Month: January 2019

1:02 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The Nevada State Athletic Commission voted unanimously on Tuesday to suspend UFC stars Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor for their respective roles in a post-fight melee at UFC 229 last October. The commission suspended Nurmagomedov (27-0) for nine months and fined him $500,000 of a disclosed $2 million purse.
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9:00 AM ET As the 2019 recruiting class winds down, it’s time to start focusing on the 2020 class. Because most programs have their 2019 classes mostly wrapped up, quite a few coaches have already put their efforts toward underclassmen. Recruits are able to take official visits during spring of their junior season, and as
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9:29 AM ET Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine — Australian Open quarterfinalist Elina Svitolina is in a dispute with the Ukrainian Tennis Federation and has withdrawn from her country’s Fed Cup team. Svitolina, who is ranked seventh in the world, says she can’t play upcoming Fed Cup matches in Poland because she is injured. But the
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3:11 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Victoria Azarenka set up a meeting with Australian Open finalist Petra Kvitova at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy on Tuesday after a sometimes-shaky 6-4, 6-1 win over Russian qualifier Margarita Gasparyan. Azarenka, herself a two-time Australian Open champion, struggled on serve at times and gave up
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8:31 AM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Atlanta Falcons linebacker Tommy Nobis seemed to transition easily into his post-playing career, landing a job as the manager of the team’s training camp hotel and rising through the franchise’s front office to vice president. For three more decades, the man who came to be known as “Mr.
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3:00 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff India A 222 for 4 (Pant 73*, Jacks 2-35) beat England Lions 221 for 8 (Pope 65, Mullaney 58, Thakur 4-49) by six wickets Rishabh Pant and Shardul Thakur were instrumental in India A securing a fourth successive victory over England Lions in their five-match unofficial ODI series in Thiruvananthapuram.
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8:32 AM ET ON A SUNDAY afternoon inside the Superdome in December 2014, Rita Benson LeBlanc, the granddaughter of New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson, reportedly accosted Benson’s wife, Gayle. Within six days, Tom Benson disinherited his daughter and her two children and made Gayle his primary heir. There’s way more to this
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7:54 AM ET ESPN staff Lewis Hamilton’s former teammate Nico Rosberg says both Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri Bottas have the potential to challenge the world champion this year. Rosberg beat Hamilton to the title in 2016 before retiring from the sport as champion at the end of the year. Bottas replaced Rosberg at Mercedes but
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