Month: April 2023

7:34 PM 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 Joe Cordina’s slick combinations helped him earn a split-decision victory over Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov to regain the IBF junior lightweight world title at the Cardiff
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8:27 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — Jeb Burton won his second career Xfinity Series race at Talladega Superspeedway in a Saturday crash-fest that had two red-flag stoppages and took more than three hours to complete. Burton won in double overtime driving for Jordan Anderson Racing, which scored its first career victory when Burton
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8:13 PM ET Associated Press THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Americans Allisen Corpuz and Angel Yin shared the Chevron Championship lead at 10-under 206 after the third round Saturday. Corpuz and Yin each shot 5-under 67 at The Club at Carlton Woods in the major tournament that moved from the California desert to suburban Houston this
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7:53 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, La. — Wyndham Clark and Beau Hossler shot a 10-under 62 in better-ball play Saturday to maintain a one-shot lead through three rounds at the Zurich Classic. “It’s going to be a cool environment and a unique experience frankly to have a chance to win a golf tournament with
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7:11 PM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Jalen Milroe and Ty Simpson, the two Alabama players vying to replace Bryce Young as starting quarterback, struggled during the Crimson Tide’s annual A-Day scrimmage on Saturday, throwing a combined three interceptions while completing fewer than half of their passes. Milroe, a redshirt sophomore and Young’s primary backup last
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6:33 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN A year after having fewer than 2,000 people in attendance for the annual Colorado spring game, the Deion Sanders era began in earnest Saturday as over 45,000 people packed into Folsom Field for this year’s version of the black and gold game. Near-freezing temperatures and snow did not stop the
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6:15 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN MIAMI — Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo will miss his second straight game with a lower back contusion after he was ruled out for Game 3 against the Miami Heat on Saturday night. Antetokounmpo has not played since Sunday, when he injured his back falling to the ground after a
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The editor of a German magazine that published an artificial intelligence-generated ‘interview’ with Michael Schumacher has been sacked. The magazine’s publisher has apologised to the Formula 1 legend’s family. Schumacher, a seven-time world champion, suffered severe head injuries in a skiing accident in December 2013 and has not been seen in public since. Die Aktuelle
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4:58 PM ET Colorado Rockies outfielder Kris Bryant left Saturday’s 4-3 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies during the third inning with back tightness. Bryant, 31, struck out swinging in the first inning and remained in the game before being replaced by Elehuris Montero in the third inning. After an injury-riddled debut season with Colorado in
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4:19 PM ET Associated Press THE WOODLANDS, Texas — In Gee Chun of South Korea hit a million-dollar shot at the Chevron Championship. Chun won $1 million for charity with a hole-in-one on the 17th at the first major of the season Saturday. She jumped around and high-fived members of her team after watching the
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3:22 PM ET Mark Ogden WREXHAM — Wrexham’s Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney watched alongside Ant-Man star Paul Rudd as the team won promotion from the National League to the English Football League with a dramatic 3-1 win against Boreham Wood on Saturday. Wrexham, bought by Reynolds and McElhenney from a supporter-backed Trust
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4:36 PM ET ESPN News Services Manager Derek Shelton’s contract was extended by the Pirates after the team’s 14-7 start — its best since 1992. Shelton’s contract was set to expire after the season. The Pirates announced the new deal Saturday but did not specify a length. “It shows what we’re doing and how we’re
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3:16 PM ET Kimesha Williams, the sister of LA Clippers star Kawhi Leonard, was one of two women sentenced to life without parole for the murder of an elderly woman in a Temecula, California, casino bathroom in 2019. Williams and Candace Townsell were accused of following 84-year-old Afaf Assad into a bathroom at Pechanga Resort
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