Month: December 2018

Dec 12, 2018 Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Rocky Fielding is writing his own Rocky story after a remarkable turnaround in his career this year, which he hopes to continue this weekend.
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1:03 AM ET ESPN News Services St. Louis Blues forward Vladimir Tarasenko was called for playing with illegal equipment at a crucial juncture in Friday night’s 4-3 overtime victory over the visiting Colorado Avalanche after picking up teammate Colton Parayko‘s stick in overtime. Blues interim coach Craig Berube said the penalty was called because the
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12:05 AM ET Associated Press SHENANDOAH, Texas — After falling to Mount Union last year in the Division III championship game, Mary Hardin-Baylor not only wanted to get back to the title game — it wanted to beat the Purple Raiders. The Crusaders did that Friday night. Jase Hammack threw for 147 yards and two
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10:13 PM ET The Cleveland Browns, getting ready for a primetime game in Denver, had a special guest at their team meeting on Friday — one who knows a little bit about Showtime. Former Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant spoke to the team for about an hour at their hotel, then took questions from the players.
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10:16 PM ET ESPN News Services The Chicago White Sox have acquired first baseman Yonder Alonso in a trade with the Cleveland Indians, according to multiple reports. It wasn’t immediately known whom the Indians would receive in the trade. Alonso, 31, hit .250 with 23 home runs and 83 RBIs last season for the Indians.
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9:51 PM GMT The All Blacks career of exciting winger Nehe Milner-Skudder is all but over after he signed a three-year French club rugby deal. Toulon has confirmed the 27-year-old’s contract will join them in June next year before their Top 14 campaign, ruling him out of Rugby World Cup contention. The decision has been
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ESPN Staff Writer Juan Adams defeated Chris De La Rocha by third-round TKO on Saturday in Milwaukee. Adams dominated from the start, landing a multitude of strikes on the feet and utilizing ground-and-pound in the second round. He moves to 5-0 overall. De La Rocha has lost three of four. Greg Rosenstein, ESPN Staff Writer14m
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9:08 PM ET Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — Athletics third baseman Matt Chapman had surgery Friday on his left shoulder, his second operation this offseason. Dr. William Workman performed a distal clavicle resection procedure on Chapman’s shoulder, the team said Friday. Chapman is expected to begin swinging a bat in six weeks. The team said
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7:12 PM ET ASHBURN, Virginia — Washington Redskins coach Jay Gruden doesn’t know what his future holds with the organization. He does know he’s in a precarious situation, five years into his contract. But, he said, it hasn’t added any sort of burden with three games remaining in the season. “It doesn’t weigh on me
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