Month: December 2018

6:31 AM ET ESPN staff McLaren will enter the world of professional cycling after announcing a joint venture with Team Bahrain-Merida. The deal will see McLaren apply its racing know-how to the cycling team, which counts 2014 Tour de France winner Vicenzo Nibali among its riders. Both the racing and cycling teams are Bahraini-owned, McLaren
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6:30 AM GMT ESPN staff Champion back-rower David Pocock is backing under fire Wallabies coach Michael Cheika but says he has concerns of a different kind over his own neck. Pocock, who won two Rugby Union Players’ Association awards on Wednesday, offered his support for Cheika as Rugby Australia continues a review of the Wallabies’
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  shares © Getty Images A firm handshake from the banned batsman Cameron Bancroft was the extent of the Australian captain Tim Paine’s activity at training on Tuesday, but rather more was undertaken by Mitchell Starc as the only member of the “big three”, with Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins, to bowl. While Paine, the
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11:23 PM ET Pound-for-pound king Vasiliy Lomachenko, who unified two lightweight world titles Saturday night, will return to the ring on April 12 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Top Rank president Todd duBoef told ESPN on Tuesday. Lomachenko will headline the Friday night Top Rank Boxing on ESPN or ESPN+ card against an opponent
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1:29 AM ET SAN ANTONIO — Self-deprecating as usual, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich walked away before the obvious question could leave anyone’s lips just minutes after he moved past Pat Riley for fourth on the NBA’s all-time wins list with San Antonio’s 111-86 triumph Tuesday night over the Phoenix Suns. Informed of his latest milestone,
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11:46 PM ET LAS VEGAS — New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman made one thing abundantly clear Tuesday: He already has his starting catcher on his roster. On the same day when a report circulated suggesting the Yankees might be interested in trading for Miami Marlins catcher JT Realmuto in a move that would
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