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9:53 AM ET It’s been more than a month since the end of the 2021 fantasy football season and already, much has changed. Fantasy player value changes with every news item, every rumor, every game, every play, and that includes in the playoffs. While you never want to put too much stock in one game
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6:26 PM ET The attorney for Chris Lammons said the Kansas City Chiefs cornerback appeared in court in Las Vegas on Thursday after being charged with battery resulting in substantial bodily harm and conspiracy to commit battery. The charges stem from a Feb. 6 incident in Las Vegas in which three others have been charged,
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5:17 PM ET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — Second-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway pulled out of the Rio Open clay-court tournament on Thursday with an abdominal injury. Ruud told a news conference that he was still feeling the effects of an injury he picked up during Sunday’s final of the Argentina Open, which he
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5:35 PM ET The Los Angeles Rams, quarterback Matthew Stafford and his wife, Kelly, said Thursday that they would pay a photographer’s medical bills and replace her cameras after she fell off the stage at the team’s Super Bowl celebration Wednesday. Kelly Smiley, a photo editor for the NFL, NBA and NHL and a freelance
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