Month: January 2019

3:33 PM ET UFC fighter Mackenzie Dern will not be moving up to flyweight after all, as the rising star has decided to remain at strawweight and is targeting a return in March, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Prior to her last fight in May, a win over Amanda Cooper, Dern missed weight by 7
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2:48 PM GMT Concussions remain the most prevalent injury in English rugby, making up almost 20 percent of all reported match injuries according to figures published by the Rugby Football Union. Although there was a small reduction in reported incidents during the 2017-18 season, it is the third year in a row that concussions have
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1:27 PM ET Ryan Songalia LOS ANGELES — Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. met again Tuesday, though briefly, at Staples Center. Pacquiao was in attendance to take part in the Clippers’ Filipino Heritage Night festivities and Mayweather was courtside to watch the Clippers face the Hornets. Pacquiao was invited on court to throw t-shirts
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11:27 AM ET Associated Press New Jersey’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the National Football League didn’t violate state consumer fraud laws with its ticketing policies for the 2014 Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium, a decision that likely will spell defeat for a federal lawsuit that seeks potentially millions of dollars in damages. The case
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2:11 PM ET Steve KimESPN With an increasing number of networks and online platforms investing millions in boxing, the business of the sport has never been so robust and vibrant. It’s also never been as divided as it is at this very moment. There are more ways to watch fights and view boxing content than
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10:25 AM ET Associated Press DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Juan Martin del Potro plans to make his season debut at the Delray Beach Open next month. The hard-court tournament announced Wednesday that its 2011 champion is committed to playing in the first round on Feb. 19. Del Potro, the 2009 US Open champion, is sitting
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10:33 AM ET ESPN News Services A former LSU offensive lineman was shot while duck hunting in Mississippi last month and lost his leg, according to his friend, who says the dog did it. Micah Heckford told The Clarion Ledger that he and several others were on a duck-hunting trip near Eagle Lake on Dec.
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7:00 AM ET Chamatkar SandhuESPN Ahead of the inaugural UFC on ESPN+ event, which takes place on Jan. 19 at the Barclays Centre, Joanne Calderwood is fully aware of what an explosive performance against KSW champion Ariane Lipski could do for her career. Since moving to Las Vegas almost a year ago, the Scottish flyweight
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8:26 AM ET James Harden is having a moment, smack-dab inside one of the great individual stretches of professional basketball we’ve ever seen. After hitting one of the biggest shots of his life last Thursday, he finds himself at the center of the NBA universe. The impossible game-winning 29-footer over the Golden State Warriors sparked
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