Month: December 2018

5:39 PM ET ESPN News Services GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Gators athletic director Scott Stricklin would welcome a two-for-one series against in-state opponent UCF, which has the nation’s longest winning streak at 25. “I’d be OK with scheduling them in the right situation,” Stricklin said Friday during a Peach Bowl event at Florida Field. Florida
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5:09 PM ET Chamatkar SandhuESPN Jimi Manuwa is hoping to make the third time the charm. After a last-minute opponent change and an injury forcing him to withdraw from the original date, the British light heavyweight is raring to go as he faces Thiago Santos on Saturday night at UFC 231 in Toronto. Following back-to-back
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5:01 PM ET Associated Press DENTON, Texas — Seth Littrell has decided to remain at North Texas after Kansas State had expressed interest in one of the nation’s up-and-coming coaches to replace Hall of Famer Bill Snyder. Littrell told the Mean Green in a meeting Friday that he would not be leaving for the Wildcats.
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4:50 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill has apologized to coach Doug Pederson for calling the Dallas Cowboys “chokers” earlier in the week, acknowledging that he put his coach “in a hard spot.” “It’s a rivalry game. I didn’t think too much about it,” Grugier-Hill said Friday. “I didn’t mean to disrespect this
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5:00 PM ET In the wake of their classic heavyweight championship fight that ended in a draw last Saturday in Los Angeles, world titleholder Deontay Wilder and lineal champion Tyson Fury have both repeatedly said they want to have a rematch in their next fight. If they make one, there won’t be any issue with
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3:21 PM ET JOHANNESBURG — Charl Schwartzel sank a 75-yard eagle on his penultimate hole to card a second round eight under par 63 for the lead at the halfway point of the European Tour’s South African Open at the Randpark Golf Club on Friday. Schwartzel’s 12 under par tournament total is one ahead of
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8:06 PM ET Associated Press CALGARY, Alberta — Calgary defenseman Mark Giordano was suspended for two games by NHL on Friday night for kneeing, while Flames forward Ryan Lomberg was suspended for a game and head coach Bill Peters fined $10,000. Giordano, the Flames’ captain, was assessed a tripping penalty after kneeing Minnesota’s Mikko Koivu
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