Month: August 2023

Mike Coppinger, ESPNAug 8, 2023, 10:53 AM ET Artur Beterbiev’s unified light heavyweight championship defense vs. Callum Smith has been rescheduled for Jan. 13 in Quebec City, promoter Top Rank announced on Tuesday. Beterbiev, 38, was set to put his WBC, WBO and IBF 175-pound titles on the line vs. Smith on Aug. 19. However,
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Associated Press Aug 8, 2023, 11:23 AM ET ATHENS, Ga. — The University of Georgia has fired the football recruiting staffer who survived a January crash that killed player Devin Willock and another recruiting staffer, less than a month after she filed a lawsuit against the university’s athletic association. The school issued a statement saying
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ESPN News Services Aug 8, 2023, 11:12 AM ET Eric Bieniemy’s level of intensity has some Washington Commanders players “a little concerned,” according to head coach Ron Rivera. Rivera told reporters Tuesday that some players have approached him to discuss their issues with Bieniemy, who is entering his first season as Washington’s offensive coordinator after
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Aug 8, 2023, 08:05 AM ET As Team USA prepares for the 2023 FIBA World Cup, so should you. Team USA played Puerto Rico in Las Vegas Monday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in the first of five games making up the USA Basketball Showcase ahead of the World Cup. The 12-player squad,
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Aug 8, 2023, 06:53 AM ET Finnish heavyweight Robert Helenius has stepped in at short notice to fight former world champion Anthony Joshua in London on Saturday after Dillian Whyte was ruled out for failing a drugs test test. Promoters Matchroom said on Tuesday the 39-year-old ‘Nordic Nightmare’, who fought in Finland at the weekend,
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Aug 8, 2023, 09:47 AM ET The New England Patriots have agreed to sign pass-rusher Trey Flowers, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. The deal marks a return to New England for Flowers, who spent his first three seasons with the Patriots before signing a five-year, $90 million deal with the Detroit Lions in 2019.
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Alphonse Pierre Aug 8, 2023, 06:35 AM ET Editor’s note: In honor of hip-hop turning 50, ESPN tapped the culture’s top voices to write about their favorite athlete name-drops in hip-hop history. “Guardin’ the base like Graig Nettles” — Ghostface Killah on “Freestyle” with Raekwon (1995) On the pothole-plastered streets of West Brighton, Staten Island,
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Associated Press Aug 7, 2023, 10:18 PM ET MONTREAL — Venus Williams lost to fellow American Madison Keys on Monday night, falling 6-2, 7-5 in the opening round of the National Bank Open. The 43-year-old Williams, a seven-time Grand Slam champion, dropped to 2-4 in six career matches against the 28-year-old Keys. The 16th-ranked Keys
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ESPN News Services Aug 7, 2023, 11:09 PM ET BOSTON — Kansas City Royals manager Matt Quatraro was ejected Monday night for arguing a checked-swing call on a 3-2 pitch with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning against the Boston Red Sox. It was an important play, too: Instead of an inning-ending
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