Month: January 2019

9:52 AM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Australian Open finalist Petra Kvitova won eight straight games to take control of the match before needing a tiebreaker to finally beat Victoria Azarenka 6-2, 7-6 (3) on Wednesday in the second round of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy. Kvitova, playing her opening match after a
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9:41 AM ET As a possible solution to avoid the type of missed call from the NFC Championship Game, the NFL is expected to consider a plan that would allow limited coaches’ challenges for incorrect judgment calls that also could include a penalty or time run off if the coach is wrong, per a league
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10:00 AM ET Relief pitchers are increasingly like NFL running backs — their performance can have high impact, sometimes for a relatively short window of time, and they are mostly compensated as if they are disposable. Teams will search for just the right bullpen piece, and when they find him, he’ll get the ball time
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9:02 AM ET Welcome to a weekly feature where we have some fun with underlying numbers. We highlight a couple of trends, then dig beneath the surface to get a better sense of what they ultimately mean, what’s causing them and how likely it is that they’ll continue. Think of them as bite-sized deep dives.
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5:15 PM ET LONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Formula One will for the first time hold a season launch event with all the teams and drivers in Melbourne ahead of the opening Australian Grand Prix in March, the sport has announced. The free public event on Wednesday, March 13, will involve all 20 race drivers
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3:47 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Tuesday marked the 140th game of Brandon Ingram’s NBA career. But it was the first game he’s played since Anthony Davis set the basketball world on fire by requesting a trade on Monday that linked the Los Angeles Lakers forward in just about every plausible trade scenario to land
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