Month: April 2022

11:54 AM ET Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia — Andrey Rublev and Fabio Fognini will face off in the Serbia Open semifinals after they each picked up wins in Friday’s quarterfinals. Rublev held serve throughout as he swept aside Taro Daniel 6-2, 6-3 for his 21st win of 2022. That ranked him second on tour, behind
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12:16 PM ET Associated Press COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Baseball’s Hall of Fame is restructuring its veterans committees for the third time in 12 years. The Hall said Friday it is revamping the panels into the Contemporary Baseball Era from 1980 on and Classic Baseball Era for before 1980. The Contemporary Baseball Era will hold a
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11:47 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN The Charlotte Hornets have fired coach James Borrego, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Borrego, 44, was 138-163 over his four seasons in Charlotte — the last three of which came as the Hornets were rebuilding in the wake of franchise icon Kemba Walker‘s leaving for Boston in free agency in
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10:40 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LONDON — Tyson Fury was a career-high 277 pounds when he scored a knockout of Deontay Wilder in October. “The Gypsy King” was decidedly slimmer at Friday’s weigh-in ahead of Saturday’s heavyweight title defense vs. Dillian Whyte at Wembley Stadium (2 p.m. ET, ESPN+ PPV). Fury tipped the scales at
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11:31 AM ET The UFC has announced it will stage an eight-man tournament across four men’s weight classes later this year, in the hope of signing new Asian talent. The “Road to the UFC” initiative will start on June 9 and June 10, and will take place at Singapore Indoor Stadium. The UFC is hosting
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9:35 AM ET Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta said he had reservations over taking the job so soon after former manager Arsene Wenger’s departure. Wenger left the club in 2018 after almost 22 years in charge, initially winning two league and cup Doubles and completing a Premier League title-winning season unbeaten before latter-day struggles saw the
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9:13 AM ET Blake Baumgartner In an effort to clarify things regarding injuries, the NCAA playing rules oversight panel approved three measures Wednesday that will take effect in 2022. Targeting, faking injuries and blocking below the waist were at the center of the rule changes. Previously, anyone ejected for targeting during the second half of
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9:45 AM ET Seven-time Pro Bowl safety Earl Thomas wants to resume his NFL career after being out of the league for the past two seasons. “I’m ready,” Thomas texted ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday. “I’m in shape. My timing is on point — I’m proud of that.” Thomas, who turns 33 in May, hasn’t
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9:24 AM ET Milwaukee freshman guard Patrick Baldwin Jr. is entering the 2022 NBA draft, he announced on Twitter on Friday. Baldwin entered college as a top-five recruit playing for the Panthers under his father, Pat Baldwin Sr., but injuries limited him to 11 games last season, when he averaged 12.1 points and 5.8 rebounds
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7:50 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. Tyson Fury defends the WBC and lineal heavyweight championship against mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte on Saturday at Wembley Stadium in London (ESPN+ PPV, 2 p.m. ET) in front of an expected 94,000 fans. Fury (31-0-1, 22 KOs), 33, of Manchester, England, is coming off two impressive stoppages of Deontay
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