Month: March 2023

1:53 AM ET PHOENIX — Playing for Team USA again in the WBC was never a question for third baseman Nolan Arenado. After helping the U.S. win the tournament in 2017, he desperately wanted a chance to defend that title. He’s off to a good start. Arenado, 31, had three hits and several highlight-reel defensive
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1:31 AM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Courtney Ramey made a 3-pointer with 16.7 seconds left to put Arizona in front and the eighth-ranked Wildcats beat No. 2 UCLA 61-59 on Saturday night in the Pac-12 championship game. The Wildcats (28-6) boosted their case for a No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament. UCLA
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11:43 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas hopes to have Hall of Fame basketball coach Bill Self, who missed the entire Big 12 tournament after a medical procedure earlier week, back on the sideline when it begins its NCAA tournament title defense next week. Assistant coach Norm Roberts, who led the third-ranked
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9:32 PM ET LAS VEGAS — They truly do not call Merab Dvalishvili “The Machine” for nothing. Dvalishvili (16-4) earned the biggest win of his career on Saturday, as he dominated former champion Petr Yan (16-5) in a five-round unanimous decision at UFC Fight Night inside The Theater at Virgin Hotels. All three judges scored
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3:33 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Outfielder Corbin Carroll and the Arizona Diamondbacks are in agreement on an eight-year, $111 million contract extension, sources familiar with the deal confirmed to ESPN, tying one of the top prospects in
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9:56 PM ET ESPN News Services LAS VEGAS — Matt Bradley scored 16 points and Jaedon LeDee added 13 to lead No. 20 San Diego State to a 62-57 victory over Utah State in Saturday’s Mountain West tournament championship game. The Aztecs (27-6) claimed their seventh tournament title and second in three years. This also
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5:15 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — Houston head coach Kelvin Sampson led his team to its fifth consecutive AAC tournament title game with a 69-48 win over Cincinnati in the semifinals on Saturday. But the longtime leader of a Cougars program chasing a No. 1 seed on Selection Sunday did it with a heavy
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9:45 PM GMT England coach Steve Borthwick said his team were a long way behind the world’s best sides after France inflicted a record 53-10 drubbing on their hosts at Twickenham in the Six Nations on Saturday. It was England’s third heaviest ever defeat and their biggest at home, giving Borthwick plenty to ponder after
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