Month: September 2018

2:23 AM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Houston is heating up as October approaches. The Astros clinched another AL West title and reached 100 wins for the second straight season, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1 Tuesday night behind Alex Bregman‘s two-run homer. Houston improved to 100-57 and was assured of first place hours later
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2:05 AM ET With the UFC still in need of a headliner for its UFC 230 pay-per-view event on Nov. 3 at Madison Square Garden, Nate Diaz and Dustin Poirier attempted to take matters into their own hands on Tuesday — completely unknown to the UFC. Diaz, of Stockton, California, announced via Twitter he and
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12:04 AM ET Former welterweight world titleholder Victor Ortiz, who is scheduled to headline a Premier Boxing Champions card on Sunday night, turned himself into the Oxnard (California) Police Department on Tuesday and was booked on three felony sexual assault charges. His bail was set at $100,000. Ortiz is scheduled to fight John Molina Jr.
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11:17 PM ET Another heavyweight fight is headed to Adelaide, Australia. Carlos Condit and Michael Chiesa will square off in a welterweight bout on Dec. 29 at UFC 232, multiple sources tell ESPN’s Ariel Helwani. The UFC has booked Mark Hunt vs. Justin Willis for the Dec. 2 event, multiple sources told ESPN. The fight
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10:11 PM ET Former Los Angeles Lakers, Indiana Pacers and Kansas City Kings coach Jack McKinney, whose career was almost derailed by a devastating bicycle injury, has died, St. Joseph’s University confirmed. He was 83. McKinney was a protege of Hall of Fame coach Dr. Jack Ramsay and succeeded Ramsay as basketball coach at St.
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10:02 PM ET In what could be perceived as criticism of the coaching staff, New York Jets safety Jamal Adams said Tuesday the defense wasn’t prepared for rookie quarterback Baker Mayfield, who came off the bench on Thursday to spark the Cleveland Browns to their first win in 20 games. With the struggling Patriots preparing
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9:26 PM ET Clemson quarterback Kelly Bryant, demoted from the starting job earlier this week, missed practice Tuesday for undisclosed reasons. A team spokesman confirmed that Bryant was not Tuesday’s workout. Tigers coach Dabo Swinney said he had given Bryant the day off Monday to process the decision to have true freshman Trevor Lawrence start
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10:40 PM ET WASHINGTON — Chalk up another milestone for Max Scherzer. The Washington Nationals ace recorded his 300th strikeout of the season Tuesday night. The landmark whiff came in the top of the seventh inning, when Scherzer got Miami Marlins rookie Austin Dean swinging on a 3-2 slider that ended a 10-pitch at-bat. He
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