Month: September 2018

3:55 AM ET Jeremy Ebobisse and Diego Valeri scored as the Portland Timbers defeated the visiting Colorado Rapids 2-0 Saturday night. The Timbers (12-7-8, 44 points) continued their up-and-down MLS season. Portland had a 15-match unbeaten run, followed by a four-game losing streak. The Timbers improved to 2-0-1 since snapping the skid. The Rapids (6-15-6,
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2:59 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports NDIANAPOLIS – The NASCAR Cup Series regular-season finale Brickyard 400 has been postponed to Monday afternoon because of rain to at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick will start on the
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2:26 PM ET Restricted free agent forward Rodney Hood has decided to sign his one-year, $3.4 million qualifying offer with the Cleveland Cavaliers, sources told ESPN.com. Hood was looking for a longer contract throughout the summer but couldn’t come to terms with the Cavs, who made a multiyear offer. In a tight market for restricted
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4:45 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports INDIANAPOLIS — Daniel Suarez has heard all the rumors about his future. The thing he feels good about, however, is his belief that he does indeed have one in NASCAR. Whether that’s with
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2:27 PM ET Back in July 2016, there was an interesting media day prior to UFC 201 in Atlanta. Tyron Woodley was set to challenge Robbie Lawler for the welterweight title, and the UFC arranged an opportunity for reporters to speak to both. Rather than really answer any questions, however, Woodley responded to nearly every
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Former Real Madrid and Netherlands coach Guus Hiddink has been tasked with ensuring China qualify for the finals of the 2020 Olympic Games football tournament after being appointed manager of the country’s under-21 team on Monday. Hiddink, 71, becomes the latest big name coach to move to China since the country’s president, Xi Jinping, stated
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2:39 PM ET NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — Persistent rain caused the PGA Tour to suspend the BMW Championship on Sunday, and a poor forecast for Monday may completely derail the third leg of the four-tournament FedEx Cup playoff series. Early tee times on Sunday meant to beat the weather were continually pushed back all day,
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12:04 PM BST With the 2019 Rugby World Cup a little over a year away, England head coach Eddie Jones has revealed he is making his staff prepare for the tournament by learning Japanese. England’s backroom staff have just returned from the country after a 10-day familiarisation trip. “Everything we do now is about preparing
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