1:27 PM GMT EDINBURGH — When the Calcutta Cup match kicks off on Saturday, one of Scotland’s two best players, Finn Russell, will be sat watching in Paris. He’s not injured. Gregor Townsend, historically Scotland’s greatest ever fly-half and current coach, will select Adam Hastings for their Test against England. Hastings is no mean replacement,
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2:08 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Jimmie Johnson has been chasing NASCAR history for so long that his relentless pursuit of rewriting the record books has become part of his legacy. Johnson, tied with Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt with seven Cup Series titles, has been racing for sole possession of the
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Feb 7, 2020 Gael Monfils powered on in his quest for a third Open Sud de France title as he made the semifinals on Friday. The Frenchman defeated Slovakian Norbert Gombos in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4. The home favourite, who won the tournament in 2010 and 2014, saved five of six break points he faced
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11:59 AM ET HOUSTON — Jon Jones‘ quest to make more MMA history is official. Jones, the longtime UFC light heavyweight champion, weighed in at 204 pounds Friday morning for his title defense against Dominick Reyes, which is scheduled for Saturday at Toyota Center (10 p.m. ET, order here on pay-per-view). Reyes weighed in at
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Media playback is not supported on this device Rachel Atherton has targeted a return to fitness before downhill mountain biking’s first World Cup race of 2020 on Sunday, 22 March in Lousa, Portugal. The five-time world champion has been out since rupturing her Achilles while competing in Les Gets, France, in July. “It feels like
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9:03 AM ET Steve KimESPN No matter how you may feel about it, fights between professional boxers and mixed martial arts combatants could be here to stay. What was once thought to be a one-off bout between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor in 2017 made hundreds of millions of dollars. Unsurprisingly, with that kind of
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10:32 AM ET The Florida State Seminoles wasted no time after signing day, moving ahead with their 2021 class and landing ESPN 300 linebacker Branden Jennings on Friday. The No. 48 overall recruit becomes the highest-ranked prospect in the Seminoles’ class. “I loved the school, culture, environment and got the family vibe I was looking
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10:44 AM ET Justin Thomas is auctioning off the wedges he used to honor NBA star Kobe Bryant during the Waste Management Phoenix Open, with the proceeds going to the MambaOnThree Fund. The fund was started after Bryant’s helicopter crashed in Calabasas, California, on Jan. 26, killing Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others. The
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10:57 AM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Ernie Els brought big changes to the International team in the Presidents Cup, and then he added one more he wants to see. He doesn’t think someone should be captain more than once. Els tells the golf blog Morning Read that he will not return as
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7:20 AM ET World heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua wants his next fight to be in London in June and Tottenham Hotspur’s 62,000-seater stadium is the most likely venue, promoter Eddie Hearn said. Joshua (23-1, 21 KOs), 30, defeated Mexican-American Andy Ruiz Jr in a December rematch in Saudi Arabia to win back his IBF, WBA,
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9:23 AM ET As red-hot heavyweight prospect Daniel Dubois was pulverizing Kyotaro Fujimoto into a second-round knockout on Dec. 21 in London, British countryman and fellow unbeaten big man Joe Joyce was ringside hoping a showdown with Dubois would be next. And so it is as promoter Frank Warren, Dubois and Joyce appeared at a
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