Month: December 2022

5:33 AM ET They’ll move up and down weight classes, searching for the best possible opponent who can give them the most cachet in terms of financial gains, prestige and overall challenge. Welcome to the world of women’s boxing, where the best fight the best, where title fights are a weekly occurrence and unification bouts
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2:53 AM ET ESPN News Services PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Trail Blazers honored Damian Lillard on Monday night, in their first home game since Lillard surpassed Clyde Drexler as the leading scorer in team history. Lillard was saluted with a standing ovation in the first quarter of Portland’s game against the Charlotte Hornets, as
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12:42 AM ET ESPN News Services The game between the San Antonio Spurs and Utah Jazz on Monday night started 40 minutes later than scheduled due to what the Spurs termed “a potential security threat, which has impacted fans entering the AT&T Center.” Players and staff for both teams, stadium employees and a few thousand
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4:19 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones responded to Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Eli Apple calling him out for what he felt was a dirty play in Saturday’s game, saying there were no bad intentions. The NFL is reviewing the play, per a source, which is standard operating procedure in every
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12:48 AM ET ESPN News Services DETROIT — Paul George scored 32 points, and the LA Clippers overcame a 14-point deficit in the final 3 minutes of regulation to beat the Detroit Pistons 142-131 in overtime on Monday night. Clippers coach Tyronn Lue pulled his starters when his team fell behind 126-112, but a lineup
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11:09 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball The Los Angeles Chargers will return to the postseason for the first time since 2018 after earning a playoff berth on Monday with a 20-3 victory over
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12:16 AM ET CLEVELAND — Prior to leading his team to its ninth straight win — a 125-117 triumph over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night — Brooklyn Nets coach Jacque Vaughn acknowledged what he thought was the key to his team’s recent hot play. “Basketball,” Vaughn said before the game. “We have not steered
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9:36 PM ET Associated Press HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Jaroslav Chmelar and Matous Mensik scored 33 seconds apart during a five-minute power play as the Czech Republic stunned Canada 5-2 in the opener for both countries at the world junior hockey championship on Monday. Stanislav Svozil and David Spacek had a goal and an assist
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11:18 PM ET Stephen Holder Lindsey Thiry Close ESPN Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball INDIANAPOLIS — Two teams headed in different directions continued on their paths Monday night as the Los Angeles Chargers (9-6) won their third straight
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10:01 PM ET Several Pitt football players and UTEP basketball coach Joe Golding and his family found themselves in a real-life version of the holiday classic “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” on Christmas Day after flight cancellations left them stranded in Dallas before embarking on a road trip more than 600 miles long. Pitt coach Pat
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