Month: September 2018

9:40 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Unified middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez sat just a few feet from each other at Wednesday’s final news conference inside the KA Theater at the MGM Grand, but they might as well have been a million miles away from each other. There will be no shortage
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8:41 PM BST Centres Ryan Crotty and Sonny Bill Williams, and winger Rieko Ioane have been recalled after injury to the All Blacks team for their Rugby Championship clash with South Africa in Wellington on Saturday. Crotty, who suffered a concussion after a sickening head clash with team mate Jack Goodhue in the opening match
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8:21 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The New York Yankees are set to achieve their goal of coming under baseball’s luxury tax threshold for the first time since the penalty started in 2003. A Dodgers-Astros rematch? Sorry, but we can do better. From classics revisited to powerhouse showdowns, we look at the best
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8:09 PM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nashville Predators forward Austin Watson has been suspended without pay for the entire preseason and first 27 games of the regular season for domestic abuse. Commissioner Gary Bettman handed down the suspension Wednesday after an investigation and a hearing with Watson last week. Watson pleaded no contest
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7:54 PM ET Texas offensive lineman Patrick Hudson was released from the hospital and is expected to return to classes on Thursday, the school announced Wednesday. Hudson was hospitalized and treated in intensive care on Sept. 5 after suffering a heat-related illness in practice. The Texas training staff dunked the 6-foot-4, 335-pound sophomore in a
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7:46 PM ET Associated Press The NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes will start training camp a day early in anticipation of Hurricane Florence. General manager Don Waddell says the NHL is allowing the team to hold its first practice Thursday. The Hurricanes were scheduled to begin camp Friday while taking the added step of closing practice to
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7:30 PM ET NFL Nation’s reporters assess the biggest injuries across the league for Week 2. Scan through all 32 teams by division, or click here to jump ahead to your team: AFC EAST Defensive end Shaq Lawson (hamstring) did not practice Wednesday after being injured in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s opener. He started
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7:16 PM ET Ralph Lawler, the voice of the LA Clippers for 40 years, is retiring at the end of the upcoming season, he announced. “It’s hard to imagine life without the Clippers, but this is the time to do it,” Lawler told the Los Angeles Times. Lawler, best known for his “Bingo!” catchphrase, has
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2:32 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports One look at the NASCAR Cup Series playoff standings would let anyone know which three drivers have dominated this season. Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick sit atop the standings with 2,050 points apiece
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