Month: January 2019

11:15 PM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print MELBOURNE, Australia — John Peers and Henri Kontinen have combined to become the first pair through to the men’s doubles final after beating Leonardo Mayer and Joao Sousa 6-1, 7-6 (6) at the Australian Open. Peers and Kontinen, who combined to win the
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9:18 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — James Harden has reached 30 points for the 21st consecutive game, passing Wilt Chamberlain for the fourth-longest streak in NBA history. Harden’s 3-pointer with about three minutes remaining in the first half of Houston’s game against the Knicks on Wednesday night gave him 32 points. The NBA’s
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10:14 PM ET Manny Pacquiao can still draw a pay-per-view audience. Pacquiao’s dominant unanimous decision victory over Adrien Broner to retain his secondary welterweight world title for the first time Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas generated a robust 400,000 buys on Showtime PPV, a source with knowledge of the
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9:44 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — The Fritz Pollard Alliance, the diversity group responsible for implementation of the NFL’s Rooney Rule, is proposing even more changes for 2019 that will create more opportunities for minorities in both coaching and scouting. Pollard Alliance chairman John Wooten, a former player and front office executive, told ESPN that
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8:47 PM ET Associated Press GREAT ABACO, Bahamas — Rafael Campos won the Bahamas Great Abaco Classic in 25 mph wind Wednesday to become the first Puerto Rican champion in Web.com Tour history. Campos closed with a 2-under 70 at The Abaco Club on Winding Bay for a one-stroke victory. The 30-year-old former Virginia Commonwealth
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8:07 PM ET NEW YORK — When the late Roy Halladay is inducted later this summer into baseball’s Hall of Fame, he will go in as neither a member of the Toronto Blue Jays nor the Philadelphia Phillies, the two teams with which he enjoyed a legendary career. Instead, at the wishes of his family,
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