Month: September 2018

4:31 PM ET It is rare in tennis that you are presented with a second chance, so when ‘lucky loser’ Yannick Maden received his, he did not want to give it up. After crashing out in the final round of qualifying as top seed to compatriot Matthias Bachinger earlier in the day, Maden must have
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3:10 PM ET Former UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk is open to moving up to flyweight to compete for the belt, she told ESPN on Monday. The expected matchup would be against Valentina Shevchenko, who was set to face then-champion Nicco Montano on Sept. 8 before Montano withdrew with health issues the day before. The
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1:32 PM ET Joe Maddon was not happy with Willson Contreras‘ showboating on Sunday. The Cubs catcher blasted a shot to center in the bottom of the fifth inning against the Cincinnati Reds and admired his handiwork — for a while. The only problem was the ball didn’t leave the yard and once it hit
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12:47 PM ET Associated Press Stan Wawrinka advanced to the second round of the St. Petersburg Open by beating Aljaz Bedene 7-5, 7-6 (5) Monday. Bedene served for the first set at 5-4 but Wawrinka won the next three games to take the set. The Swiss player then saved four break points in the second.
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12:50 PM ET Opening Bell: Be careful what you wish for Throughout the lead-up to the rematch between Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez for GGG’s unified middleweight world title in the year’s biggest fight, Golovkin trainer Abel Sanchez criticized the way Alvarez fought in their first fight, a massively controversial draw last September. Alvarez ran,
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