Month: May 2022

1:07 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Dmitry Bivol, in one of the biggest boxing upsets in recent memory, scored a unanimous decision over the sport’s top star, Canelo Alvarez, on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena. All three judges score the fight 115-113, but the bout wasn’t nearly that close. Still, Bivol needed to win
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3:19 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez, sunglasses covering some of the redness and welts that peppered his face, found himself in unfamiliar territory. For the first time since a 2013 loss to Floyd Mayweather at age 23, Alvarez sat on the dais afterward and explained how — and why — he
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7:34 PM ET Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said his Liverpool side would still chase an unprecedented Quadruple despite seeing their Premier League title hopes suffer a huge blow on Saturday. Klopp’s side have already won the League Cup and are in the FA Cup and Champions League finals and victory over Tottenham on Saturday would
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1:55 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors almost made history on the way to their 142-112 rout of the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals. The Warriors shot 63.1% from the field and had a 76.1 true shooting percentage — the second-best in both categories in
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1:23 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — The Memphis Grizzlies are concerned about their star point guard Ja Morant, who limped off the court with over five minutes remaining in a blowout loss to Golden State after Jordan Poole grabbed Morant’s right knee during a trap near half court. Morant left without talking to reporters but
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10:07 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN MILWAUKEE — The Boston Celtics made everything difficult offensively for Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo through the first two games of this series, but Antetokounmpo broke through with a dominant performance in Game 3, scoring 42 points to lead the Bucks to a 103-101 victory Saturday. An extra off-day between
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8:38 PM ET Monty Williams said the Phoenix Suns were still reeling from their 103-94 Game 3 loss in the Western Conference semifinals to the Dallas Mavericks during Saturday’s practice. Which, the coach added, is just the way he would like his team to be heading into Sunday’s pivotal Game 4. “We like guys that
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9:15 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN MILWAUKEE — Every member of the Boston Celtics inside Fiserv Forum on Saturday afternoon was incredulous. With the clock ticking down and the Celtics training by three, Boston’s Jaylen Brown handed the ball off to Marcus Smart on the perimeter. Immediately, Smart attempted to get his shot off with Milwaukee
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2:49 PM ET ESPN News Services MADRID — After beating Rafael Nadal on Friday, Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz did it again with an upset of world No. 1 Novak Djokovic at the Madrid Open tennis tournament Saturday. After defeating Nadal, his idol, in the quarterfinals, the 19-year-old Alcaraz rallied to beat Djokovic 6-7 (5), 7-5,
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7:09 PM ET Associated Press DULUTH, Ga. — David Toms flipped the script Saturday at the Mitsubishi Electric Classic with a four-shot swing on the 15th hole and closed with pars for a 1-under 71 that gave him a two-shot lead over Ken Duke going into the final round on the PGA Tour Champions. Toms
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7:32 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — The NBA announced Saturday night that the Philadelphia 76ers have been fined $50,000 for violating league injury reporting rules for their handling of Joel Embiid in the lead-up to the club’s 99-79 Game 3 victory over the Miami Heat Friday. The NBA said the 76ers “failed to disclose
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