Month: September 2018

11:00 PM ET ESPN staff Alabama got its first test against a Top 25 team and responded with a resounding 45-23 win over Texas A&M. The Crimson Tide look stronger than ever and are an easy No. 1 pick. Clemson and Ohio State cruised to wins, while Georgia shook off a pesky Missouri team to
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11:19 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN SAN JOSE, Calif. — Erik Karlsson made his debut in front of San Jose Sharks fans on Saturday night. Not as a defenseman, but as a model. The crowd roared as Karlsson skated out in the Sharks’ new third jersey, the “stealth” black-on-black sweater, during the first intermission of their
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9:32 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 LONDON — Anthony Joshua has given Deontay Wilder a deadline of December to agree terms to face him on April 13. The WBA-IBF-WBO world
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9:04 PM ET DETROIT — The New England Patriots will be without two key defensive starters for Sunday night’s road game against the Detroit Lions, as they downgraded safety Patrick Chung and defensive end Trey Flowers to out due to concussions. Both players were knocked out of last Sunday’s loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, and
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9:37 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN In a deal that cements him as the franchise’s long-term cornerstone, Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star center Karl-Anthony Towns has agreed to a five-year, $190 million super-maximum extension, league sources told ESPN. Jimmy Butler won’t be at Timberwolves media day Monday and will not take part in the start of training camp,
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11:06 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Kyle Busch passed Brad Keselowski with 38 laps to go and held off hard-charging Kevin Harvick to win the NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Richmond Raceway on Saturday night. Busch won for the 50th time in his career, the sixth time on the 0.75-mile oval and
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8:11 PM ET Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils have signed forward Miles Wood to a four-year, $11 million contract. General manager Ray Shero announced the signing Saturday. Wood will earn $2.5 million annually in the first three years of the contract and $3.5 millon in 2021-22. Wood, who scored a career-high
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