Month: January 2019

3:00 AM ET Big Picture Never mind the 2007 World Cup, India have been a very good ODI side pretty consistently since the 2003 World Cup. Yet, there is a headiness now that can be compared to the dominant Australians of the 1990s and 2000s, which could pitch an Australia A side in an international
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Australia exited the Asian Cup at the quarter-final stage at the hands of the UAE. Graham Arnold says Australia faces being overtaken by other Asian nations with better-funded football programs. Socceroos coach Graham Arnold has belatedly knocked back speculation suggesting he was interested in leaving the national team to coach in Scotland. Arnold is overseas
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11:45 PM ET SAN ANTONIO — The coach for the winning team doesn’t typically lament the fate of the ousted, but that’s what Gregg Popovich did after the San Antonio Spurs edged Phoenix 126-124, saying the Suns “got robbed,” while his Spurs put together “a pathetic performance.” Just minutes after Rudy Gay drilled a buzzer
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11:26 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos have hired T.C. McCartney, the grandson of former longtime University of Colorado football coach Bill McCartney, to be the team’s quarterbacks coach. Like offensive coordinator Rich Scangarello, McCartney is coming to the Broncos from the San Francisco 49ers, where both were on Kyle Shanahan’s staff. McCartney,
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10:19 PM ET The Bellator debut of “Mr. VanZant” will take place next month. Austin Vanderford, the husband of UFC star Paige VanZant, will make his Bellator debut on Feb. 15 against Cody Jones in a 175-pound catchweight fight, sources told ESPN. The fight will happen on the main card of Bellator 215, which takes
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8:36 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Jack McKeon, 88, has been hired as a senior adviser for the Washington Nationals, sources confirmed to ESPN. McKeon’s son, Kasey, is the Nationals’ director of player procurement. A two-time National League
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7:56 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Waste Management has extended its title sponsorship of the Phoenix Open through 2030. The new agreement was announced by PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and Waste Management president and CEO Jim Fish on Tuesday at TPC Scottsdale. The deal replaces a 10-year agreement that started with the
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5:54 PM ET Nashville Predators forward Austin Watson has been suspended indefinitely and admitted into stage two of the league’s substance abuse and behavioral health program, the league and the NHLPA announced in a joint statement Tuesday. The suspension is “related exclusively to his ongoing issues with alcohol abuse,” the statement said. The suspension is
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1:59 PM ET Richard Mann TJ Dillashaw‘s quest to become a two-division champion has left the bantamweight division in a holding pattern. However, the main event of Saturday’s UFC card in Fortaleza, Brazil, could still say a lot about determining the next challenger to Dillashaw’s title. Raphael Assuncao and Marlon Moraes met in 2017, and
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4:40 PM ET Artem Lobov‘s UFC run has come to an end. Lobov told ESPN on Tuesday that he was granted his release from the promotion after recently requesting it. He said the UFC wanted to add him to a yet-to-be announced fight card in April; however, Lobov didn’t want to wait that long and
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