Month: January 2019

4:48 PM ET Two days before Jarrett Hurd and Erislandy Lara were to meet in an April 7 junior middleweight world title unification fight at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, at the prefight press conference, Hurd uttered words that were prophetic. “There’s a storm coming,” said Hurd, predicting an exciting fight.
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3:45 PM ET EAGAN, Minn. — Vikings coach Mike Zimmer says he has no problem being a lame-duck coach in 2019. Four days after the Vikings’ once-promising season came to a screeching halt with the team finishing 8-7-1 and missing the playoffs, Zimmer addressed his job status at his year-end press conference. Both Zimmer and
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3:35 PM GMT England back-row Mark Wilson has signed a new long-term contract to stay with Gallagher Premiership side Newcastle Falcons. The 29-year-old, who has made 221 appearances for the club and is a Falcons academy graduate, will remain at Kingston Park for another four years as he looks to build his international career. Wilson
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3:23 PM ET Featherweight Shakur Stevenson, the 2016 U.S. Olympic silver medalist and one of boxing’s elite prospects, will face Jessie Cris Rosales in a 10-round on Jan. 18, Top Rank announced Thursday. The fight, at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York, will serve as the co-feature of the Top Rank Boxing
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6:57 AM ET The Christmas holiday marks the midpoint of the baseball offseason. In fact, given an initial spring training reporting date of Feb. 13 for pitchers and catchers, the recent Dec. 25 respite neatly splits the hot stove season perfectly in two. We’re a week past that now, so we are officially on the
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1:54 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Free-agent reliever David Robertson has agreed with the Philadelphia Phillies on a two-year, $23 million contract that includes a third-year club option, a source familiar with the agreement told ESPN. The 33-year-old
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Jan 3, 2019 Steve KimESPN There’s already a full slate of fights on the boxing schedule as the calendar turns to 2019, but just how many of them are the ones fans are truly yearning for? The reality is that most contemporary matchups are ones that are made out of convenience more than public demand.
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1:34 PM GMT Billy Vunipola’s chances of making England’s Six Nations squad have been given a boost after club side Saracens announced his return to action following a broken arm. The No. 8 has been selected in the starting XV for the Gallagher Premiership champions’ Friday night trip to Sale Sharks . Teammate Liam Williams
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12:08 PM ET Buffalo Sabres captain Jack Eichel, who did not practice Wednesday due to an upper-body injury, will miss Thursday’s game against the Panthers and possible more time. “Jack Eichel is day-to-day. He will not play tonight,” coach Phil Housley said. “We’ll re-evaluate early next week.” He added that “we want to be cautious.
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