Month: February 2022

10:37 AM ET Yoel Romero will look to pick up his first Bellator win when he takes on MMA veteran Melvin Manhoef in the co-main event on May 6 in Paris, the promotion announced Thursday. The bout will be contested at light heavyweight. Romero is a former UFC title challenger. The main event will feature
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7:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN In preparing for his first Super Bowl in February 2014, Seattle Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner didn’t really stress about facing Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos‘ record-setting offense. Wagner’s nervousness surfaced at the opening kickoff. “I was more nervous about that moment when all the flashes happen,” Wagner told ESPN
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7:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN In preparing for his first Super Bowl in February 2014, Seattle Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner didn’t really stress about facing Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos‘ record-setting offense. Wagner’s anxiety surfaced at the opening kickoff. “I was more nervous about that moment when all the flashes happen,” Wagner told ESPN
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8:31 AM ET Although Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden wants a trade to the Philadelphia 76ers, he has resisted making that formal request out of fear of the public backlash that would come with asking out of a second franchise in consecutive seasons, sources told ESPN. Harden is hopeful that 76ers president of basketball operations
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7:30 AM ET Kevin ConnorsESPN Close ESPN studio anchor Writer, ESPN mid-major college basketball top 10 4-year member of the Ithaca men’s basketball team There’s no masking the disappointment. On the biggest night of Mike Davis Sr.’s professional life it’s there, etched across his face, his expression an explanation. Moments earlier, the 41-year-old had taken
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6:24 AM 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 John Riel Casimero will defend his WBO world bantamweight title in front of challenger Paul Butler’s home crowd at the M&S Bank Arena in
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2:50 AM ET The second edition of the Basketball Africa League [BAL] is set to tip off in Dakar, Senegal, on March 5, with the 12 competing teams confirmed and defending champions Zamalek returning. The group phase will take place in Dakar (Sahara Conference – March 5-15th) and in Cairo (Nile Conference – April 9-19th)
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12:31 AM ET ESPN News Services INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Top-ranked Novak Djokovic is on the entry list for the BNP Paribas Open in California, where the Serb would face a vaccine mandate. Djokovic, who was unvaccinated against COVID-19 as of last month, was detained and eventually deported from Australia for failing to meet that
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11:33 PM ET Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Brian Williams is taking over as Maryland’s defensive coordinator. Williams has been on the staff for all three of Michael Locksley’s seasons as head coach. He was outside linebackers coach in 2019, defensive line coach in 2020 and became co-defensive coordinator in 2021. Maryland said Wednesday
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11:46 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — John Isner beat Kevin Anderson to advance to the quarterfinals of his hometown Dallas Open on Wednesday night, outlasting the South African in their first meeting since a marathon in the Wimbledon semifinals in 2018. All three sets went to tiebreakers, with Isner holding on, 7-6 (1), 6-7
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10:55 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN New Orleans Pelicans forward Larry Nance Jr. will undergo right knee surgery on Friday and is expected to miss up to six weeks, sources told ESPN. Nance, whom the Pelicans acquired from the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday in the deal that also sent CJ McCollum and Tony Snell to
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