Month: February 2019

1:00 AM ET The promotion of Mario Cristobal from offensive line coach/co-offensive coordinator to head coach at Oregon last year following the departure of Willie Taggart was met with mixed reviews. But, entering his second spring, Cristobal has arguably the Pac-12’s most talented roster. The Ducks started 2018 6-1 (and probably should have beaten Stanford),
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5:16 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Top seed Alison Van Uytvanck booked her spot in the Hungarian Ladies Open quarterifinals with a straight sets victory over Iga Swiatek Thursday. Belgian Van Uytvanck moved into the last eight with a comfortable 6-4, 7-5 win over Poland’s Swiatek, where she will face
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5:04 PM ET UFC bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes on Thursday shot down the possibility that she’ll be fighting at UFC 237 in her native Brazil on May 11. “It will be tough,” Nunes said in an interview with Combate. “I’m thinking about fighting in the end of the year, around November or December.
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5:14 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints are releasing veteran safety Kurt Coleman after just one season, a source confirmed on Thursday. The news was first reported by the NFL Network. Coleman’s release comes as no surprise after his role diminished in New Orleans throughout the season. He played only three snaps
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4:49 PM ET ESPN News Services FORT MYERS, Fla. — Longtime Boston Globe baseball writer Nick Cafardo has died after collapsing at the team’s spring training ballpark. The newspaper said Cafardo had an embolism Thursday and Red Sox medical staff was unable to revive him. He was 62. Nick Cafardo, our widely respected baseball columnist,
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4:40 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors big man DeMarcus Cousins has strong feelings regarding college basketball and the NCAA’s system in the wake of the knee injury suffered by Duke freshman star Zion Williamson during Wednesday night’s game against North Carolina. “Well, knowing what I know now, college is bulls—,” Cousins said
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3:01 PM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Unseeded Belinda Bencic rallied to beat second-ranked Simona Halep 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 Thursday to reach the Dubai Championships semifinals. Bencic, who saved six match points in the previous round against Aryna Sabalenka, failed to capitalize on an early break in the first set but Halep
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