Month: October 2018

6:37 PM ET The Massachusetts State Athletic Commission on Tuesday denied middleweight world titleholder Billy Joe Saunders a boxing license because of his recent failed drug test for the banned performance-enhancing stimulant oxilofrine, meaning his upcoming fight is canceled and that the WBO likely will strip him of its 160-pound belt. Saunders, who will lose
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5:12 PM ET The UFC has booked a heavyweight title fight between champion Daniel Cormier and Derrick Lewis to headline its UFC 230 pay-per-view event on Nov. 3 in New York. UFC president Dana White broke the news to ESPN on Tuesday, and Cormier confirmed directly to ESPN. The heavyweight fight will take place on
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4:10 PM BST Wales international Taulupe Faletau is out of his country’s upcoming November Tests after breaking his arm, his club Bath have announced. The 27-year-old picked up the injury as his side suffered defeat at the hands of Exeter Chiefs on Friday. Faletau was set to feature for Wales against Scotland, Australia, Tonga and
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8:53 AM ET We know the big names getting Heisman buzz. Tua Tagovailoa is running away with the award early, while Kyler Murray and Will Grier and Dwayne Haskins are all patiently waiting for the Alabama offense to have something approaching a bad game. Even a few long shots such as Trace McSorley, Ed Oliver,
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7:34 AM ET It’s pretty tough to beat early October in the hockey world, though it gets even better this weekend as most men’s college hockey teams will be starting their seasons. The official opening of the 2018-19 men’s season was last weekend, with multiple exhibition games and nine nonconference matchups, highlighted by defending national
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The surprise is not that Brooks Koepka was named PGA Tour player of the year on Tuesday. No, the surprise is that Koepka was a player at all in 2018 — and the craziness the enveloped his season. Career-threatening injury. Two major championship titles. Lack of respect. Spectator injury. Ryder Cup drama. Koepka packed a
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8:48 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Ryan Blaney swears he isn’t channeling an inner Cam Newton with the victory celebration tradition he has started. Blaney certainly wouldn’t mind the type of reaction the Carolina Panthers quarterback gets when he
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