Month: December 2018

1:27 AM ET Steve KimESPN In the final bout of HBO’s storied history in boxing, Cecilia Braekhus (35-0, 9 KO) retained her undisputed welterweight championship by easily outboxing Aleksandra Lopes (18-5-3, 1 KO) over 10 rounds in front of a sparse crowd at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, on Saturday night. Two judges had
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12:42 AM ET TORONTO — When the UFC created a 125-pound female weight class one year ago, many believed Valentina Shevchenko would be the one to rule it. Those projections are looking rather accurate. Shevchenko (16-3) claimed the UFC’s flyweight title on Saturday in a dominant decision against former strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk. The 125-pound
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9:08 AM ET TORONTO — Any lingering concerns about the well-being of UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway melted away on Saturday over the course of a brilliant, four-round title defense against Brian Ortega at UFC 231. Holloway (20-3) defended his 145-pound throne for the second time, defeating Ortega via TKO at the end of the
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12:51 AM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Monday will be the final two step for two of the most successful teammates in NBA history when Dwyane Wade‘s self-titled “Last Dance” season before retirement rolls through Los Angeles for a game against LeBron James and the Lakers. “It’s bitter and it’s sweet,” James said following the Lakers’
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12:54 AM ET NEW YORK — Pound-for-pound king Vasiliy Lomachenko had accomplished so much in his first dozen pro fights by winning world titles in three weight classes and setting a variety of all-time boxing records along the way, but there was one thing that had eluded him: unifying belts. But the brilliant Lomachenko now
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11:17 PM ET NEW YORK — Emanuel Navarrete was fighting outside of his native Mexico for the first time but never seemed unnerved by it or the fact that he would be on the biggest stage of his career when he faced junior featherweight world titlist Isaac Dogboe. And Navarrete, the mandatory challenger, took it
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10:02 PM ET Associated Press CALGARY, Alberta — Humboldt Broncos survivor Ryan Straschnitzki was a passenger on a bus that was rear-ended by a truck on his way home from physiotherapy. Straschnitzki, 19, was one of 13 survivors April 6 when the team bus was hit by a semi-trailer at an intersection north of Tisdale,
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9:06 PM ET Associated Press RENTON, Wash. — Seattle Seahawks linebacker Mychal Kendricks is eager to get back to the normalcy provided by life on a football field. Kendricks, 28, is returning from an eight-game suspension due to violations of the NFL’s personal conduct policy stemming from guilty pleas to insider trading charges in September.
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