Month: October 2018

1:20 AM ET Conor McGregor has his hands full on Saturday night against Khabib Nurmagomedov, but on Monday’s episode of “Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show” he raised a lot of eyebrows when he said he would like to fight Anderson Silva. Conor McGregor told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani he would win this weekend by “devastating KO” over
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12:39 AM ET ESPN News Services Colin Kaepernick, meet President Donald Trump. At least, that’s what rapper Kanye West would want. West doubled his efforts Wednesday for the two to get together by tweeting that the former NFL quarterback, whose protests of racial injustice during the national anthem sparked a movement across the NFL, should
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1:02 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN WASHINGTON — Before the Capitals raised their first Stanley Cup banner in franchise history to the rafters on opening night of the NHL season, each member of the team was introduced to the raucous home crowd. That included Tom Wilson, the physical 24-year-old top-line winger and fan favorite, who received
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11:38 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The Miami Heat were pushing the Minnesota Timberwolves to accept a revised trade offer on Wednesday for All-Star forward Jimmy Butler, league sources told ESPN. Discussions have been ongoing for two weeks, but no trade was close or imminent late Wednesday night, league sources said. Jimmy Butler has told the
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11:01 PM ET Former Clemson running back C.J. Fuller has died at the age of 22, the school confirmed Wednesday night. “Our thoughts, prayers and deepest sympathies are with C.J.’s family,” Tigers coach Dabo Swinney said. “I’ve known C.J. a long time and watched him grow up through the Easley rec leagues [in South Carolina]
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7:50 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The NHL is a mysterious place. Look no further than the Stanley Cup Final last season, which featured one team that previously couldn’t get past the second round winning the Cup over another team that didn’t exist before that season. If you successfully wagered a year ago on the Washington
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9:18 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Heavyweights Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury have wrapped up their three-city publicity tour for their upcoming bout by nearly coming to blows again. During the 56th annual WBC convention in Kiev, Ukraine, the organization determined the plan for each of its world titleholders and ratified its mandatory
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