Month: October 2018

2:59 AM ET LOS ANGELES — For most of two afternoons at Dodger Stadium, the conversation centered on the man who wasn’t getting the ball in Game 1 of the National League Division Series. Clayton Kershaw, a walking Hall of Famer pitching on the edges of his prime, had been the guy to get the
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2:17 AM ET A sizzling 10-round bantamweight bout between Oscar “El Jaguar” Negrete (18-1-1, 7 KOs) and Joshua “El Profesor” Franco (14-1-1, 7 KOs) was ruled a split draw. The scores were 96-94 for Franco, 96-94 for Negrete, and 95-95. Each boxer threw more than a thousand punches: 1,146 for Negrete, and 1,111 for Franco.
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2:08 AM ET As anticipation builds for his return to the Octagon, former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has pumped the brakes on a potential trilogy bout with archnemesis Daniel Cormier. Jones, in an interview with ESPN’s Ariel Helwani, said he doesn’t care to set up a third fight with Cormier, the current lightweight
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1:18 AM BST Wallabies prop Tom Robertson’s World Cup hopes are in jeopardy after suffering a potentially serious knee injury in Argentina. Robertson went down early on Friday morning (AEST) as the team went through their paces at the San Isidro rugby club in Buenos Aires – their last field session before heading to Salta
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Oct 5, 2018 Bernard Foley’s three-week benching has given the Wallabies five-eighth a much-needed opportunity to refresh his body and mind, according to coach Michael Cheika. Foley has earned a recall to the starting side for Australia’s must-win Rugby Championship clash against Argentina on Sunday morning (AEST) in Salta. Foley was dropped to the bench
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1:01 AM ET LOS ANGELES — After he made history by becoming the first openly gay active male athlete in North America’s four major professional sports in 2014, Jason Collins thought there would be more professional gay male athletes to follow him. Our NBA experts answer the big questions as the season approaches. LeBron James
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